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quick question please *completed with thanks*
« on: Friday 14 March 14 16:19 GMT (UK) »
I have a birth certificate from Linton in 1841 and wonder if anyone can tell me why the certificate heading reads " The Linton Union " please ?

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« Reply #1 on: Friday 14 March 14 16:28 GMT (UK) »
Perhaps the birth was at Linton Union Workhouse  Cambridgeshire .

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« Reply #2 on: Friday 14 March 14 16:29 GMT (UK) »
Hi,

Snap!  Here's some background:

http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Linton/


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Howard , Viney , Kingsman, Pain/e, Rainer/ Rayner, Barham, George, Wakeling (Catherine), Vicary (Frederick)   all LDN area/suburbs  Ottley/ MDX,
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« Reply #3 on: Friday 14 March 14 16:40 GMT (UK) »
Thankyou amber39 and nanny jan I'm very grateful for the information. I did wonder if it was a workhouse.                    Thanks again kind regards  Sue

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« Reply #4 on: Saturday 15 March 14 18:23 GMT (UK) »
It may also refer to the Union area at that time not necessarily the workhouse itself.   The address of the birth should be in that column - not the heading on the certificate.   See Genuki which says that Linton is the head of a Poor-law Union embracing 20 parishes in the county of Cambridge, and 2 in that of Essex.
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CAM/Linton/

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« Reply #5 on: Saturday 15 March 14 19:36 GMT (UK) »
Thankyou very much for that information Sillgen I appreciate it.
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