Mike Fry wrote: > On 2010/01/23 16:37, Ron Ferguson wrote: > >> Parishes, there are two types - Ecclesiastical and Civil - they are >> not necessarily co-terminous and the boundaries, and names, may vary >> over time. Towns and Parishes may also change from one county to >> another over time. When I include a parish in a location then it is >> the Civil Parish and not the Ecclesiastic. Note also that >> Registration Districts for bmd's are an artificial construction >> invented for administrative convenience and need not have any >> relationship to anything other than themselves! > > I think I might take a very small issue with you over the Registration > Districts :-) > > I have always been under the impression that when they were initially > set up in 1837, the Registration Districts were assembled from groups > of neighbouring Poor Law Unions. This was because there were > administrative structure already in place. Of course, over time, the > Registration Districts themselves have also been changed to better > fit with the changing population demography.
Mike, I can't really disagree with that, although I do not know if it applied to all, but really my main point was that they developed a life of their own, indeed the name of the Registration District sometimes has no relationship to the area it covers. Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________ Create your Website with Legacy, see Tutorials at: http://www.fergys.co.uk Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ ____________________________________________________ Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
