Those who dont know the area also have to be careful that they do not confuse villages of the same name which are at opposite ends of the counties eg Gunton near Lowestoft and Gunton near Thorpe Market in North Norfolk. Gunton near Lowestoft probably made the jump into Norfolk at the same time as Gorleston and Hopton. The Norfolk Transcription archive has an accessible list of Norfolk villages and their hundreds for those who are not local Rosie On 14/07/2011 14:57, Roger Partridge wrote: > Hi Richard, Christy& Listers ! > > This sort of problem arises with several places which are near the > border > between two counties such as Norfolk and Suffolk (and in many other > parts of Britain as well !) > > Sometimes the border does move either through natural events such as > the changes that take place in river meanders; sometimes through > administrative changes when national governments decide to "tidy up" > a county and so shift a town or village from one to another. > > Complications can also arise when a village on one side of a county > boundary is included in the nearest Registration District which is based > in a town just the other side of the boundary; the Thetford Registration > District in S.W. Norfolk is quite large and includes some villages which > are just over the border in Suffolk. > > As far as Suffolk is concerned the Suffolk FHS has published a very > useful little booklet "How to Find Suffolk Towns& Villages" in 2000 > (ISBN: 1 871905 70 2) which lists every Parish, gives its location in > relation to the nearest town, its 6-figure Ordnance Survey Grid > Reference, > its 'Hundred', its Poor Law Union, the location of the Union Workhouse, > the name of the Parish Church, the ecclesiastical Diocese, Archdeaconry > and Deanery, and any other important 'Notes'. I am not sure if Norfolk > FHS have produced anything similar, but it would be worth looking at > their website. > > Good Hunting ! Roger. > --------------------- > On 14 Jul 2011, at 12:00, Treetopsfarm@aol.com wrote: > >> I have had the same problem with Gunton Park - I think they moved the >> boundary sometime because Gunton Park was mentioned as being in >> Suffolk many times, but is now definitely in Norfolk >> >> Richard >> >> >> In a message dated 14/07/2011 11:04:28 GMT Daylight Time, >> christy5@iinet.net.au writes: >> >> Hi >> >> During research today for My FRANCIS family I found entries for >> Hepworth, >> Diss, Norfolk. Researching further this evening on the Latter Day >> Saints >> New Search site the Francis family were shown as from Hepworth, >> Suffolk. >> I did a Google map search for both places and they are one and the >> same. >> Norfolk and Suffolk are two different counties; is Hepworth on the >> border of >> these counties? >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

It is perhaps worth reminding listers that a convenient listing of all Norfolk parishes arrangedin their hundreds (with many links for other info) is available on my web-site at <http://apling.freeservers.com/hundreds2.htm> Paddy http://apling.freeservers.com -----Original Message----- From: norfolk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:norfolk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of xpn11 Sent: 15 July 2011 12:29 AM To: norfolk@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NFK] Hepworth. Is it in Norfolk or Suffolk? Those who dont know the area also have to be careful that they do not confuse villages of the same name which are at opposite ends of the counties eg Gunton near Lowestoft and Gunton near Thorpe Market in North Norfolk. Gunton near Lowestoft probably made the jump into Norfolk at the same time as Gorleston and Hopton. The Norfolk Transcription archive has an accessible list of Norfolk villages and their hundreds for those who are not local Rosie