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The Lighter Side / Re: Unusual First Names
« on: Yesterday at 19:54 »
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Reply #459  Enos Furness... spring knife manufacturer who had a workshop on the hilly site above the Rivelin Valley, where there were many (cutlery) grinding mills.

Was Enos a descendant of Enoch Furniss who was a tenant of the Grogram grinding wheel on the Rivelin from 1741?

My reference is:
Crossley, David (ed.)  Water Power on the Sheffield Rivers, 1989, p. 68
(I am looking at the 1st ed. but there is a 2nd ed. of this publication.)

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The Lighter Side / Re: England Jurisdictions 1851 Maps
« on: Yesterday at 08:45 »
Sorry I was not very clear.  I have amended my post #11.  I have emailed FS to ask about comments, (eu_support@familysearch.org).  They have replied there is a "Report a problem"  on the wiki page, which I cannot see there, so I am awaiting a second reply.

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The Lighter Side / Re: England Jurisdictions 1851 Maps
« on: Sunday 03 August 25 22:35 BST (UK)  »
My remarks in #11 refer to the Familysearch maps which were the original subject of the thread and are intended to show ecclesiastical parishes.

In #12 I was pointing out that the OS alternative which was suggested shows civil parishes.  The OS did not map ecclesiastical parishes after the mid-19th cent.

I certainly appreciate the full collection offered by NLS, I use it all the time.

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The Lighter Side / Re: England Jurisdictions 1851 Maps
« on: Sunday 03 August 25 17:51 BST (UK)  »
The OS map gives CIVIL parishes c1930, so does not show any divisions within boroughs.  Despite saying 1950s, I can see it post-dates the merging of two parishes in 1923, but not the straightening of a fiddly piece of boundary in 1936.
It will not show any boundaries for c1880.
(Amended)

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The Lighter Side / Re: England Jurisdictions 1851 Maps
« on: Sunday 03 August 25 17:22 BST (UK)  »
In the FamilySearch maps I can see an area of southern Yorkshire which is littered with errors but it is pointless giving "feedback" ranging from a scowl to a grin.  Where can we do it properly?  For example:

There is a place-name Dinnington which occurs in Northumberland, Somerset and Yorkshire.  The descriptions of all three are identical, giving the nearby place-names from Northumberland.

Amended

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The Common Room / Re: Baptism entry.
« on: Sunday 03 August 25 14:11 BST (UK)  »
The Book of Common Prayer has two forms of service, Private Baptism... in houses and Publick Baptism... in the church.  Although we tend to view the latter as a small family occasion, properly it seems to have been conducted during a regular service, after the second lesson.  Therefore the child was received into the congregation at baptism.

The private baptism service is very short, three prayers and "I baptise thee... ".  It is followed by a form of words to be used when the child was first brought to church.  The minister certified the time and place of the private baptism and the godparents gave the name of the child, who was then received into the congregation - plus prayers etc.

Amended

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The Stay Safe Board / Re: Diary summary week ending 3rd August
« on: Saturday 02 August 25 20:54 BST (UK)  »
I'm glad it all went well.  Can you get an extension on your free 8-week spa pass?

Molly

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The Stay Safe Board / Re: Diary summary week ending 3rd August
« on: Saturday 02 August 25 08:59 BST (UK)  »
A little-noticed event two years ago was that Cumbria agreed to divide into two authorities:
1. Cumberland, 2. Westmorland and Furness.

Anc* has not noticed, whereas FindMyPast has always been correct.  I hope they remember Lancashire Day in Furness and other places where boundaries are not identical.  Also Yorkshire Day in Sedbergh etc.

I wonder if they may be forced to join up again in 2028.

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Cambridgeshire / Re: On the scrounge and on the cheap!
« on: Saturday 02 August 25 07:34 BST (UK)  »
The BNA gives a place to correct the OCR text but the layout is cramped so I have rarely used it, just occasionally entered a few key names.  Generally, I prefer FindMyPast for searching, but it does not seem to have an equivalent edit function, although they are using the same data.


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