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From: "Nicola Elsom" <>
Subject: Re: Bassingbourn PR query
Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 14:03:49 -0000


Bob,

Looking at Parish Locator the following parishes beginning with K are within
20 miles of Bassingbourn:

Parish Name Type,County,Country Distance &
Direction
=========== ===================
====================

Kelshall P HRT ENG 5.0 South
Kempston P BDF ENG 18.2 West
Keysoe P BDF ENG 19.1 North
West
Kimpton P HRT ENG 18.6 South
by South West
Kings Walden P HRT ENG 16.4 South
West
Kingston P CAM ENG 6.9 North
Knapwell P CAM ENG 11.2 North
Knebworth P HRT ENG 15.5 South
by South West

make of it what you will!

if you happen to come across any Elsom (or Elsam, Elsum, Ellsom, Ellsome,
Elsome or Elsham) entries whilst you are looking at the fiche I would love
to hear about them.

Regards

Nick



-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Copeland IEng MIIE <>
To: <>
Date: 06 November 1999 17:54
Subject: Bassingbourn PR query


>Hi Fens Listers, I have joined this list to try to resolve the following:
>I have the Cambridge FHS Bassingbourn PRs (1558-1851) on fiche.
>A typical entry might be (burial for example) "SMITH John lab [labourer]
>of K"
>Can anyone please tell me what 'of K' means in this context; I think it
>refers to a placename?
>Thanks in advance, Bob Copeland
>
>// Name Interests in the area are: Bentham, Blows, Chuck, East,
>Haradine/Harradence, Ingre/Ingray/Ingrey, Patman/Pateman, Pepper,
>Revel/Revil/Reveall, Sell & Troop
>(over 600 people from this area recorded at
>http://www.g4pdf.freeserve.co.uk/surnames.html ) //
>
>
>

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