Hampton could mean Minchinhampton, too! Particularly if Watledge (Nailsworth) is the other entry. Ruth Withers ----- Original Message ----- From: Doug Thompson <doug@thom.screaming.net> To: <ENG-GLO-HAWKESBURY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 6:34 PM Subject: [[Hawks]] Re:Hampton/Census entry > I think the HAMPTON may be a misreading of FRAMPTON (as in Frampton > Cotterell). Part of Frampton is called Watley's End which is pretty close to > your Watledge? > > Doug Thompson > > on 6/11/2000 11:08 am, Geoff Brightman at > geoff_brightman6@thefreeinternet.co.uk wrote: > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Maurice French" <maurice.french@xtra.co.nz> > > To: "Geoff Brightman" <geoff_brightman6@thefreeinternet.co.uk> > > Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2000 9:49 PM > > Subject: Re:Hampton/Census entry > > > > > >> Hello Geoff > >> 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. 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 > >> Whoulsworth, the closest I could come was Watlege in Nailsworth on a > >> gazatteer. Any advice or suggestions would be most welcome, she died in > >> 1868 so I can't check the next census. > >> > >> > >> Regards > >> > >> Maurice Keith French > >> Huntly New Zealand > >> maurice.french@xtra.co.nz > >> > >> > > > > > > ==== ENG-GLO-HAWKESBURY Mailing List ==== > > When replying to messages please make sure to remove ALL the "Re: and Hawks" > > bits in the subject line as otherwise these will be repeated. > > Penalty for non-compliance is a Pond Dipping. > > > > ============================== > > Search more than 150 million free records at RootsWeb! > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/ > > > > > ==== ENG-GLO-HAWKESBURY Mailing List ==== > Have your Hawkesbury research needs added to the Hawkesbury Family History pages. Send an email to ThePondDipper@HawkesburyFamilyHistory.co.uk > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog >

At 08:20 PM 6/11/2000 -0000, withers17 wrote: >Hampton could mean Minchinhampton, too! >Particularly if Watledge (Nailsworth) is the other entry. > >Ruth Withers > G'day Very likely Minchinhampton and Watledge I would have thought. Hampton in a pretty common diminutive of Minch. Regards Kaye Kaye Purnell <kayepur@ozemail.com.au> Ancestors from GLS who came to Oz? Database kept on GLS arrivals to AUS pre 1888. Entries happily accepted; searches done. Visit my site at <http://www.ozemail.com.au/~kayepur>. Snail mail to 15 Balla Machree Way, Gymea Bay NSW 2227 AUS, including SSAE or 1 IRC.