Bonnie Many of the villages around the City such as Heigham, Catton, Thorpe, Trowse and Lakenham became joined to it in the late 18th and early 19th C by building infill. Some of this was in outlying parts of Norwich parishes and the terms "New Lakenham", "New Catton" etc refer to these areas, as does Thorpe Hamlet, Trowse Milgate and Pockthorpe - all these were parts of the City while the old village centres remained parishes of the County. The City boundaries have been extended several times since David ------Original Message------ From: Bonnie Ostler Sender: norfolk-bounces@rootsweb.com To: norfolk@rootsweb.com ReplyTo: norfolk@rootsweb.com Subject: [NFK] Lakenham part of Norwich? Sent: 23 Aug 2011 00:37 One of my husband's ancestors whom I believe was born Lakenham 1780 identified himself in 1851 as having been born in Norwich. Was Lakenham virtually part of the city of Norwich by 1851? Bonnie ------------------------------- 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 Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device