I have a birth of Alfred MEREDITH which according to Censuses was in the parish of Preston Gubbals in the area/hamlet of Old Woods in approx 1880. However, I can find no reference to it in any civil registration area. Does anyone know which the parish church might have been so that I can go at the problem from a different direction? Many thanks.
Oldwood is / was indeed in the parish of Preston Gubbals / Gobalds, though very close to the boundary with Baschurch parish. PG was in Atcham Registration District; and the required Alfred Meredith may be, per FreeBMD, he whose birth was registered there in Sep quarter 1879 - GRO reference Atcham 6a 676.
Bear in mind that Censuses were earlier in the relevant years that September quarters.
Hello Daryl
Alfred MEREDITH was Baptised at Preston Gubbals on 19 Aug 1879 son of William & Lettia MEREDITH of Old Woods, Shoe Maker.
He appears to have had an older sister Clara MEREDITH who was baptised at PG on 22 Jan 1875. Her father was a Labourer at that time.
Mike
Many thanks to the three of you for the information. Alfred's mother was indeed Letitia. Didn't know about Clara tho'. At least I now have the parish confirmed. Daryl
Look at the Genuki page at .. http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SAL/PrestonGubbals/index.html
You'll see it refers to the church at this location .. http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=349203&y=319763&z=120&sv=preston+gubbals&st=3&tl=Map+of+Preston+Gubbals,+Shropshire+[Town]&searchp=ids.srf&mapp=map.srf .. (you'll need to copy and paste this into your browser address line)
Which looks like this .. http://g.co/maps/4hzub