Ross is where I would expect most to be registered, I think I have seen the occasional one pop up in Monmouth or Westbury on Severn

I guess if you were at the Drybrook end WoS might be "closer" :-)

However yours may be non conformist, who at that time were a little hit and miss with formal civil registration, by the late 1880's things become more consistent :-)

an example

Name: Allen William Taylor Taylor
Year of Registration: 1848
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: Ross
County: Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Hereford and Worcester
Volume: 26
Page: 221

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