COMPLETED THANKS - Help with handwriting

[CarolA3]

For what it's worth, I think the name could be Francis.

Still can't make out the place though 

Regards,
Carol

[CarolA3]

Oooh!  Just checked on http://old-maps.co.uk for St Pancras.  The oldest map is 1851 and shows Battle Bridge (alongside King's Cross Station).

Battle Bridge was a short easterly continuation of St Pancras Road, and the next stretch running east is still (I think) Pentonville Road.  Possible?

Regards,
Carol

[PrueM]

OK, I've looked through quite a few pages of that register now (online) and I have decided that it is, in fact, William.  The other examples are not great either, but some are a bit better than yours, and there are enough of them for me to be convinced.

[mare]

Developed a lazy approach or saving ink on those 4 down strokes then   

Seems possible, Carol ....

[Daniels-mum]

Wow thanks Carol - Battle Bridge it is! I can especially see it in the earlier entry (third down) on the same page - Bridge has the same strange "d" as in my "Symonds" entry.

And thanks very much Prue for looking through the register - I shall bow to your expertise! We shall go with William. As I said before, William would make sense as George Joseph Symonds called his own son William. I shall see if I can go back further from here.

Thanks again everyone for all your help.