Looking for the BOXWELL Surname in FoD (General)

by Mike Pinchin , Bedford, England, Wednesday, June 11, 2014, 12:47 (3819 days ago) @ shepway

For what it's worth, I wonder if the enumerator has actually written Haw. Clearly he has initially used the wrong boxes for Mary and Ellin's birthplaces and been forced to cross out Ellin's (Mon. Langattock)and lever in Mary's again. The entry above is therefore also Mary's birthplace and could be read as Gloster Haw. I would have no inkling of the local pronunciation of AWRE but it might not be far away from Haw in the ears of the unfamiliar.