In article , (Roland
Perry) wrote:

In message , at
14:36:29
on Tue, 21 Jul 2009, remarked:

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb....enfiles/COU_fi
les/ENG/CAM/speed_camshire_1610.htm

Tell us which County Royston was in pre-1889 then.

Most of the maps show it on the border, inconsistently one side or the
other. But whatever the answer is, the line between Cambridgshire and
Hertfordshire was in the same place (give or take a mile) all along.

You need to consider the significance of the line, though. Counties had
little administrative role before 1889.

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Colin Rosenstiel