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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition => Topic started by: issi on Wednesday 09 April 25 09:46 BST (UK)
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Hi everyone, struggling with a Yorkshire baptism, 1812. I can get most of it, but not the residence.
They're Heptonstall of Halifax parish baptisms, if that helps with the place name.
What I have (helped a bit by knowing the family tree):
Hannah, of William & Susan Shackleton, "do"(domicile?) ?? , aged 6 yr 5 mo
James ..... 3 yr 10 mo
Grace ..... 7 mo
They are all listed at the line(s) numbered 23 in the image. Any help with the place name appreciated, it's not one I recognise
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I believe it is "Hardhippins."
It was still going by that name in 1841, at which time several families were living there, including this one (as an example):
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ5V-WLL
Queenie :)
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Wonderful! Thank you Queenie, now to find out where it is on a map...
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Interesting Google ai interpretation: Meaning:
"Hippins" is a Yorkshire dialect word for stepping stones, which are used to cross a river by "hopping" or "hipping" across them.
Example:
The phrase "hard hippins" would refer to a set of stepping stones that are particularly difficult or challenging to cross
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This is the enumerator's walk for the 1841 entry suggested by Queenie.
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Thank you BumbleB, that's very helpful. Can I ask, where did you find that description, please? The image on Ancestry links to findmypast which only shows a few pages of the census.
many thanks
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Ancestry have 10 pages for the 1841 location, and Mary is on image 3. If you go to image 1, then that is where the enumerator's schedule is given. ;)
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Looking at the parish in 1841 there is a huge list of places in this parish on this site which link to a map https://epns.nottingham.ac.uk/browse/West+Riding+of+Yorkshire/Halifax/5328827bb47fc40c8100614e-Erringden
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Hard Hippins? https://maps.nls.uk/view/100947518#zoom=5.1&lat=3290&lon=3913&layers=BT
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Brilliant - Kay99. ;)
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It took a while :)
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Yes, many thanks, glad to have confirmation, that's what I found for the location after looking at the place names listed "nearby" on the census, then checking where Erringden was on genuki - https://www.genuki.org.uk/gaz/WRY/boundary/4870 (https://www.genuki.org.uk/gaz/WRY/boundary/4870) - I came up with this, but hadn't had a chance to post it (other places ringed were also in the 1941 census). this is an 1888-1892 map which was the earliest I could find. thanks again, everyone.
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End of the line for the Hippens End cottages:
28 January 1938: Todmorden & District News
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Wow, good find AlanBoyd.