Could anyone help deciper this name from 1844?

[CarolA3]

Found a baptism for Sarah Anne at Ashbourne, Derbyshire, on 5 May 1844.

Born 8 April 1844, daughter of John and Mary Anne BUXTON, he's a butcher, abode Macclesfield.

Are there two Sarah BUXTONs?

Carol

Rubbish - ignore - that one's June qtr obviously

[CarolA3]

There are two in Belper in March qtr 1844 according to FreeBMD - both are Vol 19; one is Page 450 (mmn HUNT), the other is Page 550 440 and is not on the 'new' GRO index.  This is not a FreeBMD transcription error.  I've checked the image and there really are two.

Could the one on Page 550 440 be the right one?

Carol

Edited following arthurk's comment below.

[CarolA3]

Here's a snip from the GRO index:

[CarolA3]

There's also a listing for Sarah PARSONS in Belper, March qtr 1844, Vol 19 Page 440 
Again, this isn't on the 'new' GRO index so can't check mmn.

I don't think her parents were married, otherwise the birth certificate would show her mother as 'Mary Ann BUXTON formerly PARSONS'.  As the father is named, would Sarah be indexed under both surnames?  If so, shouldn't both entries would have the same reference

Carol

Edited following arthurk's comment below.

[arthurk]

The clip you've posted for the Buxton surname entries shows page numbers 450 and 440, so the Parsons one (440) would match.

[CarolA3]

Thank you arthurk for pointing out my error, and for refraining from taking the mick.  That'll teach me not to attempt communication while recovering from general anaesthetic

Anyhow, I believe the entry with mmn HUNT was a red herring.  Evidently Sarah's birth registration has been indexed twice, under BUXTON and PARSONS, because her parents weren't married.  In the early days of civil registration, a single mother registering her child's birth could name the father without him being present.

After much editing, and with thanks again to arthurk, I'll go away now

Carol (off the drugs today)

[arthurk]

Thank you arthurk for pointing out my error, and for refraining from taking the mick.  That'll teach me not to attempt communication while recovering from general anaesthetic

Hope all is well - I'd guessed it was either a genuine typo or something like a sight problem, so didn't want to make a big thing of it.

[CarolA3]

All is very well thanks, just a momentary blip

Carol

[bernoy]

My apologies - I perhaps should have mentioned right at the outset that the surname of my great grandmother was always given as Parsons, her mother's maiden name, as she was indeed illegitimate. This is one of the reasons it has been difficult to trace her father, in addition to the Buxton/Burton/Barton etc confusion!