Talk:Margaret Clitherow

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[edit] Birthplace

The current link does not go to a specific Middleton. Can someone redirect it to the correct one as there are numerous places of that name in England. I have added St Clitherow to the category:people from York. This seems appropriate even though there is some uncertainty regarding her birthplace. --Vince 20:11, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

she was born in York, apparently her maiden name was Margaret Middleton, the daughter of Thomas Middleton [1] -- CalcioSalvo 22:55, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

This one source isn't definitive. There are enough other sources e.g Catholic Saints Online [[2]]to suggest that she was born in Middleton, England. Whilst the source doesn't suggest which Middleton it is, how do we know that one source is more viable than another? GRB1972 19:55, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

The catholic encyclopidia lists her father as Thomas Middleton, Sheriff of York (1564-5) and so indicates her maiden name would have been Middleton. The book Aspects of York: Discovering local history edited by Alan Whitworth has a chapter on her written by Katherine Langley that says she was born in York (in a house on the south side of Davygate) and that her maiden name was Middleton. These websites Patron saints index, the Encyclopedia Britanica, Catholic Ireland and The Catholic Church in England and Wales have her birth place as York and her maiden name of Middleton. --Kaly99 20:56, 16 September 2007 (UTC)