Here is Sarah Biddlecombe in 1851 in Portsmouth:
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interacti...cklabel=Return
She is with:
Elizabeth Price sister
Joseph Price brother
William Warn visitor
Daniel Long grandson.
In 1841 she was with Martha Biddlecombe - presumably her daughter?
Martha, daughter of Thomas married Daniel Shawyer Long in 1846:
https://search.findmypast.co.uk/reco...2F00112764%2F2
Armed with Thomas's name, I looked for the marriage of a Thomas Biddlecombe to a Sarah Price.
Here it is:
https://search.findmypast.co.uk/reco...2F00109081%2F2
1825, with William Warne as a witness!
So a single household proved her maiden name, gave clues to her daughter's marriage, and demonstrated that she was sufficiently close to one of the witnesses to remain in touch for a quarter of a century.
Such a shame this isn't my family!