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From: R Anderson< >
Subject: ancient towns
Date: Mon, 04 Aug 1997 00:29:43 GMT


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-> My family records indicate that the family was firsts recorded in the
-> Doomsday book...the records state that the town of "Berney from
-> Wallingham County" was the first record...also stating that records
-> were from "the Priory of Byham".

-> subsequent records show that they lived for some generations in
-> "Witchingham". Later they lived in "Reedham" for a considerable
-> length of time.

-> I certainly would hope that some kind soul would respond with some
-> knowledge of these disapeared towns or at least where they used to
-> be.

-> Many thanks.................................................Richard W
-> Barney

Richard--

Hopefully what I'm about to tell you is on the right track. If the
Domesday Book and Doomsday Book are the same, you could use one of the
web search engines and type in either title. When I did so from here,
using Infoseek, there were over 400 listings. The faculty at Fordham
University has apparently put some portion of "Domesday Book 1086"
on-line through their University. The first page of listings for
"Domesday Book" includes several references to it -- each apparently to
a different segment.

Good luck and I hope my suggestion helps you.

Richard Blair Anderson, Jr., Danville, Virginia USA

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