"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

Steven Thanks for that Steve .... You learn something every day ...... 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