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Wales (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Wales => Montgomeryshire => Topic started by: 4b2 on Sunday 15 February 26 21:06 GMT (UK)

Title: Identifying a Montgomeryshire place name
Post by: 4b2 on Sunday 15 February 26 21:06 GMT (UK)
Does anyone have any idea where this place is in Montgomeryshire? It's probably in the parish of Aberhafesp, Tregynon or Bettws Cedawain. I think it's probably the name of a building. And I'm referring to the first one, not Llanfihangel.

The best I can come up with is Abberhew in Bettws.

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Title: Re: Identifying a Montgomeryshire place name
Post by: Raybistre on Monday 16 February 26 09:33 GMT (UK)
Link comes up as 'Service unavailable'
Title: Re: Identifying a Montgomeryshire place name
Post by: osprey on Monday 16 February 26 20:07 GMT (UK)
Link is ok for me. What census is this from and for who? It would be good to see original to compare more writing. Do you have the person on another census?
Title: Re: Identifying a Montgomeryshire place name
Post by: Raybistre on Tuesday 17 February 26 10:13 GMT (UK)
link ok now
Title: Re: Identifying a Montgomeryshire place name
Post by: 4b2 on Tuesday 17 February 26 10:45 GMT (UK)
Quote from: osprey on Monday 16 February 26 20:07 GMT (UK)
Link is ok for me. What census is this from and for who? It would be good to see original to compare more writing. Do you have the person on another census?

Here it is. In other censuses, just Montgomeryshire is listed, with no settlement.

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/7572/images/LANRG11_3677_3682-0930?rc=&queryId=62a3793c-4e97-4305-b3c9-6b3192edfdab&usePUB=true&_phsrc=jQc2&_phstart=successSource&pId=9115812

To me, the last bit looks like -hir
Title: Re: Identifying a Montgomeryshire place name
Post by: macwil on Tuesday 17 February 26 11:48 GMT (UK)
Aomshire is what it looks like to me, I have no idea if there is such a place.
Title: Re: Identifying a Montgomeryshire place name
Post by: DCB on Tuesday 17 February 26 11:57 GMT (UK)
According to the baptism, if the correct person, he was born in Pentre, Aberhafesp.

The location is on this map: https://maps.nls.uk/view/135199783

Pentre is just to the north west of Aberhafesp

Sister, Elizabeth, at the same address in 1826