Hi Nivard: > Likewise whilst people in rural areas might know much more about their > neighbours than their city dwelling counterparts, I would say its > stretching it somewhat to say that everyone knew where everyone else > lived Not stretching at all. With a parish of, say, 200 souls (and many rural parishes were smaller) grouped into, say, 40 families I'm quite sure that everyone would know everyone. Bear in mind that most of those 200 would spend most of their lives in the parish, all day every day. Quite different from 21st century villages. When I was at secondary school there were 100 people in my year group, and we only spent 7 hours a day there 5 days a week from age 11. But I can confidently say everyone knew everyone very quickly. Best wishes Paul