Hi Maurice and all >> Can you help me with a place name in Gloucestershire, I have on the 1851 >> census a wife who gives her place of birth as HAMPTON. Minchinhampton was frequently abbreviated to Hampton on the census entries. > I have also >checked >> the 1861 Census but as yet have been unable to decipher the entry for her >> birth. There are two names on the 1861 entry they look like Watledge Watledge exists - it is on the outskirts of Nailsworth. Cheers Liz Elizabeth Jack : ejack@gloster.demon.co.uk In Gloucester Hidden Heritage : http://www.gloster.demon.co.uk Glorious Gloucestershire Photographic Collection : http://www.gloster.demon.co.uk/cdindex.html Gloucestershire Family History Society : http://www.cix.co.uk/~rd/GENUKI/gfhs.htm Researching : BLINKHORNE / BLENKARN : SOSBE / BASTARD : GWINNUTT / RANN : JACK / SESSIONS / COLLETT : PHILPOTT / PURDON both in Ireland only