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Title: A parish burial entry
Post by: M_ONeill on Thursday 11 July 19 19:51 BST (UK)

I need some help with the following entry - it comes immediately after the person's name in a parish burial record from 1809. I can make out the word 'buried' at the end, but I can't work out the rest.

Title: Re: A parish burial entry
Post by: Gadget on Thursday 11 July 19 19:53 BST (UK)

from the Bay(tree) buried

I think....

add - Not sure about tree!

Title: Re: A parish burial entry
Post by: c-side on Thursday 11 July 19 19:55 BST (UK)

I would agree  :)

Title: Re: A parish burial entry
Post by: c-side on Thursday 11 July 19 19:57 BST (UK)

Just noticed your addition, Gadget.  I think it's a T.  The other one in the word 'the' isn't crossed either.

Title: Re: A parish burial entry
Post by: M_ONeill on Thursday 11 July 19 20:21 BST (UK)

Thanks for the replies! A cursory search doesn't reveal any local placenames matching that one - I can only assume it's a local geographical reference...

Title: Re: A parish burial entry
Post by: Gadget on Thursday 11 July 19 20:24 BST (UK)

What's the location?

Christine (hello - not seen you for a while  :)  ) - I was not sure about the e not the t as the one in 'the' is written in the old way and the ones in 'tree' are as we write them today.

Gadget

Title: Re: A parish burial entry
Post by: M_ONeill on Thursday 11 July 19 20:28 BST (UK)

This is a burial entry for the parish registers of Ditton Priors in Shropshire, near Much Wenlock.

Title: Re: A parish burial entry
Post by: Janet Waterhouse on Thursday 11 July 19 20:31 BST (UK)

Hi,

could the Baytree be the name of an inn?

Janet

Title: Re: A parish burial entry
Post by: Gadget on Thursday 11 July 19 21:02 BST (UK)

I've looked at the 6 ins and 25 ins/mile OS maps from NLS but no sign. There is a Howards Arms though:

https://maps.nls.uk/view/121152710#zoom=5&lat=4213&lon=1104&layers=BT

Inn names were changed quite often, so maybe it could be this one.

The 25 ins cuts Ditton Priors in half - this is the east side of the village.

Added - link to a Google image - it looks quite old:

https://goo.gl/maps/fKRur5epZssPKtG77


Gadget

Title: Re: A parish burial entry
Post by: Gadget on Thursday 11 July 19 22:11 BST (UK)

Found it~

It's to the SW of Wrickton Mill and Charlcotte   and SE of Ditton Priors.


https://tinyurl.com/y6bcqnay


Gadget

Title: Re: A parish burial entry
Post by: Gadget on Thursday 11 July 19 22:31 BST (UK)

Here is the current Baytree:

https://goo.gl/maps/YEF6Mh1tn6K5CU4Z9

Title: Re: A parish burial entry
Post by: M_ONeill on Thursday 11 July 19 22:46 BST (UK)

Wow, that's amazing detective work, everybody!  :D

I'll slot it into my local spreadsheet of Smallman related knowledge. Thanks again, everyone. :)