Steven Just had a look at GENUKI regarding what you said and I was right they were moved .... in circ 1844 see below from GENUKI .... <snip Ancient Parishes and Registers With the exception of a few parishes, Bedfordshire formed the Archdeaconry of Bedford, part of the diocese of Lincoln, until 1837, from 1837-1914 the Archdeaconry was in the diocese of Ely and in the diocese of St Albans from 1914. An exchange of parishes in 1844 saw part of Everton move to Huntingdonshire, Ickleford to Hertfordshire and parts of Meppershall and Studham into Bedfordshire. A further exchange in 1899 saw Swineshead transferred into Bedfordshire and Tilbrook into Huntingdonshire. <snip Regards Bill -----Original Message----- From: gencmp-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:gencmp-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Steven Gibbs Sent: 30 September 2012 11:13 To: gencmp@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Entering place names, deja-vu all over again "Harrison Genealogy" <bill@harrisongenealogy.co.uk> wrote in message news:mailman.0.1348998970.21514.gencmp@rootsweb.com... > ORIGINALLY Parishes were contained within the County boundary. What > happens > is from time to time they change the COUNTY Boundary ..... this happened > even in the recent past where parts of Staffs, Warwickshire and > Worcestershire were "lumped together to make the "West Midlands" > > Perhaps I wasn't too clear in what I meant ..... probably I should have > said " ..... they did NOT originally stray across county boundarys ....." I don't think you are right. For example, Studham, Kensworth and Caddington are all traditional parishes that straddle the traditional Bedfordshire/Hertfordshire border. Steven ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GENCMP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message