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Help - Campton/Shefford
« on: Monday 24 March 08 17:52 GMT (UK) »
Hello, I have just been looking into my father's side of Smith and have found that although we knew of a Lincolnshire connection it appears that my great great grandfather came from Bedfordshire what I would like to know is, is there a place called Cainton or would this have been Campton and is it near Shefford. On various census returns Cainton and Campton are mentioned as well as Shefford.

Hope that makes sense.

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Re: Help - Campton/Shefford
« Reply #1 on: Monday 24 March 08 18:07 GMT (UK) »
Campton Beds is 1 mile from Shefford Beds .Genuki is always ueful for checking this sort of thing.
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Re: Help - Campton/Shefford
« Reply #2 on: Monday 24 March 08 18:10 GMT (UK) »
The parish was Campton, and although larger, Shefford was a part of Campton until it was created a civil parish in 1866

Are you sure Cainton isn't a mistranscription of Camton? "m" can easily be read as "in"

Google maps is always a good place to look

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Beds:   Cople: Luke/Spencer
            Everton: Hale
            Henlow: Cooper/Watts/Sabey
            Potton:  Merrill
            Southill: Faulkner/Litchfield/Sabey
            Woburn/Husborne Crawley: Surkitt
Hunts:  Gt Gransden: Merrill/Chandler/Medlock
            Toseland: Surkitt/Hedge/Corn         
Cambs:  Bourn: Bowd
             Eltisley: Medlock
             Graveley: Ford/Revell
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Re: Help - Campton/Shefford
« Reply #3 on: Monday 24 March 08 18:14 GMT (UK) »
Thank you. I do think Cainton is Campton. Fantastic!

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Smith- Lincolnshire, Bedfordshire. Ward - Clapham (Yorkshire), Hodgson - Westmoreland, Dent, Settle. Taylor - Cornforth/Coxhoe and now Suffolk. Bell - Scotland, Hewitson - Cornforth/Coxhoe/Kelloe. Allison - Cornforth/Coxhoe/Kelloe.  McGill - Kirkudbright Scotland. Morris.
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