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Offline tomm

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« on: Tuesday 19 July 16 15:53 BST (UK) »

Hi
Can anyone tell me if there was a place named Blackfields in the County of Surrey !!!

The reason I ask is I have a Samuel H Dyer  born abt  1806 in Christchurch, Surrey.
But the 1861 census shows him as born abt 1806 in Blackfields, Surrey.....
I understand it's a long time ago and names change, any ideas please.

Many thanks

tomm

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Re: Place names
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 19 July 16 15:58 BST (UK) »
Could it be Brickfields?
Nursall   ~    Buckinghamshire
Avies ~   Norwich

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Re: Place names
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 19 July 16 16:04 BST (UK) »
If you mean Samuel the Brass turner, it actually says Blackfriars in the 1861 census.
CHOULES All ,  COKER Harwich Essex & Rochester Kent 
COLE Gt. Oakley, & Lt. Oakley, Essex.
DUNCAN Kent
EVERITT Colchester,  Dovercourt & Harwich Essex
GULLIVER/GULLOFER Fifehead Magdalen Dorset
HORSCROFT Kent.
KING Sturminster Newton, Dorset. MONK Odiham Ham.
SCOTT Wrabness, Essex
WILKINS Stour Provost, Dorset.
WICKHAM All in North Essex.
WICKHAM Medway Towns, Kent from 1880
WICKHAM, Ipswich, Suffolk.

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Re: Place names
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 19 July 16 16:07 BST (UK) »
I was thinking it must be Blackfriars. Blackfriars Road runs right through Christ Church parish to Blackfriars Bridge

See map http://mapco.net/parish/parish10.htm
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« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 19 July 16 16:12 BST (UK) »
Shaun beat me to locating the map to show the parish.
CHOULES All ,  COKER Harwich Essex & Rochester Kent 
COLE Gt. Oakley, & Lt. Oakley, Essex.
DUNCAN Kent
EVERITT Colchester,  Dovercourt & Harwich Essex
GULLIVER/GULLOFER Fifehead Magdalen Dorset
HORSCROFT Kent.
KING Sturminster Newton, Dorset. MONK Odiham Ham.
SCOTT Wrabness, Essex
WILKINS Stour Provost, Dorset.
WICKHAM All in North Essex.
WICKHAM Medway Towns, Kent from 1880
WICKHAM, Ipswich, Suffolk.

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« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 19 July 16 16:16 BST (UK) »

Hi Jebber and ShaunJ

Many thanks for your replies, yes I'm sure that's the answer, the 1861 definitely gives it as blackields
even in the index at the bottom, hence my post.

My thanks to you folks

Regards

tomm

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« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 19 July 16 16:26 BST (UK) »
Findmypast and the Genealogist both have it correctly indexed as Blackfriars,

I have posted a correction on Ancestry.
CHOULES All ,  COKER Harwich Essex & Rochester Kent 
COLE Gt. Oakley, & Lt. Oakley, Essex.
DUNCAN Kent
EVERITT Colchester,  Dovercourt & Harwich Essex
GULLIVER/GULLOFER Fifehead Magdalen Dorset
HORSCROFT Kent.
KING Sturminster Newton, Dorset. MONK Odiham Ham.
SCOTT Wrabness, Essex
WILKINS Stour Provost, Dorset.
WICKHAM All in North Essex.
WICKHAM Medway Towns, Kent from 1880
WICKHAM, Ipswich, Suffolk.

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« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 19 July 16 16:47 BST (UK) »
Never trust transcriptions. It's clearly Blackfriars:

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