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and have had two children by her seconc husband. I believe there were two Walters de Ridelesford one Strongbow's feoffee, born not later than c. 1150, husband o Amabilis filia Henrici, and the other, possibly his son, Emeline's father, who died c. 1243-4

GODDABD H. OBPEN. Monksgrange, Enniscorthy.

PARISHES IN Two OB MOBE COUNTIES (11 S. ix. 29, 75). Among the parishes situated in two counties are the following In the first three I have been in both county parts of the parish :

Tamworth, old parish, was situated in Warwickshire and Staffordshire, the large: area being in the former county. In addition to the borough of Tamworth the parish comprised the hamlets of Amington, Wilne- cote, Stoneydelph, Glascote, and Bolehal in co. Warwick, and Fazeley in co. Stafford. The boundary between the counties followed the river Tame so far as the borough oi Tamworth. The line then ran northward along the main street, thus dividing the town between the two counties. The parish church (St. Egitha) is in Staffordshire, whilst the castle was in Warwickshire. Wilnecote, Fazeley, Amington with Stoney- delph, arid Bolehalt with Glascote, now separate parishes, are still in their respective counties, while the borough has been wholly transferred to Staffordshire, except for Parliamentary purposes.

Croxhall parish was formerly in Derby- shire and Staffordshire, and is now entirely in the latter. The rivers Mease and Trent divided the parish. Croxhall Church is on the Derbyshire side. I believe a portion of the hamlet of Catton (now a parish in Derby- shire) was in Staffordshire. A large fine volume on Croxhall parish has been written by Ussher, and a map in this work will help to show the parts of the parish in the re- spective counties.

Caddington, formerly in Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire, is now entirely in the former. Caddington village and church, Woodside, Chaul End, Slip End, and a portion of Pepperstock are in Beds, whilst Alley Green (now in Beds) and part of Markyate were in Herts. Markyate or Markyate Street is now' a separate parish, made tip of parts of four parishes, viz., Caddington and Flamstead in Herts ; Humbershoe (cut off from Studham parish) and Houghton Regis in Beds. This new parish is now entirely in Hertford- shire. Woodside with Slip End has recently been formed into an ecclesiastical parish out of Caddington.

Royston, formerly partly in Herts and partly in Cambridge, is now wholly in the former. The Icknield Way running through the town separated the two portions. The church was in the Hertfordshire portion.

South Mimms parish, partly in Middlesex and partly in Herts, has been divided, the portion in Herts now being South Minims Urban Civil Parish, and forms a part of Chipping Barnet.

In Huntingdonshire there are no fewer than six parishes of which portions were in the neighbouring counties, four in Northampton- shire and two in Cambridgeshire. The parishes both in Hunts and Northants, with the respective population in each county in 1881, are as follows :

Hunts Northants

Thurning 120 66

Win wick (near Oundle) ... 167 131

Luddington-in-the-Brook ... 12 74

Lutton (or,Luddington-in-the- Wold) 45 142

Stanground had in 1881 1,298 inhabitants in Hunts, but only 10 in Cambridge, al- though the larger area of the parish was in the latter county, viz., 1,321 acres against 969 in Hunts.

Ramsey parish was also in Hunts and Cambridge. The population in 1881 was 4,617 apparently in the former county, there not appearing to be any inhabitants in the Cambridge portion, which consisted of fen land.

Neunnarket was situated in two counties, the main street dividing the town into two parishes, All Saints' in Cambridge and St. Mary's in Suffolk. The town is now wholly in the latter.

A number of other parishes, no doubt, could be added to this list with a little research in London libraries. Kelly's and other old county directories will prove help- ful in this direction.

A. WEIGHT MATTHEWS. 60, Rothesay Road, Luton.

MB. G. F. BOSWOBTH'S remark that " the

Dresent Ordnance maps are of no use to

inswer an historical question about county

boundaries," though literally correct, is

iable to mislead. There can be no better

starting-point for the historical study of

Bounties and hundreds than the original six-

nch Ordnance map, which was published in

.he nick of time (from the antiquarian point

f view) before modern local government

eadjustments began. For each county there

was published an " index-map," on the

scale of two miles to the inch, and on this

was engraved a list of parishes, arranged in