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Aldbury - Herts
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Gillian | Report | 11 Mar 2004 22:15 |
Thanks Helen, I'm beginning to think it is the same place. Thanks for the other info about the village - it is very picturesque. |
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Helen in Kent | Report | 11 Mar 2004 21:42 |
I used to live near Aldbury, Tring, and it was always pronounced ( to my knowledge) without the d. Try it! As an aside, Aldbury is where many films' outside shots were made, including 'Dance with a Stranger' which I think was about Ruth Ellis? The stocks on the village green used to pop up regularly on TV too. |
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Bob | Report | 11 Mar 2004 20:39 |
Gillian, Sorry to complicate matters, there is also an Albury in Hertfordshire near Much Hadam. Bob |
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Gillian | Report | 11 Mar 2004 20:11 |
Hello Anne Yes, the Aubury was an 1881 census online but I thought it was unusual for the 1891 freecen to actually put 'Aldbury originally Aubury' Perhaps I should try to find them on a previous census but there birth years go back to about 1812 so they may have moved before the censuses. Gill |
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Anne | Report | 11 Mar 2004 13:27 |
With no local knowledge of it I think you could safely assume that it was a transcription error. Was the 'wrong' name on the 1881 census on line? They have done a superb job, but with the best will in the world the writing is often very difficult to read! Anne |
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Gillian | Report | 11 Mar 2004 13:22 |
One of my names that I have looked up on freecenrootsweb, which on the 1881 census gave place of birth as Aubury, Herts. now says 'Hertfordshire - Aldbury (originally Hertfordshire - Aubury). Can anyone tell me if this is the one near Tring as we visited there a few weeks ago and none of the locals were aware of a change of name in the past. Could it just have been misspelt on the 1881 census? Gill |