Dear Listers I wrote to the Berkshire County Office re the derivation/existence of Burville in Berkshire and received the following very prompt reply: Ref: GG/E10N Dear Ms Nichols, Thank you for your enquiry. I have not been able to find that any place called Burville has ever existed in Berkshire. My guess would be that the person concerned was born in Burghfield, which is a village just to the south-west of Reading. The enumerators wrote down people's replies to the census questions, so unfamiliar names where sometimes misheard and recorded wrongly. I hope this is helpful. Yours sincerely, Gill Gough Archives Assistant Berkshire Record Office 9 Coley Avenue Reading Berkshire RG1 6AF Tel: 0118 9015132 www.berkshirerecordoffice.org.uk Well done to the folk who figured it out and let me know! Thank you for your replies and interest. Cheers, Margaret On Thu, 2010-04-15 at 20:58 +1000, Margaret Nichols wrote: > Dear Listers > > I am trying to decipher a town name from an 1861 and an 1871 census page. > The town is in Berkshire and looks like Burville or Burvel. Google maps > does not recognise it. > The town was someone's birth place and it states it is in Berkshire. > > Would anyone know of such a town in the period please? > > With thanks, Margaret > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Have you considered Turville in Buckinghamshire, the adjoining county? Many parts of Berkshire were in Bucks although I don't think this applies to Turville. Paula ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margaret Nichols" <mnichols@netspeed.com.au> To: <berkshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 10:38 AM Subject: Re: [BRK] Berkshire town mystery > Dear Listers > > I wrote to the Berkshire County Office re the derivation/existence of > Burville in Berkshire and received the following very prompt reply: > > Ref: GG/E10N > > Dear Ms Nichols, > > Thank you for your enquiry. > > I have not been able to find that any place called Burville has ever > existed > in Berkshire. My guess would be that the person concerned was born in > Burghfield, which is a village just to the south-west of Reading. The > enumerators wrote down people's replies to the census questions, so > unfamiliar names where sometimes misheard and recorded wrongly. > > I hope this is helpful. > > Yours sincerely, > Gill Gough > Archives Assistant > > Berkshire Record Office > 9 Coley Avenue > Reading > Berkshire > RG1 6AF > > Tel: 0118 9015132 > www.berkshirerecordoffice.org.uk > > Well done to the folk who figured it out and let me know! > Thank you for your replies and interest. > > Cheers, Margaret > > > > > On Thu, 2010-04-15 at 20:58 +1000, Margaret Nichols wrote: >> Dear Listers >> >> I am trying to decipher a town name from an 1861 and an 1871 census page. >> The town is in Berkshire and looks like Burville or Burvel. Google maps >> does not recognise it. >> The town was someone's birth place and it states it is in Berkshire. >> >> Would anyone know of such a town in the period please? >> >> With thanks, Margaret >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.801 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2822 - Release Date: 04/20/10 07:31:00

If, as many have suggested, the place of birth is Burghfield & he was baprised there, you may be interested to know that BerksFHS have transcribed the Parish Registers of Burghfield and made them available on CD. See http://www.berksfhs.co.uk/berksfhsbooks/ParishRegistersBerksFHS%20CCE.htm Jocie -----Original Message----- From: berkshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:berkshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Margaret Nichols Sent: 20 April 2010 10:38 To: berkshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BRK] Berkshire town mystery Dear Listers I wrote to the Berkshire County Office re the derivation/existence of Burville in Berkshire and received the following very prompt reply: Ref: GG/E10N Dear Ms Nichols, Thank you for your enquiry. I have not been able to find that any place called Burville has ever existed in Berkshire. My guess would be that the person concerned was born in Burghfield, which is a village just to the south-west of Reading. The enumerators wrote down people's replies to the census questions, so unfamiliar names where sometimes misheard and recorded wrongly. I hope this is helpful. Yours sincerely, Gill Gough Archives Assistant Berkshire Record Office 9 Coley Avenue Reading Berkshire RG1 6AF Tel: 0118 9015132 www.berkshirerecordoffice.org.uk Well done to the folk who figured it out and let me know! Thank you for your replies and interest. Cheers, Margaret On Thu, 2010-04-15 at 20:58 +1000, Margaret Nichols wrote: > Dear Listers > > I am trying to decipher a town name from an 1861 and an 1871 census page. > The town is in Berkshire and looks like Burville or Burvel. Google > maps does not recognise it. > The town was someone's birth place and it states it is in Berkshire. > > Would anyone know of such a town in the period please? > > With thanks, Margaret > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message