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Those who would like an amusing read in the modestly priced book 'Potty, Fartwell and Knob: The Book of Unfortunate Baby Names' by Russell Ash (2014) [Kindle Edition £2.99] will find a local reference - plus a few more from the same and previous page:
Ed
Ed Banger, baptized North Petherton, Somerset, February 1635
Eileen
Eileen Back, born Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, 1908
Eileen Dover, born 1924; died Swindon, Wiltshire, 1987
Eliza
Eliza Scrack, born Cuckfield, Sussex, 1873
Elizabeth
Elizabeth Fuxall, born Ohio, c.1830 (South Wheeling, Ohio, 1860 US census)
Elizabeth Lovescock, baptized St Giles Cripplegate, London, 21 February 1727
Elizabeth Scock, married Phillip Postle, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, 29 September 1745
Elizabeth Snickers, married Robert Musgrave, Burneston, Yorkshire, 20 December 1751
Elle/Ellie
Elle Fant, born Durham, 1861
Elle Vator, born Newhaven, Sussex, c.1858 (Brighton, Sussex, 1881 census)
Ellie Gant (male), born Tennessee, c.1864 (Fayette, Tennessee, 1870 US census)
Contributed by Malcolm Davison.
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