In message <001901c4117d$d9994020$2bd0fc3e@oemcomputer>, "norman.lee1" <norman.lee1@virgin.net> writes >What about squatters in relation to the waste? If you tried that on a mediaeval manor, you ended up with important bits of you anatomy missing. There was a provision for raising a shelter (cottage-let) on the waste in C17, usually late C17, if you could do it and get a fire going within 24 hours. Of course, this needed to cooperation of carpenters and a team of helpers, so it could only be accomplished if you were acceptable to the locals anyway. It was a stopgap provision between allowing no incomers and allowing those who came with a settlement certificate. You tend to get retrospective planning permission from the magistrates. -- Eve McLaughlin Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society