Hi Eve Having just read "Five Miles from Bunkum", I can recommend it as a good read with lots of background information. Looking in the index I can only see one mention of an ADAMS (George) who was licensee of the "Rose & Crown" pub and honorary treasurer of the village "Slate Club" in around the early part of the last century(the era that the book focuses on). I could copy the relevant details and email them to you, if you are interested. There are 5 copies of the book available on eBay at present - I have seen it for sale there fairly regularly. Kind regards Tony Doe DOE - Great Dunmow, Essex. CLAYDON - Essex. GOWERS - Stebbing, Essex. BARNARD - High Roothing, Essex. Quoting Dudley aqsc30@dsl.pipex.com > Hi Eve > > I recommend you to get hold of any of the books by Spike Mays, > particularly Reuben's Corner and Five Miles from > Bunkum. He wrote in the 1970s about his childhood in Ashdon, > particularly around the Bonnett, Steventon End, which > was a pub and is now a guest house. > > Best wishes > Dudley > > Quoting Eve Ferguson <Coyston@sympatico.ca>: > >> Hi Listers >> With the help of a kind soul I have found a Family of ADAMS were >> granted a >> Settlement certificate from Steventon End to Ashdon. >> This seems very close?? does any one know if there was a seperate >> Parish of >> Steventon End and if they had their own registers or is it part of >> Ashdon >> Parish? >> Thanks >> Eve