I began messing around with my genealogy today using Family Search and traced my ancestry in a direct line back to Fulk of Shepreth in Merry Olde England.
He supposedly was born in 1200.
Shepreth is a parish southwest of Cambridge and the name means "sheep stream".
Apparently it was a resting place where sheep enroute to Cambridge could be washed.
I have no idea if my ancestor Fulk was a sheep washer or not but I am happy to report that there are two "public houses" in the parish - The Green Man at Frog End and the Plough Shepreth.
So if you're in the vicinity I encourage you to lift a pint to my relative, Fulk, and to me.
(You will kindly notice that I have avoided any foul puns in this post.)
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