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Title: Name of dairy farm at Mousesweet Brook, Netherton, Dudley?
Post by: unlikely_librarian on Tuesday 10 December 24 11:52 GMT (UK)

Bit of a long shot, but can anyone make out the name of this dairy farm at Mousesweet Brook in Netherton, Dudley?

The image is from the enumerator's district description in the 1861 England Census (Dudley/47/2062/72/1). My family, the Westwoods, owned the farm and I'd love to be able to find out more about it.

Title: Re: Name of dairy farm at Mousesweet Brook, Netherton, Dudley?
Post by: ShaunJ on Tuesday 10 December 24 11:59 GMT (UK)

Looks like "Parish Boundary" to me. I'm not seeing any mention of a dairy farm.

Title: Re: Name of dairy farm at Mousesweet Brook, Netherton, Dudley?
Post by: JenB on Tuesday 10 December 24 12:01 GMT (UK)

Do you mean the words circled in red?

I read them as '...parish boundary.....'. The word 'parish' is crossed by a descender from the word 'of' in the line above which slightly confuses matters.

Like Shaun I don't see the words 'dairy farm' anywhere  :-\  perhaps I'm not looking at the right words  :-\

Title: Re: Name of dairy farm at Mousesweet Brook, Netherton, Dudley?
Post by: unlikely_librarian on Tuesday 10 December 24 12:16 GMT (UK)

Looking at it again, you are both right... It reads "parish boundary" – I mistook the second half of 'boundary' for 'dairy'. Wishful thinking on my part, I suppose! Thanks for pointing it out.