On Tue, 09 Aug 2011 09:49:38 +0100, Ian Sage <ian.sage@tiscali.co.uk> wrote: > My SAGE ancestors can be traced with certainty to mid-18th century > Yatton, Somerset, then disappear in a haze. > However, the earliest reference I have to the name is in 1277, when John > SAGE granted 100 solidates of land at "Brickhampton" (Brockhampton?) > Gloucs to the recently founded Hailes Abbey. Hi Ian, I have been having some thoughts on Brickhampton. I think that this could have been the deserted medieval village called Brickhampton at or near Staverton Bridge, Gloucestershire. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com