Hi Antony Google Maps shows that there are still farms in the area around the church. Not quite sure which is your ancestor's. These Google map links will give you a picture of what is there today. The church from the air http://goo.gl/maps/luMKJ Manor workshop business http://goo.gl/maps/h8pQr Snoopies business (kennel) http://goo.gl/maps/yR84E Regards Anne Australia - who finds Google maps great for seeing where her forebears came from in the absence of being able to visit the places in the flesh at present > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 23 May 2013 22:27:24 +0100 > From: "Antony Barber" <antony.barber@talktalk.net> > Subject: [Ess] Location in Little Bentley > To: <Essex-UK@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <6BC7543439AE4E57A9CDD248C50DE71D@TonyHP> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I have an ancestor, William Barber, who according to the censuses lived at > Church Farm, Little Bentley. As you might expect, the 1881 census shows > him > living immediately next to the Church. As far as I can establish a farm of > that name no longer exists. I wonder if someone local can tell me if a > farm > is still there, its present name and if the house is still standing. > > > > Antony > >