Gus, silly thought but could it have been a gipsy camp? or were they not entered in the Census. Ann Not a silly thought at all - I don't know what the 1841 requirements were for recording "transients", but I rather imagine they would've been omitted. >From 1851 on they were usually only recorded in the summary pages as 'transients' or similar, and as totals only, with entries such as "slept in Barn - 3" or "Railway Constructors in Huts". OTOH, I have come across a "Gypsy Encampment" in Redditch, where the 'addresses' are given as "Tent No 1" &c [HO107/2047/fo756 - but without a schedule no] but this is the only group I've ever noted... And "The Camp" at Cotheridge in 1841 is shown as comprising 3 "inhabited houses", and the inhabitants whose occupations are shown were Ag Lab, Carpenter and Pauper - which at least gives the impression of being some sort of permanent settlement. Gus ----- Original Message ----- From: Gus Tysoe To: M Howes ; [email protected] Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 9:33 AM Subject: Re: [WOR] Cotheridge Hello again, Denise, As to what "The Camp" might have been, I don't know. There's no mention of it in the Enumerator's Description of his District - "all within the boundary" - and there's equally no indication of it in my current largeish-scale Street Map [3½" to the mile] or the current OS 1:50,000. As to where it might be, assuming the Enumerator arranged his forms in a logical walking-through order, it'd seem to be somewhere between: Lower Lightwoods Farm - Grid SO 804557 (at the end of a cul-de-sac) and (today's) Otherton Farm - Grid SO 805542 [not named on the OS] - roughly a mile, cross-country, to the South and on the far side of the Worcester-Bromyard Road. [From there, he'd seemingly continued west cross-country about ½ a mile to Howsen - which IS marked.] The 1851 Enumerator is no help - he 'walked his route' differently, and was coy in his use of namesgenerally. There's no mention of The Camp... I've not looked further! It is *possible* that the OldMaps site just may have more detail on the 1885 6" or 25" OS Maps - but don't hold your breath. What was once a Useful Resource has been revamped so you (almost) have to buy the product blind to see if it actually DOES show what you want. HTH Gus ----- Original Message ----- From: "M Howes" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 8:18 PM Subject: [WOR] Cotheridge Hello List again, Does anyone know what "The Camp", Cotheridge refers to - 1841 census? Denise H. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message