Lawrence I asked the Clerk to Little Berkhamsted and Hertingfordbury Parish Councils if there was any historic connection between his Epping Green and the Eppings a few mile away in Essex, but he knows of none. Peter -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [Ess] [MDX] Asylum Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:01:02 -0400 From: Spring <spring@surfbvi.com> To: Neil & Jan Hearn <neil.hearn3@bigpond.com>, Rootsweb: Essex UK <essex-uk@rootsweb.com> CC: middlesex_county_uk@rootsweb.com [snip] Re. "Place name in Herts.", Lawrence: squinting over my copy of the 1842 edition of Moule's map of Hertfordshire revealed a village south of Little Berkhampstead (sic) called Epping Green, containing Epping House, and a google located it as just "10.6m" from Epping. www.ukvillages.co.uk/village/epping%20green-hertfordshire Peter Moll Tortola, BVI La Greenall wrote 27/10/2008 [snip] > all these Epping places have been in Essex for as long as the > county has existed. They all originally came under the one parish of > Epping, with its historic settlement and medieval parish church at what > is now called Epping Upland. > > -----Original Message----- > > From: essex-uk-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:essex-uk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Colleen > Sent: 28 October 2008 01:01 > To: Heather; essex-uk@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Ess] Place name in Herts. > > Good work, Heather. Epping Green and Epping Upland are in Essex now and > I'd imagined that they always were. Does this mean that they were in Herts > at one time? Or are they listed under Herts because they're near the > county? > > Colleen