Hello Margaret, I couldn't find the entry in the 1861 to be able to confirm the reading - do you have the reference number, as that just might be a help? However, while I agree that there *IS* a hamlet of Drynham just to the south of Trowbridge - Trowbridge is [by English standards at any rate!] quite a long way from Worcestershire, for it's in Wiltshire... Drynham itself was never a parish of any sort - civil or ecclesiastical - but was up at the northern end of the Parish of North Bradley, which unfortunately hasn't had its registers extracted to the IGI. HTH Gus ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carinya" <carinya@iinet.net.au> To: <ENG-WORCESTER@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2010 9:04 AM Subject: [WOR] Drynham Eng > Hello everyone > After years away I've just rejoined the list. > I have tried to find a baptism for my g/grandfather Charles Townsend born > c1835, father John. The 1861 census says he was born at DRYNHAM which I > believe is 2k south of Trowbridge Worc. I have read numerous church > records on film. No Charles. Would somebody know if there was a church > there or what church might have covered that area please? > Thank you in anticipation. > Kind Regards > Margaret > Perth Western Australia > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-WORCESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message