I did wonder if Shelley nr. Kirburton could be a possibility if you try to pronounce this with a yorkshire accent the enumerator could have misheard. Jean in Australia. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 9:46 PM Subject: Re: [YORKSHIRE] A placename in Yorkshire > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: eec131 > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.yks.general/15390.1.1.2/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Hi Sue, > > I managed to find it that time - on the 1871 & 1881 census you refer to. > Its not clear at all - you might be best uploading an image for the > handwriting experts to look at! I've not come across that name anywhere > in Yorkshire but Elland is a possibility. > > There is no more info on the census about which part of Yorkshire it was, > so you will need some more info from somewhere! Yorkshire used to be > divided into Ridings (separate counties), Elland would have been in the > West Riding. > > Sorry, can't be more help & useless at handwriting! > Good Luck > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > > > > > > Some useful websites - > FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ > FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ > > ------------------------------- > 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 >