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Offline Arranroots

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Re: Freshford Lane, England
« Reply #9 on: Saturday 21 March 09 19:47 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: lizdb on Friday 20 March 09 12:04 GMT (UK)


(NB - Bristol is not a county!)

Just me being a little pedantic but actually Bristol was granted county status in 1373!

It is generally, for our purposes, taken to be in Gloucestershire (bits north of the river) and Somerset (bits south of the river).

Thought you might like to know that!  When I was a child, the signs said "City and County of Bristol" - they took them down when they invented the new "county" of Avon - since abolished (hurrah!)

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SOM: BIRD, BURT aka BROWN - HEF: BAUGH, LATHAM, CARTER, PRITCHARD - GLS: WEBB, WORKMAN, LATHAM, MALPUS - WIL: WEBB, SALTER - RAD: PRITCHARD, WILLIAMS - GLA: RYAN, KEARNEY, JONES, HARRY - MON: WEBB, MORGAN, WILLIAMS, JONES, BIRD - SCOTLAND: HASTINGS, CAMERON, KELSO, BUCHANAN, BETHUNE/ BEATON - IRELAND: RYAN (WATERFORD), KEARNEY (DUBLIN), BOYLE(DUNDALK)

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Re: Freshford Lane, England
« Reply #10 on: Sunday 22 March 09 20:28 GMT (UK) »
This helped a lot  now I get why it said Bristol on his marriage certificate we change areas a lot  here in Canada as well so it can be hard to find what you looking for when your searching so something like this helps.

Thanks again

Donna

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Re: Freshford Lane, England
« Reply #11 on: Monday 23 March 09 15:11 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: Arranroots on Saturday 21 March 09 19:47 GMT (UK)
Just me being a little pedantic but actually Bristol was granted county status in 1373!

Hey - I live and learn! with apoogies...
Edmonds/Edmunds - mainly Sussex
DeBoo - London
Green - Suffolk
Parker - Sussex
Kemp - Essex
Farrington - Essex
Boniface - West Sussex

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Re: Freshford Lane, England
« Reply #12 on: Tuesday 24 March 09 22:28 GMT (UK) »
I quite agree with you Arranroots.  At school we had exercise books with a map on the back showing a 50 mile radius around the City and County of Bristol.

My mother has a very old book which tells of the granting of this status.

I think they should give it back to Bristol, but am glad they abolished the Avon title, I was never comfortable with it.

Elizabeth
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