On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 17:40:32 -0000, Laura Neame <neame@okanagan.bc.ca> wrote: > I have ancestors from Preston near Wickham in Kent, so it exists. True, Preston is near Wickhambreaux but I would expect 'near' to be followed by the name of a larger place - not Wickhambreaux but maybe Wingham. By the way, of the places mentiond so far in this thread, only Monkton is in Thanet. = Malcolm.