What is M.E.O.T?

[Brie]

Hi,

I have a record from Docklands Ancestors. It is for a baptism in 1825 and next to address it reads M.E.O.T. Does anyone have any idea what this means.

Thanks
Brie

[Just Kia]

Mile End Old Town

[Brie]

Doh! Thanks Kia

I puzzled over it for ages but then I'm from Up North 

Brie

[Jean_E]

Thank you for this message thread. It helped me understand what MEOT meant in a christening record for someone I am researching for a friend.

In case anyone else finds this message thread, I will add this:

According to a Wikipedia.org article, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mile_End , the 1st time the place name was recorded, in 1288 no less, as La Mile Ende, its meaning was "the hamlet a mile away" from Aldergate in the City of London. Apparently, it became one of the first suburbs of the City of London, becoming incorporated into the city in 1855. It is the East End of London, now, for anyone who wishes to find the area on a map.

Best wishes -
Jean E. DeLauche (who is always interested in the origin of place names)
St. Louis, Missouri area, USA

[Berlin-Bob]

... not to be confused with M.E.N.T.   

http://surname.rootschat.com/lexicon/reflib-lexicon.php?letter=M

Bob


ps I've added this topic to the Lexicon, for the explanation from Jean_E

[barryd]

I am linked into a Vant family. Christopher Vant born in genteel Studley Royal. Ripon, Yorkshire and his wife born Valenciennes, France. They lived in the East End of London and had 7 children born in a good sample of the area from 1846-1858.

Stepney 1
Limehouse, 2
Bethnal Green 2
M.E.O.T. 2