I bet you can't help me !!

[Necromancer]

it certainly ends in SDO/EN ... which might also suggest Hoddesdon in Herts ?

But the first letter sure looks like a G !

So I'm with Kath !

[Necromancer]

Theres 2 IGI entries that might fit - 1818 and 1819 ...

Great Gaddesden
 C047381   1814-1871   

[newbie]

Tati,
I think it's the Rose & Crown in the 1851...
Newbie
and Branham Street possibly?

[newbie]

At first I thought it said Hertford Garrison,
but closer I thought it said Gattisden
Newbie

[Tati]

Theres 2 IGI entries that might fit - 1818 and 1819 ...
Great Gaddesden
 C047381   1814-1871   

Well done, Newf  And only one has a father Joseph 

WM. SMITH 
Birth:  06 AUG 1819   
Christening:  03 OCT 1819   Great Gaddesden, Hertford
Father:  JOSEPH SMITH 
Mother:  ANN 

9 children christened to a Joseph/Ann Smith couple in the same batch between 1819 and 1840. Begs for a 1841 and 1851 look-up for the whole family 

[Tati]

1851  
HO107/1715 451 15
Great Gaddesden
Gaddesden Row
Joseph Smith, head, 57, Gardener, b. Berkhamstead
Ann, wife, 54, Plaiter, b. Gt Gaddesden
Ann, dau, 13, Plaiter, b. do.
Geo, son, 11, scollar, b. do.
Ann, granddau, 5, birthplace not known

[Tati]

and 1841
HO107/441/2 26 4
Great Geddesden
Bridens Camp
Ann Smith, 40, Straw plaiter
Elizabeth, 15
Joseph, 12
Thomas, 6
Ann, 4
George, 1

Shame however that William isn't around

(There's a possible Joseph Smith, 40, Ag lab at Gaddesden Park)

[Necromancer]

smashing stuff Tati - I had completely forgotten that Foz had named Wm's father !

Brilliant - take the rest of the day off   

[KathMc]

And won't she be thrilled when she comes back and sees all you have found Tati. 

Kath