Place of birth from census

[Enumerated]

It says Middlesex City London. So birthplace is City of London.

The City is the oldest part of London within the city walls, often called 'the square mile'. It contains the Bank of England and the Tower of London. It is volume 1c in the bmd indexes.

[JenB]

I've just looked and I think the enumerator was about to write Yorkshire, C?? and corrected it - see the snip below

It only really reads  Middlesex London

I agree with Gadget and Rosie - it's clear from the snip that the enumerator originally wrote something starting with 'C' and that this has been overwritten by the word London. So it's Middlesex, London.

[CarolA3]

It says Middlesex City London. So birthplace is City of London.

The City is the oldest part of London within the city walls, often called 'the square mile'. It contains the Bank of England and the Tower of London. It is volume 1c in the bmd indexes.

Surely the City of London is not, and never has been, part of the county of Middlesex?  Or indeed any other county?

As others have already explained, the place of birth in this entry is 'Middlesex, London' and the 'C....' is a partly erased mistake.

Carol

[vonni]

Yes, I agree they started to write Yorkshire and changed it to Middlesex and then Startedvwritinf Caldwell and changed it to London.

Thank you all for your help. 

BW

Vonni

[Enumerated]

I have seen Middlesex City London as birthplace in census returns before, which is probably why I recognise it.

London was formerly in the county of Middlesex.

[rosie99]

I don't think that it does say City.  There is certainly a C at the beginning but the rest does not look like 'ity'.  Other entries on the page for y have a long tail, there is no evidence of a tail at the end. 

If I was pushed for a translation I would say it looked more like Cove 

[Gadget]

If I was pushed for a translation I would say it looked more like Cove 

That's what I think as well, Rosie 

[JenB]

I have seen Middlesex City London as birthplace in census returns before, which is probably why I recognise it.

But in this case it is clear that whatever was written that started with 'C' has been overwritten by the 'L' of London.

[Gadget]

I agree with Jennifer and Rosie. It's clearly a clerical error and the corrected entry reads Middlesex London . Also, no way do the amended letters read City.


Gadget