An interesting thought Bart, but I don't see the significance of a Public House in the entries in the baptism register.PH is a common abbreviation used in maps, particularly Ordnance Survey maps, but I've never seen it elsewhere. Ruth > To: [email protected]> Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2015 02:11:11 +0200> Subject: Re: [LON] All Saints Poplar - query in Baptism Register> From: [email protected]> > http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vols43-4/pp842-872> > Hello: If I look at the page above for the vicinity of Poplar, it uses > P.H./p.h. much. One single look up for p.h. here, shows "Public House". It > seems there are a lot of public houses/inns around here, and the merry old > friar knew his watering holes well enough ?. If you go through them, they > are probably all public houses ?. Cheers - Bart.>

Hello: It might be that the child was not actually baptized in the church itself, but at a public house ?. There wouldn’t be enough space the write out the full name of the P.H. ?. Bart. === An interesting thought Bart, but I don't see the significance of a Public House in the entries in the baptism register. PH is a common abbreviation used in maps, particularly Ordnance Survey maps, but I've never seen it elsewhere.