Were these places on the old sheep drovers' routes from Wales? Shhep Street in Burford marks one route, and there is the Welsh House in the corner of the market square in Northampton that marks the end of the drovers' travels. HB --- On Sat, 23/7/11, Jill Muir <jill.muir@shottle.plus.com> wrote: > From: Jill Muir <jill.muir@shottle.plus.com> > Subject: [OXF] Where is Wales in North Berkshire or Oxfordshire? > To: oxfordshire@rootsweb.com, berkshire@rootsweb.com > Date: Saturday, 23 July, 2011, 21:00 > Hello Listers, > I keep coming across people mentioned 'of Wales' in these > wills of Draycott > Moor (Southmoor), in the Longworth PR even the baptism of > one, Richard > Southby has Wales besides his name.  Two wills dated > 1570 and 1628 use this > phrase.  Is this a place in Bampton or Burford I > wonder? > > Also has anyone come across Faringdon as Chipping > Faringdon? > > I have been trying to discover where this place can > possibly be. > > Many thanks for any help given. > > Jill > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > OFHS "Wills Library" : > Can you submit any wills, please?http://wills.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message >