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 > >