Hampton, Birmingham

[Meg jr]

Good evening

I wonder if anyone could help me please with a query regarding Hampton (a place in Birmingham).

The time frame is 1780-1820.

Is or was there a Hampton Street in Birmingham at this time.  If so, is there a connection to Wolverhampton?

If anyone can shed any light I would be very grateful. If there is map available of the area for the time frame I would also like to know where to access this please

thank you
Meg

[littleclaire]

You don't mean Hampton in Arden do you? Although not in Birmingham it is not far.... you are probably looking at a similar distance to Wolverhampton away but south of Birmingham. I had some ancestors who moved around the area and lived there at a time but ended up in south Birmingham

Claire

[jim1]

Hello Meg
Hampton St. doesn't have a connection to Wolverhampton.
At this time there was a Great Hampton St,Great Hampton Row & Little Hampton St. as well,all in B'ham.
Hampton st. was there at the dates you mention,and still is today.

jim

[jim1]

There are lots of places with Hampton in the name.It was name given to small areas with dwellings originally.There's also Hampton Magna & Hampton Lucy.None have a connection to Hampton St.

[Meg jr]

Many thanks to Claire and Jim for replying

The document I have just says that the person concerned came from Hampton. Trying to eliminate all the Hampton's.

best wishes Meg

[Meg jr]

Back again for more advice please

If someone states in an old document (ealry 1800's) that there native place is somewhere. Would they mean that's where they live currently or where they born years earlier.

Still trying to pinpoint the correct Hampton. Complicated as the person may have been born in Wolverhampton but later lived Hampton Street. I therefor of the opinion that these are the two Hamptons I am trying to sort out

??

thanks

[jim1]

Hello Megan
Can you tell us what document you have.Using the word "native" seems unusual phrasing,does it say that or does it say "Parish".Which County does it refer to as Woverhampton is in Staffs,B'ham is in Warks.Wolverhampton has never been referred to as Hampton,we really need more details to progress further.
jim

[Meg jr]

The person was transported to Australia and the exemption from Government labour certificate says that his native place is Wolverhampton but he is tried in Warwick. There's the confusion between Warwickshire and Staffordshire.

Sorry about this. May be a difficult one to solve.
Meg

[jim1]

So he came from Wolverhampton Staffs. but committed his crime in Warks. probably B'ham that's why he was tried at Warwick.Does this make sense.