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Vcela
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Buckinghamshire place name
« on: Wednesday 06 April 05 15:37 UTC (UK) »
On the 1861 census we have an individual James Clark living Windsor Street, Shoreditch born about 1814 who gives his place of birth as Glower, Bucks.
Does anyone recognise this place name?
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Re: Buckinghamshire place name
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 07 April 05 23:05 UTC (UK) »
Have you seen the image of the original page? Or is this a possible transcription error? If it is an error, the only possibility I can think of is "Stowe". An "S" could be read as a
"G" and an uncrossed "t" looks like an "l". The final "r" might be imagined from a little curlicue ending on the "e". There may be other possibilities. Perhaps someone else can think of another?
If it is definitely "Glower", then perhaps a London enumerator did not understand what Mr. Clark said with his Bucks accent. I can't think of a place that might sound like
"Glower" to a person unfamiliar with the Bucks accent.

Sorry, I can't be more helpful.
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cuenca
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Re: Buckinghamshire place name
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 09 April 05 07:46 UTC (UK) »
Hi there

Just a thought......  Could it possibly be 'Clewer'?

Good luck!!

Sarah
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Vcela
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Re: Buckinghamshire place name
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 10 April 05 10:52 UTC (UK) »
Cuenca - The Bucks library people also suggested Clewer, which I understand is in Berkshire.
I think that what Carmela says might be right concerning the accent. It is certainly written Glower, Bucks (only the 'o' might be something else). If Clewer could become Glower than probably Berks could become Bucks.
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Re: Buckinghamshire place name
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 12 April 05 14:53 UTC (UK) »
Clewer is right on the Bucks, Berks border which makes it quite likely that is Clewer
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Re: Buckinghamshire place name
« Reply #5 on: Friday 15 April 05 12:19 UTC (UK) »
I had wondered if Clewer might have at some point been in Bucks (in this case around 1814), but was told that it has always been in Berks.
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London/Worcestershire: Dimmock  London/Leicestershire: Driver
London/Berks-Bucks:Clark 
London/Norfolk: Gardiner
London/Holland/Germany: Assenheim
Estonia: Kalda
Ukraine: Vishnjakov/a
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