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Member Since: August 2007 Posts: 55 Send Message	Carol	Report	22 Nov 2015 20:22
Member Since: August 2007 Posts: 55 Send Message	Hi, would anyone know where babies born at the old St Mary's hospital (285 Harrow Road), Paddington, London (the workhouse infirmary) in 1931/2 would likely have been christened? Many thanks. Carol??
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 12,081 Send Message	Andrew	Report	22 Nov 2015 20:41
	Simple answer, anywhere. Andy
Member Since: August 2007 Posts: 55 Send Message	Carol	Report	22 Nov 2015 20:48
Member Since: August 2007 Posts: 55 Send Message	Ok thanks - just thought there may have been a church nearby which was usually used.
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 28,261 Send Message	KathleenBell	Report	22 Nov 2015 22:40
	On the image for the 1881 census for the workhouse in Paddington it doesn't give a parish name but on the previous image the parish is St. Stephen's which is in Westbourne Park Road not too far away. However as Andy has already said, babies born in the workhouse could have been christened wherever the parents decided. The mother may not have lived in the workhouse. She may have gone there just to give birth in the infirmary. Kath. x
Member Since: August 2007 Posts: 55 Send Message	Carol	Report	22 Nov 2015 22:59
Member Since: August 2007 Posts: 55 Send Message	Thanks very much Kath, that's very interesting. X