Hi David It looks more like Westbury to me and when I checked to see if there was such a village I noticed there is an area called Stretton not far from the village of Westbury. Hope this helps Mal On 10 Dec 2010, at 09:35, David Steel wrote: > In pursuit of an elusive ancestor, I am trying to decipher a place of birth > on the 1851 census. > > It's in Shropshire - the nearest I can get is "Sheson Nerlbury". > > If anyone would be kind enough, it can be seen at:- > <users.tpg.com.au/u3attg/vp/emmawhittington2pob.tif> ignore the > "Staffordshire"; that's the next entry. > > Many thanks. > > David Steel > Adelaide, South Australia > > > > REMEMBER - The question you are asking may have already been answered. > Threaded Archives at - > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS/Archives > > Searchable Archives at - > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message