Hi Pam, Stella & John Thanks for your helpful suggestions. For years I thought Amy probably came from Sussex as I noticed the name when I was researching my Sussex ancestors, I have searched the SFHG on-line indexes with no luck. It is only recently I discovered that Amy said she came from Canterbury. If you Google for "Amy Achust" there are 2 hits, my message to one of the Bucks lists in 2004 and an incorrect family tree marrying William & Amy's daughter Mary Ann to the wrong husband! I agree ACHUST seems just Amy's own interpretation of her name. The variety of spellings makes it hard to use search engines and indexes efficiently. Amy didn't marry in Bucks but at St Martin in the Fields and they were both living at the same London Address. I have Bucks ancestors so I am familiar with the Bucks resources and I have read the Great Missenden PRs on film as well as getting searches from the Bucks FHS databases. I hadn't got around to the ONS but I shall certainly do that. I had a look on Ancestry and in 1841 there are ACKHURSTs living in Teynham, AKHURSTs in Faversham and Linstead (Lynsted?) and ARKHURSTs in Graveney, so it looks a good area to investigate further. Thanks again and best wishes from Diana