Setchfield

[Logdore]

I have an ancestor living in Islington in 1851 who is shown as being born in Setchfield, Gloucestershire. However, I can find no record of any such place. Can anyone tell me where it might be? 

I am beginning to think it must have been mispronounced or misspelt and could be somewhere like Letchlade.

Any ideas would be most welcome.

Thanks

David

 

[genechaser]

Hi

Check some other censuses to see if it confirms your theory.

[trellisick]

i could be mistaken but i believe there was a sedgefield in gloucestershire,
you could give it a try.

[Logdore]

Thanks for suggestion Genechaser, but unfortunately, his wife appears as a widow in the 1861 census and she didn't come from the same place.

David

[Logdore]

Thanks Kali, that sounds promising.

I've had a quick search on Google but it only brings up Sedgefield, County Durham and Tony Blair! I'll keep investigating though.

Regards

David

[StintonLomas]

There are all sorts of places that don't appear in things like parish lists and Gazeteers for instance i've just found a Shakesfield nr Dymock which didn't show up on Genuki parish lists. there may be others.

Any chance of a link to the census page so that we can try to decipher the writing?

[Logdore]

Thanks for the suggestion.

I found it on Ancestry.co.uk, which obviously will only be available to subscribers. I'll have to see if I can put it on a free-to-access web page somehow.

David

[StintonLomas]

Hi
What was the name? I have access to Ancestry.

[Logdore]

Hi,

His name was William Wentworth, shown in 1851 as aged 49, Horse Keeper, living with wife Jane and daughter Elizabeth in the Parish of Islington, Borough of Finsbury.

Thanks.

David