From: Nivard Ovington <ovington.one@gmail.com> > I was thinking much the same Ian > > It was a heck of a size for a village when I went to school there <g> > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > On 22/08/2013 12:37, I PHILLPOTT wrote: > > Also since when has Hinckley been a village as stated in the programme? > > As a life-long resident I always thought it was a ancient market town! > > Ian> According to Wikipedia, it was a "large village" at the time of the Domesday Book (1086) and grew over the next 200 years into a market town and a first market was recorded there in 1311. However, we must remember that WDYTYA? is made in London and to the team that make the programme anything outside the M25 is probably a village! -- Roy Stockdill Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Famous family trees blog: http://blog.findmypast.co.uk/tag/roy-stockdill/ "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE