What's In A Name?
I've just been doing some Census-trawling for someone with a family question and, in passing, reminded myself of a couple of odd spellings of familiar place names in the village.
In the 1881 Census, Chequers Lane is recorded as "Chickall Lane", and in the 1871 Census, Fern Hill was "the Farnall".
The 1851 Census refers to Tye Green as "Tithe Green" - I'd always understood there was some dispute about this origin for the name.
The useages are not constant, but it intrigues me to know whether these versions were the original - and if so, where did they come from? - or just a case of the enumerator having trouble writing down the Glemsford accent.
Any thoughts?
SC
In the 1881 Census, Chequers Lane is recorded as "Chickall Lane", and in the 1871 Census, Fern Hill was "the Farnall".
The 1851 Census refers to Tye Green as "Tithe Green" - I'd always understood there was some dispute about this origin for the name.
The useages are not constant, but it intrigues me to know whether these versions were the original - and if so, where did they come from? - or just a case of the enumerator having trouble writing down the Glemsford accent.
Any thoughts?
SC
posted by Steve Clarke at 11:24 am
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