Trevor, It's a very good bet that HERTON WOOD is KIRTON WOOD. Sorry but I can't help with regard to the others. I'm copying this message to the Cornish Genealogy List in hope that somebody there might be able to help with "decoding" the remaining names. Bill Curnow Ludgvan OPC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trevor Harvey" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 12:10 PM Subject: [CORNISH] CROWAN Parish > Friends, > > I am transcribing the Crowan Baptismal Register for the FREEREG website, > for the years 1813 - 1824. > > The curate in the early years was careful to put the 'abode' of the > parents as the actual hamlet or farm. Later on they were all put down as > living in Crowan. > > However, his writing was not too good and I have a number of > indecipherable names which make no sense to me (coming as I did from > Lanner), Hopefully some may make more sense to you if you are familiar > with the area. > > Here are a few to be gong on with. What I need is the current spelling of > the name, so that it can at least be identified by a future researcher. > > Biscaverran > > Poldrouke > > Wellsarah > > Herton Wood > > Trevor Harvey > > living in Kent where it ahs stared raining again, but not the levels > you've been having recently I hope! > > ps > I've been unsuccessful in reaching the OPC for Crowan Parish. > > ------------------------------- > Subscribe to digest by sending an email to [email protected] > with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text. If you want, > MIME digests, email [email protected] > > Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Some possibilities: Buscaverran, Buscaveran Kerthen, Kerton, Kirthen Poldrouse Vellanusan, Vellanuson (or Hallgarrack?) Bob Bolitho On 30/11/2012 4:29 AM, Bill Curnow wrote: indecipherable names Biscaverran Poldrouke Wellsarah Herton Wood