From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   On Fri, 23 Oct 2020 12:03:07 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"   
    wrote:   
      
      
   >I am pretty sure "Alieni" just means "of elsewhere" - but why? Most of   
   >the others on the page are "de Bebington" or "de Beb: super" (Higher or   
   >Upper, I presume), but there are some from other villages - Watsheath or   
   >Wats Heath, Stourton, Poulton, Brombrough, Hony-Greave, Hinderton,   
   >Tranmore, and Holt Hill. Sure, one might guess the clerk didn't know,   
   >but hang on: if you're having a baby son baptised (especially one named   
   >after you, so quite likely the first one), it's not like just having   
   >your passport stamped - it takes a while; surely someone would have   
   >asked? (Would they even _do_ a baptism for a stranger?)   
      
   Perhaps  to ensure that if the parents became indigent the child would   
   not be a charge on the parish.   
      
      
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