Hi Steve, I've been away for the week and have only just seen your Monday's posting... The change from Cofton to Coston throughout most C19 could well have been the result of a continually-repeated mistranscription, but certainly at the time of the 1851 Census (which was the origination of this exchange) it was clearly in general use as Coston, for that was - with a potential mistranscription by the enquirer, for Ancestry index it as Coston, not Caston - how it was recorded by the enumerator. [HO107/2047/317/19 (and 17)]. It is *possible* that the change may have been made following the early-1880s Public Consultations over the Parish Boundaries prior to the issue of the OS 1st Edition 6" and 25" Series - but that it took a little time for Official Recognition to be granted. Although at this stage this can be little more than a guess. Gus ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Cullen" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 11:42 AM Subject: [WOR] Fw: Fw: Place name Caston Hackett There are historical documents relating to Cofton Hall, which was situated at Cofton Hackett, as early as 1621 so I think "Cofton" dates much further back than census days. I'm still pretty certain "Coston" was never more than a mistranscription as I haven't come across it in any historical document other than 19th century civil records. Regards, Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gus Tysoe" <[email protected]> To: "Steve Cullen" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 7:15 AM Subject: Re: [WOR] Fw: Place name Caston Hackett > Hi Steve, > > The 1831 OS 1" map, and every Census Report from 1801 to 1881 inclusive, > prints it as "Coston" - and with a 'proper' "s"; not the long-form version > that resembles an "f" - so I suggest that this interpretation is likely to > be wrong... > > From the 1891 Census Report onwards it's been "Cofton". I've not traced > any > formal document that established the change of spelling, and have to > accept > that it was "some date between 1881 and 1891". > > Gus > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve Cullen" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2007 7:38 PM > Subject: [WOR] Fw: Place name Caston Hackett > > > It always was Cofton Hackett to my knowledge, just the way people > interpreted it on maps with the "f" looking like an old-fashioned "s", > i.e. > the f without it's bar across > > Regards, > Steve Cullen > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gus Tysoe" <[email protected]> > To: "Jen" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2007 7:35 PM > Subject: Re: [WOR] Place name Caston Hackett > > >> Hello Jen, >> >> This is almost certainly COSTON Hackett - today's COFTON Hackett - that >> was >> (may still be) in Bromsgrove Registration District. >> >> Despite what it's inhabitants might tell you, for all practical >> purposes - >> if you go there 'on the ground' - it's the South-Eastern part of >> Birmingham... >> >> Gus >> >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jen" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2007 5:29 PM >> Subject: [WOR] Place name Caston Hackett >> >> >> I must not be reading this name right. I have googled and checked >> Genuki. >> Does anyone know what Caston Hackett could be? It is given as a birth >> location for John Lilly in Staple Hill on the 1851 census. Thanks Jenn >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> >> > > > > ------------------------------- > 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