Thanks a lot, Mike. I hadn't been able to find Richard O. in 1851, so your comment came in very handy too. How about Viewedge? The enumerator may have written Veawedge - check the OS map at SO 422 806 GB Grid. It's about 1.5 km southwest of Stokesay and apparently it was also called Weo Edge. Alejandro Hello Alejandro The enumerator obviously used phonetic spelling and had a pretty good Shropshire accent! Cruvenarmes is obviously Craven Arms and V*nal Cornon is Vernolds Common which is not far away. I notice in the 1851 census Richard is indexed as Richard OMANS HO.107/1982 folio 633 page 6 and his place of birth is given as Stokesay which is the parish which includes Craven Arms. Richard had obviously died before the 1871 census. Like you I am unable to work out what Vearssedge is supposed to represent even though I lived at Craven Arms for 12 months many years ago. I can't find anything on the modern Ordnance Survey map nor on the Old Maps web site at www.old-maps.co.uk - enter the co-ordinates 343974,281500 or the place name Stokesay to see an 1890 map of the area. Use the Enlarged View button at the bottom of the screen for a better view. Mike _______________________________

Hello Alejandro I completely missed View Edge as a possibility but I am sure you are correct. It is certainly in Stokesay parish. Mike ______________________________________________________ AMilb36287@aol.com wrote: > Thanks a lot, Mike. I hadn't been able to find Richard O. in 1851, so your > comment came in very handy too. > > How about Viewedge? The enumerator may have written Veawedge - check the OS > map at SO 422 806 GB Grid. It's about 1.5 km southwest of Stokesay and > apparently it was also called Weo Edge. > > Alejandro > Hello Alejandro > > The enumerator obviously used phonetic spelling and had a pretty good > Shropshire accent! Cruvenarmes is obviously Craven Arms and V*nal > Cornon is Vernolds Common which is not far away. > > I notice in the 1851 census Richard is indexed as Richard OMANS > HO.107/1982 folio 633 page 6 and his place of birth is given as Stokesay > which is the parish which includes Craven Arms. > > Richard had obviously died before the 1871 census. > > Like you I am unable to work out what Vearssedge is supposed to > represent even though I lived at Craven Arms for 12 months many years > ago. I can't find anything on the modern Ordnance Survey map nor on the > Old Maps web site at www.old-maps.co.uk - enter the co-ordinates > 343974,281500 or the place name Stokesay to see an 1890 map of the > area. Use the Enlarged View button at the bottom of the screen for a > better view. > > Mike > _______________________________ > > > ==== ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS Mailing List ==== > TIPS on list etiquette and how to maximise your chances of receiving help can be found at ~ > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donaghmore1/expectations.htm > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > >