I keep on looking on the web for 'Worthen'
I know that it exists, I found a page on Genuki which tells me that it is " a parish in the hundred of Cawrse, county Montgomery. (Montgomery? I thought it was Shropshire!) So it exists, but the only other things that I have found tell me that it is in the Hereford diocese. (Hereford? I really thought that it was Shropshire!) I know that my geography was never good, I once had an exam paper returned to me with 'waffle' written all across it, no, I could never claim that geography was my strong suit, but could somebody please explain to me how this works.
I can find no pictures of Worthen, or come to that, of West Felton which is also a place that I am interested in, and although I can find Worthen on a modern map, it is shown as one town, yet when I come to try and find it on old maps I discover that there are something like half a dozen parishes which all appear to be in Worthen as though it was a large area. Now how can that be?
I have my ancestor on an 1861 census shown as born in Worthen, but he was born in 1812. so no nice birth certificate to tell me exactly where he was born. I have him on Parish and Probate records for Shropshire - this for his baptism shown as 28 Jun 1812 John, s. of Thomas and Margaret Davies--Worthin. I presume that Worthin is Worthen? , this reference is where I get 'Worthen - Parish Registers, Hereford Diocese from. But nothing to pinpoint the exact spot.
Could anyone throw some light my way, please
Lindy
