Where is / was Kempla Herefordshire? (General)
An entry on the 1851 census image gives a place of birth as Herefordshire, Kempla.
The writing is quite clear but arguably the final "a" could be "e" making Kemple.
The handwriting is that sort of script where "ss" was written a bit like "fs" so it could be "Kemssle" not "Kemple" or "Kempla".
There is no other letter "p" on the page to compare to, though there is an "ss".
I have been working for sometime that this must be Kempley, near Dymock, even though there is no indication of an extra letter "y" making Kempley on the image and Kempley to me is clearly in Gloucestershire though near to the Herefordshire border.
Was there another village that could be described as being in Herefordshire?
Many thanks
Janet
Where is / was Kempla Herefordshire?
by MPGriffiths 
, Thursday, July 03, 2014, 11:39 (3790 days ago) @ janethowell
What is the name and age of the person you are looking at and where are they living - so I can look at the 1851 census.
Can't call Kempla Herefordshire up on the 1851 census Ancestry
Where is / was Kempla Herefordshire?
by Mike Pinchin , Bedford, England, Thursday, July 03, 2014, 20:28 (3790 days ago) @ MPGriffiths
GR gives at least five hits for people born in Kempla. Oddly enough these are all in 1851! One of them is,
1851 Weston under Penyard
Thomas PHILLIPS, Head, 45, Ag Lab, b. Heref. Kempla
Ann, Wife, 41, b. Heref. Upton
Winifred, Dau, 9, b. Heref. Weston
William, Son, 6, B. Heref. Weston
And then,
1861 Weston under Penyard
Thomas PHILLIPS, Head, 56, Ag Lab, b. Kempley, Glos
Ann, Wife, 51, b. Heref. Upton Bishop
William, Son, 16, b. Heref. Weston
I guess Kempley is the place meant. I’m not aware of the borders fluctuating in that area.