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Offline alastair_banks

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Re: Mystery placename
« Reply #9 on: Tuesday 20 August 19 09:09 BST (UK) »
Mystery solved. Although it definitely is written as Birchley, it should have been written Brenchley.

It's from a Tasmanian convict conduct record.

The same record names where the crime took place, recorded as Yorley, should have been Yalding.

Only solved the mystery a couple of weeks ago.
BANKS, DOULL, BAIN, MILLIE, MURRAY, JACKSON, MOCHRIE, FISHER, RIACH, ANDERSON, PATERSON, CATTANACH, BRODIE, HASTIE, MACLEAN, FINLAYSON