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