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Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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The Act which introduced Civil Registration in 1837 specified that any couple who were not marrying in the Church of England by banns or licence were to give notice of their intended marriage at their local Register Office. The Notice was then read out at three meetings of the Board of Guardians for the local Poor Law Union.
The Eureka Partnership is transcribing and publishing entries from the Rugby Registration District Marriage Notice Books, held at Warwickshire County Record Office. Volume One, covering the period 1837 to 1861, is now available in A5 booklet form. The publication contains a transcription of those entries of intended marriage notified to the Rugby Registration District and recorded in the Minute Book of the Union. Information contained within each notice includes the name, age, condition, occupation, residence and length of residency of each party together with the date the notice was given and the church or building in which the marriage was to be solemnized. Most marriages, but by no means all, were to take place in nonconformist churches or chapels in the surrounding area.
For further details, including the parishes covered by the Rugby Registration District, and to purchase the book please see:
http://www.eurekapartnership.com/page41.htm
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