Dear Colin, > Could anyone tell me whether there was an Oak Inn in Coombe at the > time of the 1871 census. In my earlier message, I suggested that the Oak Inn was not where Rachel Edgington was actually living in 1871. But if you do want to know about the Oak Inn, and the other public houses in Combe, one can find information in the Victoria County History, available online here: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=1893 The Royal Oak (which I imagine is the "Oak" of the 1871 census) was on the south side of the green and traded from 1847 to 1966. Best wishes Paul -- Paul Betteridge, Leafield, Oxfordshire pbetteridge@pobox.com