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Wickford in Cambridgeshire?

ptjw7

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I have a Thomas Turner who is living in Needingworth, Huntingdonshire in 1841 & 1851, on the 1851 it says he was born in Wickford, Cambs but I cannot find it on a map so is it a miss spelling of witchford which is in the County.

Any thoughts,

Peter
 

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Hi pjtw

Have you found Thomas on later censuses than 1851?

I have come across misspellings of parishes in the birthplace column in censuses, giving a parish that simply has never existed.

Ben
 

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Best now to search the parish registers for Witchford to see what that throws up. It is not far from Huntingdonshire so could well be the place he meant.
 

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