Hi Gus Many thanks. This is looking fairly promising. Although difficult to read, Matilda's older sister Mary Georgina was, in the 1861 census, said to be born somewhere which could possibly be Trimpley. If I assume Little Gains, as referred to by Gus, is the place for now, would someone please be able to tell me the nearest parish church which might be worth checking for records of the name WHATTON? Regards, Steven On 10/11/07 11:02 PM, "Gus Tysoe" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Steven, > > Kidderminster (Ecclesiastical and Civil) Parish was a great deal larger in > area than Kidderminster Borough - but regrettably very very Maps show Parish > Boundaries... Plus, over the years since Matilda's birth, Kidderminster > Borough has extended quite widely. > > However, GoogleMaps shows a "Little Gains" that certainly looks to be within > the Kidderminster Parish Boundary... Grid ref SO793793 - it's apparently one > of the two[?] properties on the East side of the 'yellow' road leading North > from Trimpley to Shatterford [on the A442] a little to the South of the > turning to the Park Attwood. > > Can't help on Sutton Common, though - the only hit I get is near Shifnal... > > HTH > > Gus > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steven" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2007 12:26 PM > Subject: [WOR] Little Gain and Sutton Common in Kidderminster ? > > > I have a gg aunt, Matilda ANKER, who was born in 1857 at a place given on > her birth certificate as OLittle Gain near Kidderminster¹. I can find no > other reference to Little Gain, and I¹m hoping that someone can help me out > on that note. > > I did find mention of a field-name of Little Gain at > <http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43082>, seemingly > associated with the parish of Broom, but I don¹t know whether this is > relevant. Broom seems a little far away from Kidderminster to be referred to > as Onear Kidderminster¹. > > About three years later, in 1860, another child, Willy Joseph ANKER, was > born to the same family, with the birth place this time given as Sutton > Common, Kidderminster. I don¹t know exactly where Sutton Common is either, > but would be interested in knowing where it is in relation to Little Gain if > anyone can help. > > The mother of Matilda and Willy is Sarah ANKER nee WHATTON, said to be born > in Kidderminster anywhere between 1826 and 1840, depending on what record is > believed. A record of her birth or christening or family is yet to be found, > so we¹re hoping that these locations of Little Gain and Sutton Common may > lead to that. > > More detail on this family can be seen at... > > http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=sknowles&id=I758 > > Any help appreciated. > > Regards, Steven

Hi Steven, The nearest CofE church to Little Gains - still not sure about Sutton! - would be Trimpley Holy Trinity Chapel Of Ease [consecrated in 1844 as an 'additional church' ] but as far as I know it was never an 'independent' CofE Parish. It *may* have maintained its own registers - or the entries might be incorporated in those of the Mother Church, Kidderminster St Mary. But there weren't many alternative CofE churches within "easy" walking distance. You could, perhaps, try Upper Arley, Wolverley, Kidderminster St John [Blakebrook] or St George. And you must also remember that there were probably a good dozen Nonconformist Chapels within the Civil Parish of Kidderminster... HTH Gus ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2007 1:47 PM Subject: Re: [WOR] Little Gain and Sutton Common in Kidderminster ? Hi Gus Many thanks. This is looking fairly promising. Although difficult to read, Matilda's older sister Mary Georgina was, in the 1861 census, said to be born somewhere which could possibly be Trimpley. If I assume Little Gains, as referred to by Gus, is the place for now, would someone please be able to tell me the nearest parish church which might be worth checking for records of the name WHATTON? Regards, Steven On 10/11/07 11:02 PM, "Gus Tysoe" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Steven, > > Kidderminster (Ecclesiastical and Civil) Parish was a great deal larger in > area than Kidderminster Borough - but regrettably very very Maps show Parish > Boundaries... Plus, over the years since Matilda's birth, Kidderminster > Borough has extended quite widely. > > However, GoogleMaps shows a "Little Gains" that certainly looks to be within > the Kidderminster Parish Boundary... Grid ref SO793793 - it's apparently one > of the two[?] properties on the East side of the 'yellow' road leading North > from Trimpley to Shatterford [on the A442] a little to the South of the > turning to the Park Attwood. > > Can't help on Sutton Common, though - the only hit I get is near Shifnal... > > HTH > > Gus > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steven" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2007 12:26 PM > Subject: [WOR] Little Gain and Sutton Common in Kidderminster ? > > > I have a gg aunt, Matilda ANKER, who was born in 1857 at a place given on > her birth certificate as OLittle Gain near Kidderminster¹. I can find no > other reference to Little Gain, and I¹m hoping that someone can help me out > on that note. > > I did find mention of a field-name of Little Gain at > <http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43082>, seemingly > associated with the parish of Broom, but I don¹t know whether this is > relevant. Broom seems a little far away from Kidderminster to be referred to > as Onear Kidderminster¹. > > About three years later, in 1860, another child, Willy Joseph ANKER, was > born to the same family, with the birth place this time given as Sutton > Common, Kidderminster. I don¹t know exactly where Sutton Common is either, > but would be interested in knowing where it is in relation to Little Gain if > anyone can help. > > The mother of Matilda and Willy is Sarah ANKER nee WHATTON, said to be born > in Kidderminster anywhere between 1826 and 1840, depending on what record is > believed. A record of her birth or christening or family is yet to be found, > so we¹re hoping that these locations of Little Gain and Sutton Common may > lead to that. > > More detail on this family can be seen at... > > http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=sknowles&id=I758 > > Any help appreciated. > > Regards, Steven ------------------------------- 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