On Thu, 25 Jan 2001 23:32:19 +0000, you wrote: > >Dear listers > >I'm new to this and have a query > >I have an entry for someone on the 1881 census whose place of birth is >King Weston Somerset > >Can anyone tell me where this is as I cannot find it on a map, did it >have a church and if so where would the records be held. > >Hoping someone may have some answers >Fingers crossed >Chris Monk Hi Chris Kingweston can be seen on the Somerset Archives map (c 1900) site at: http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/maps/os62htm/6312.htm The church appears to be All Saints and the PRs are held by the SRO: see: http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/asp/parish.asp?Parish=kingweston for details. It is about 10 miles north of Yeovil as a sober Somerset crow flies! Regards Paul Portland