Thomas STEVENS 1810 Flaxley (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Monday, October 17, 2011, 13:36 (4861 days ago) @ unknown

Hi again David,
nice to see you on the Forum !
"Base born" is a rather typical phrase used by Ministers of the time for indicating a child was born "out of wedlock", as it were. Like you I was rather baffled by this phrase when I discovered it re some of my ancestors when I started my family research earlier this year. You are far from being alone wrt this particular black sheep term so don't be to upset!. Sadly but I guess perhaps understandably its a phrase that often seems to coincide with Workhouse inmates.
I see you didnt get to Gloucester ths weekend afterall, so good luck with that.
Re visiting Flaxley, its perhaps a sign of modern "progress" that as someone born & bred in Cinderford, a prosperous thriving town in my 70s youth, Flaxley was just a small insignificant sideturning on the main road to Gloucester, it was never mentioned at all in my experience. It was a major surprise to me when I bought mny first old county map to find that not only was Cinderford not on the map, Flaxley was and clearly a place of some significance. We went there once in the 90s for an openday/fete, a lovely day at a beautiful place. To my shame I've not returned, so methinks I too will be visiting sometime in the next few weeks !.