Northfield Laugton Kent

[Myfanwy 65]

I have just been looking at a certificate of baptism for my husband's sister. It states that she was born in Northfield Laugton Kent. Can anyone please tell me where this is ? Is it a hospital or place as my husband always assumed ( wrongly as it now shows ) that she was born in Southborough the same as he and his brother were.

Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks. 

[bearkat]

There's a Laughton in East Sussex.   

[remann]

Hi,  I wonder could the 'u'  be  'n', and the word be Langton, according to a Kent Post Office directory 1878, there
      is a hamlet about 5 miles from Southborough called Langton, but no mention of a Northfield, just an idea.
                                                                   
                                                  remann

[casalguidi]

Hi

What is the registration district and/or sub district on the certificate?

Is there an actual address given or would Northfield be the address perhaps?

There is a property named Northfield in Langton Green (Langton)  listed in a 1914 directory of the Tunbridge Wells area - Ernest LEES occupier

Casalguidi

[Myfanwy 65]

Thanks everyone for your replies. Casalguidi it's a certificate of baptism issued by the minister not a birth cert. I will scan it in and post it later to see if anyone has any more thoughts.

Thanks again for all your replies.

[Myfanwy 65]

Copy scanned and hopefully posted.

Any more thoughts anyone please?

Thanks for reading
Val

[Myfanwy 65]

oops.........................
Hopefully.................

[nigelo]

You should get a copy of the birth certificate, as that may have more explanation. I would be pretty sure this is the reference:

Name:     Marion P Lloyd
Mother's Maiden Surname:    Walker
Date of Registration:    Apr May Jun 1948
Registration district:    Tonbridge
Registration county:    Greater London, Middlesex
Volume Number:    5b
Page Number:    1484

I also note the mention of Hildenborough on that list. It is very close to Tonbridge.

Nigel

[nigelo]

Checking the maps, I would think it very likely casalguidi has it right. Northfield Lodge, Langton Rod, Langton Green is only about 9 miles from Hildenborough, and closer still to Southborough.

Various possibilities - the family could have been living there, it might have been a lodging house of some sort, or even a nursing home perhaps.

Nigel.