(1) The Feldon (so named, not Felden). I am sure I shall be corrected if I'm wrong, but this has always seemed to me to be a historian's/place name researcher's construct, rather than a real place or area, such as one of the Hundreds. It owes it's existence to the contrast with the wooded areas north of the Avon, loosely termed the 'Forest of Arden', which again has a vague existence rather like Lyonesse or Avalon. Nevertheless, the two areas were marked by different patterns of settlement (Arden by isolated farmsteads in clearings in the woodland, Feldon by an open-field economy). The names of the villages and hamlets also show some distinctive features. Those who are interested in this should look at the introduction to the English Place Names Society's volume on the Place Names of Warwickshire. (2) Tredington ancestors. So here we are on Wednesday of Tredington week, and, if I have understood her correctly, only one person has come forward with one ancestor, in spite of the fact that this has been a big village with a large population from very early times. Earlier villages in this series, although smaller, produced many more responses. So what is it about Tredington? I know not everyone is interested in family history, but there must be some reason for this absence of interest. (I suppose I shall be instantly proved wrong by a sudden burst of activity!) I know that not everyone interested in family history belongs to this mailing list, but I gain the impression that this is also true of other forums (if I can use that word without censure). I'm not surprised that Ufton did not produce any responses from those with ancestors there. That really is a tiny village with a minute population, and the number of descendants is probably very, very small. But Tredington: there must be thousands, or tens of thousands of descendants by now. David -- David Franks, Cambridge, England Researching Castle and Tallis, Warwickshire and Oxfordshire, and Thomas Castle, convict transported to Van Diemen’s Land, 1841 Warwickshire Online Parish Clerks http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/opc/opc.html