Second pair of eyes needed!

[ElizabethHerts]

I think this is the baptism of my 3x-great-grandmother, Betty Pollard.

It is 5th March 1795, parents Henry and Betty.

Could someone tell me what they think the abode is, please?

http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/22...nSearchResults

[Langley Vale Sue]

It looks like ........Hippingland Solo Urb?
The entry underneath also has Urb? as the last word. Maybe Urban?

[Langley Vale Sue]

There is a Hipping Hall near Kirkby Lonsdale in North Yorkshire. Probably too far away though.

[ElizabethHerts]

Thanks, Sue. I suspect it might be "Sow" - abbreviation for Sowerby.

On the 1851 census Betty said she was born in Sowerby, in 1861 in Halifax, which was why I couldn't quite accept the baptism and parents, but if the register shows they lived in Sowerby I can claim her!

[ElizabethHerts]

This is a sister Mary in August 1786:

http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/22...nSearchResults

the same "Sow." again.

[ElizabethHerts]

Here is a reference to Hippings End:

http://freepages.history.rootsweb.an...on/b113_h.html

It's a wonderful website.

[Langley Vale Sue]

Yes, looking again it does say 'Sow' on both records.

I've been googling 'Hipping land' but couldn't find anything definite. It appears to have agricultural connections - 'land used for hipping'?, but I don't know what that means. Maybe 'Hippingland' is not a village or hamlet, but just an area like common land would be.

[Langley Vale Sue]

Ah thanks, that answers my question about 'Hipping'.

[Shona]

Hippingsend for the place.

[ElizabethHerts]

This is clearer:

http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/22...l=ReturnRecord

The first baptism on the page, Henry Pollard. It definitely says "Hippings End Sow." there.

I think I have the correct family for her.