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London and Middlesex / Re: baptised with New Inn Yard, Shoreditch addresses but lived in Bethnal Green
« on: Tuesday 07 July 20 23:40 BST (UK) »
I have a similar situation cropping up in my family tree (surnames Worby, Chillingworth, Herbert, Crow(e)). In the censuses they give their place of birth variously as Bethnal Green, St Lukes, Spitalfields, yet each was baptised within a couple of weeks of their respective births at St Leonards Shoreditch, with the given abode being a place in Shoreditch (Mail Coach Yard, Holywell Lane, Saunders Gardens, New Inn Yard).
My assumption is that one's perception of place in such a crowded area might not necessarily correspond with the actual parish. I assume St. Leonard's was used because it happened to be the closest church.
My assumption is that one's perception of place in such a crowded area might not necessarily correspond with the actual parish. I assume St. Leonard's was used because it happened to be the closest church.