St Martins, Salop?

[delta59]

Hello all

Could someone help please.  I am looking for George Meredith's birth certificate.  He was born c1850 and on census's says either St Martins, Salop or Salop, Shropshire.  I have found 3 alternatives for a birth cert either, Oswestry, Stourbridge or Ludlow.  Are any of these places near any of the census birth addresses.  His parents were Joseph and Mary Meredith

Many thanks

Delta

[Tati]

Hi Delta,

In 1851 he's age 1, at Gledrid, St Martin, in the district of Oswestry.

 
 

[Gadget]

Hi Delta

I know the area well - I grew up about 3 miles away and have ancestors from there. As Tati says, it will be an Oswestry Reg District birth reference.


Gadget

[delta59]

Thank you for your posts. 

Yes that's him.  I was going off where he was born which says Shropshire, but I will look in Oswestry.

Del

[delta59]

Is St Martins in Oswestry?  Sorry for sounding thick I do not know the area at all

Del

[Gadget]

No

It's 3 miles to the north. A pretty large ruralish parish. The village itself  grew considerably when the Gertrude Mine (Ifton) started coal production in a big way in the 19th century.

I have a book on the history of the parish.

Gledrid was nearer Chirk.

I'll go find a map for you 


Gadget

[Gadget]

Click for Map here

and some brief info here:

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SAL/StMartin/index.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Martin%27s,_Shropshire

[Gadget]

It looks as if Joseph Meredith married Mary Evans, March quarter 1846, Oswestry, vol 18 page 179


Gadget

[Gadget]

Both Joseph's (in Melverley, Shropshire in 1817) and Mary's (in St Martins in 1827) baptisms are on the IGI.

Gadget