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sigma | 11:04 Sat 02nd Feb 2013 | Genealogy
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Looking at the parish parish records for Tettenhall burials were a number of entries similar to this "1681 Billingsley Richard son of William of the Wergs"
What are the "Wergs"
Tettenhall is now a suburb of Wolverhampton.
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Ignore this, Wergs is an area near Tettenhall
11:06 Sat 02nd Feb 2013
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It's pretty posh over there sigma.
11:08 Sat 02nd Feb 2013
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Wergs is a village near Wolverhampton

http://findthestop.co.uk/stops/view/279949
11:09 Sat 02nd Feb 2013
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it means "the willows" apparently.

"In early records the name appears as Withegas (1202), Wytheges (1306) and Withegis (1237) and derives from the Old English word withigas, meaning willows."
11:11 Sat 02nd Feb 2013
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http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/STS/Tettenhall/index.html
20:45 Sat 02nd Feb 2013

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