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18th Cent. Kent parish name
« on: Wednesday 05 June 13 12:14 BST (UK) »
Trying to discipher an Ancesters Will. I am having trouble with a parish name, it looks like
'Loearn'
So far the areas covered in the will are;
Beltinge, Herne Bay;
Hoath, Reculver,
So I assume this parish would be in the same general area, as he was from Chislet, Kent.

Very hopeful of all the local knowledge out there.
Richardson; Headley; Kingsland; Moore;
Brett; Whitmore; Miller; Gosling;
Smith; Holland
Carter; Rushton; Salt
Haberfield; Maggs; Marsh; Veale;
Chapple; Bond; Baker; Osborne.

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Re: 18th Cent. Kent parish name
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 05 June 13 13:06 BST (UK) »
Blean or Preston??

Any chance you could post the relevant section of the will on here?

Genuki has a list of Kent parishes

http://users.ox.ac.uk/~malcolm/genuki/big/eng/KEN/parishes.html#L

and there is a map on the KFHS site

http://www.kfhs.org.uk/kfhs-area1.htm
Middx - VAUS, ROBERTS, EVERSFIELD, INMAN, STAR, HOLBECK, WYATT, BICKFORD, SMITH, REDWOOD
Hants - SMALL, HAMMERTON, GRIST, FRYER, TRODD, DAGWELL, PARKER, WOODFORD, CROUTEAR, BECK, BENDELL, KEEPING, HARDING, BULL
Kent - BAYLY, BORER, MITCHELL, PLANE, VERNON, FARRANCE, CHAPMAN, MEDHURST, LOMAX, WYATT, IDEN
Devon - TOPE, BICKFORD, FOSTER
YKS - QUIRK, McGUIRE, BENN
Nott/Derbs - SLACK
Herts - BARNES
L'pool- PLUMBE
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Re: 18th Cent. Kent parish name
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 06 June 13 23:57 BST (UK) »
Good call bearkat
hopes this helps
Richardson; Headley; Kingsland; Moore;
Brett; Whitmore; Miller; Gosling;
Smith; Holland
Carter; Rushton; Salt
Haberfield; Maggs; Marsh; Veale;
Chapple; Bond; Baker; Osborne.

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Re: 18th Cent. Kent parish name
« Reply #3 on: Friday 07 June 13 00:43 BST (UK) »
Hearn. Perhaps an old spelling of Herne?

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Re: 18th Cent. Kent parish name
« Reply #4 on: Friday 07 June 13 00:53 BST (UK) »
Yes, I would probably guess that too.  There is a chart here http://www.examiner.com/article/how-to-decipher-old-handwriting-part-1

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Re: 18th Cent. Kent parish name
« Reply #5 on: Saturday 08 June 13 06:00 BST (UK) »
Thanks for that. Had started to wonder if the first letter was 'w' or 'h'
After your thoughts, remembered I had old 18cent map and Hearn was spelt that way then.
So big thank you for pointing me in the right direction.  :D
Richardson; Headley; Kingsland; Moore;
Brett; Whitmore; Miller; Gosling;
Smith; Holland
Carter; Rushton; Salt
Haberfield; Maggs; Marsh; Veale;
Chapple; Bond; Baker; Osborne.
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