Place name Wasberry, Gloucestershire (General)

by probinson @, S. Oxon, Monday, February 27, 2017, 16:39 (2835 days ago) @ ChrisW

I think Wasberry sounds like Westbury in a Forest accent without any Welsh. But as the census taker was probably Welsh and had probably never heard of it, that was his best guess at the spelling (he had no problem with mynyddyslwyn further down the page).


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