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Offline linkyjinx

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Town called Breedin ? name : Brooke
« on: Thursday 11 August 05 22:42 BST (UK) »
Hi

I've got a Richard Brooke born in 1720 that is aparently from a place called "Breedin" in Oxfordshire.

Does anyone knows if this place exists ? as I can't find it anywhere so far!

any pointers appreciated.
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Offline Little Nell

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Re: Town called Breedin ? name : Brooke
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 11 August 05 22:51 BST (UK) »
There is a Beedon in Berkshire.  Unlike some places, it hasn't moved from Berkshire to Oxfordshire or vice versa.  It's the only thing I can come up with at the moment.

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Re: Town called Breedin ? name : Brooke
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 11 August 05 23:24 BST (UK) »
   We've got Lower and Upper Beeding in Sussex.
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Re: Town called Breedin ? name : Brooke
« Reply #3 on: Friday 12 August 05 13:42 BST (UK) »
thanks for the replies:)
I'm now thinking that it could either be a mispelling or different county maybe - as I've come accross such errors before - for example - the transriber may have put down Oxford, meaning Oxford, USA (possibly the transcribers location) or they may have only heard the name of the Village/town of "Breedin" through word of mouth/a family story  passed down- hence it crossed my mind that "Breed" "in" could be the way "Bridge" "End" is said - if you've heard it via a traditional Suffolk persons accent! (where Richard's wife came from & where he lived)
EastEnd-London-Aldridge,Crispin,Eaton,Fletcher,Lacey,Quin,Rayment,Smith,Steib,Wood.
Portsmouth-Hampshire-Barbeary,Hodge,Mead,Merritt,Millett,Smith.
Cambridgeshire-Suffolk-Brook(e)s,Collin,Collyn,Hansell,Isaacson,Miller,Leggat,Livermore,Mason,Oak(e),Page,Sizer,Spiser,Ware,Woolward
Preston-Lancashire-Hodge(s),Steib.
Gibraltar-Cadiz-Gonzalez/s,Mead(e).
Ireland-Limerick-Mead(e),Quin(n).
USA-Europe-Mead(e), Steib & it's Variants - Stebe etc.
Other names-Briggs,Brown,Burgess,Hood,Miles,Miller.

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Re: Town called Breedin ? name : Brooke
« Reply #4 on: Friday 12 August 05 23:03 BST (UK) »
There is a Bredon in Worcestershire - about 10 miles SW of Evesham.

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