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From: "Jaquie Cook" <>
Subject: [STS] Place: WATER ORTON, STAFFS.
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 20:14:18 +0100


Having done a search on multimap.co.uk Water Orton is 6 miles from Drayton
Bassett which is officially in Staffordshire. I wonder if we looked at some
older maps whether Water Orton is actually ever come under Staffordshire?
It may have done.

However Water Orton to Haughton is a far distance of 37 miles which would be
a far old trek without public transport etc.

Might be worth trying to find a map of 1813 or thereabouts and seeing
whether W Orton did come under Staffordshire, mind you doesn't really help
with your Haughton enquiry.

Jaquie

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jacqui Simkins" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2006 3:57 PM
> Subject: Re: [STS] Place: WATER ORTON, STAFFS.
>
>
>> Hello Pauline,
>>
>> Apologies that I missed your first posting on this. Water Orton is some
>> miles from the Staffordshire border, and even further from Haughton and
>> therefore born at Water Orton, bap at Haughton sounds less likely - but
>> far from impossible the way some of our forebears roamed the country <g>
>>
>> I wonder if the reference to Water Orton is from a written document, and
>> therefore is it accurately transcribed? Or was it was spoken in 1813, and
>> perhaps written by someone unfamiliar with the places?
>>
>> I have an instance with one of my lot who is one census is shown as
>> something strange, can't remember what, but all other census said
>> "Wheaton Aston" as her birth place. Again, she was residing in north
>> Warwickshire after marriage (how she came to be in north WAR is not
>> ...yet...known).
>>
>> Just keep an open mind on sudden unexplained changes of place!!
>>
>> Jacqui
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Pauline" <>
>> To: <>
>> Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2006 3:45 PM
>> Subject: Re: [STS] Place: WATER ORTON, STAFFS.
>>
>>
>>> Thanks Jaquie. I hadn't found a Water Orton in Staffordshire but several
>>> years back information on the BUTLER family of Haughton, Staffordshire
>>> showed an Elizabeth being born at Water Orton but baptized at Haughton.
>>> Both were in 1813. I've finally managed to contact someone in the family
>>> who is verifying the birth info.
>>>
>>> Your help is much appreciated. Thanks again
>>>
>>> Pauline
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Jaquie Cook" <>
>>> To: <>
>>> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 3:28 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [STS] Place: WATER ORTON, STAFFS.
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi there
>>>>
>>>> It is probably the same Water Orton but the county boundaries moved.
>>>> Water Orton is very near the Staffs border now.
>>>>
>>>> Jaquie
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Pauline" <>
>>>> To: <>
>>>> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 8:18 PM
>>>> Subject: [STS] Place: WATER ORTON, STAFFS.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> Could anyone tell me if there is such a place as WATER ORTON,
>>>>> Staffordshire? Particularly around 1813. I can't find one but I do
>>>>> believe there is a Water Orton in Warwickshire.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any help would be much appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you
>>>>>
>>>>> Pauline
>>>>>
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