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CaroleW: I agree with your comments at post #2 and would question the 1801 birth for obvious reasons, although the 41/ 51/ and 61 census gives the correct age for an 1801 birth with the place of birth as Mansel Lacy, same as Uvedales
 At post #4, I have an 1871 census for James Davies, occupation Cooper, which is correct, born in the same place as his parents marriage, Hope under Dinmore, James was born in 1821 following the death of his brother of the same name in 1819.
James would have been 50 in 1871, the census shows him as 58.
His wife, Sarah Trilloe, was also born in 1821, the census shows her age as 49 which is nearer the mark.
Children listed are Thomas age 15 and Emily age 11, which tally.
Following Uvedales death in 1862, I accept Harriett could have gone to live with one of her children but it wasn't James.

Neale1961:  At post #3. I take your point, I cant find a Harriett Gardener at all born in Mansel Lacy and its too much of a stretch to assume one of the potential other 3 I have found in Hereford around that time are a good match, in fact there is no evidence available to substantiate this.
At post #5. I agree with everything you have said here, the thing that would clear it up is a baptism record for James 1821 but I cant find one either.
I think you are right, the Leominster death for James 1817 is not correct.
To further complicate matters, James son Thomas, born 1854, is my 2 times grandfather, everything tallies from the census records but I cant find a baptism record for him either although BMD throws up a couple of good GRO leads for Weobley.
 

Elizabeth, its a possibility, I have a hint from FindMyPast which quotes a potential spouse for father Henry as Elizabeth Bexfield, I'll give it a go and see what turns up.

Your right Cas, the bane of genealogy is how crap the census records are 
The ages ARE out but the census is in the right place and the 5 year gap between Henry and Emma works too, Withington isn't a big conurbation, i was born in the same hospital some of my relatives died in, so the chances of there being a similar family around there is slim at best.
Henry married Emma in 1879 when he was 26, he's down on the marriage certificate as an excavator, which is probably a posh labourer, its a fair stretch from Norfolk to Manchester but there would have been plenty of that type of work around that time, not so his father Henry who's occupation is listed as a drover, not many sheep or cows in Manchester then  so the search continues for the link i think.

I have a great grandfather, Harry Brown (1884-1962) born and died in Manchester but have his father listed on his marriage certificate in 1906 to Ada Mary Ashton (1884-1949) as Henry Brown.
Henry is listed on the 1881 census as living in Manchester with his wife Emma (Malbon) and is 28 putting a potential DOB as 1853, I have the GRO marriage details as potentially 9 December 1879 in Manchester but no certificate which would give me Henrys father, and then the problems really start..............the 1891 census, again in Manchester but age 43 puts his DOB at 1848, its the same guy as Emma is shown as 23 in 1891 and 33 in 1891 in Manchester, I cant find the 1901 census but the 1911 census has Emma as a widow in Manchester age 53 so the dates tie in.
I have a GRO death record for Henry (8c/386) in 1910 age 59 giving a DOB as 1851 
And then, the trail goes cold.
Any help to move this on would be gratefully appreciated.

Just a thought, If Alice ward was 41 in 1890 she would have been born in 1849 so couldn't be the mother of Michael.