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Place of Birth is it Worstead Worcestershire

For my great grandmother Elizabeth Lankshear formerly Shaw

This is an 1851 census H1701516 Folio 245 St Johns Clerkenwell full version see 1851JohnLankshearCLERKENWELL.JPG

1851 Transcription of  the 3rd item was Worstead Worcestershire - What do you think 

Some problems with that 

1. In 1861 Elizabeth shows as born Oxfordshire and in 1871 Banbury Oxford and I have found a baptism in 1816 in Banbury that matches father as John 
2. All other birth places on this form are in foirmat "County then place"  as in previous record "Surrey Southwark"
3. Worstead is in Norfolk not Worcs

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This is an 1851 census H1701516 Folio 245 St Johns Clerkenwell - full version see 1851JohnLankshearCLERKENWELL.JPG
Perhaps someone has more readable image

 

Opinions received on the place

The second word definitely looks like "Worcester" to me, so my most likely
guess would be that the first word is a rather garbled abbreviation of
"Worcestershire". 		  
The first word Worcestersh and the second Worcester. The Ws in both
cases similar to that in William on same page.		  
it looks very much like Worcester  
I think it might be Hereford.  
I don't think the first letter of either word is W
It doesn't look like the W of William or Working on the same page.
But if it is, Banbury is very close to the Warwickshire border.
It could be an H
First word could be Hereford - or Hertford? Is there a place beginning with H and ending with 'cester' nearby?
But it's not very like any other capital letter on the page.
Pity there isn't a capital O on the page to compare. 		  
   
   

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