On Sunday, 23 June 2013 06:11:09 UTC+1, John H wrote: > Hi , > > National Archives UK has an entry at > > > http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=027-2160a&cid=-1#-1 > > for one Charlotte Lambshead (aged )10 to be bound to William Jewell (yeoman) > > (for coniams Marshes) > > 2160 A/PO515 in 1826 > > I cant locate anything about "Coniams Marshes"....can anyone throw any light > > on where they may be > > I assume they maybe named after a Mr Coniam, but not really sure. > > I have in mind around berres Ferrer or Chudleigh, Devon areas . > > John H It's most likely to be a farm in Bovey Tracey parish. It looks as though the parish was operating a system of requiring each estate in the parish in turn to take a parish orphan as an apprentice (thus relieving the parish of the expense of maintaining them). Interestingly, the year before William Jewell took another apprentice 'for Coombe' - he may have had owned two farms, and had to take an apprentice for each, or possibly Coniams is a misreading of Coombe. Matt Tompkins