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place names in Cambridgeshire
« on: Thursday 05 May 05 23:09 BST (UK) »
Can anyone tell me if there a town or villiage called Whobusper in cambridgeshire.
I have just received a census lookup up for 1861, the lady is living in East Yorkshire. Her place of birth is given as cambridge Whobusper.
Can anyone help me with this,
Thanks
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Re: place names in Cambridgeshire
« Reply #1 on: Friday 06 May 05 12:30 BST (UK) »
Hi Reedy

I have certainly never heard of this place.  I looked in Phillimore's index of Parish Registers too and could not find anything even resembling Whobusper.
I suggest you look at other words that have been written in the census and see if you can make out if it might read as something else.

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Re: place names in Cambridgeshire
« Reply #2 on: Friday 06 May 05 12:45 BST (UK) »
Tell us who it was in 1861 then we can look at the original and try and decipher it for you.  Name, age, place.
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Re: place names in Cambridgeshire
« Reply #3 on: Friday 06 May 05 13:09 BST (UK) »


Could it be WISBECH Cambs ? - pronounced Wisbeach!
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