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Re: 1871 Census - Lymm, Cheshire
« Reply #9 on: Monday 25 September 17 11:37 BST (UK) »
Wow! Quick answers.  Thank you all.
I think moiety seems the most likely word, and will have a closer look at the Lymm parishes.
Mather did move around, but to me he is best known as one of the prime movers in forming Liverpool's Rugby Club back in 1857!
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Re: 1871 Census - Lymm, Cheshire
« Reply #10 on: Monday 25 September 17 11:56 BST (UK) »
See moieties in "Presentation by turns" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advowson
OED mediety Law. Either of two parts into which something (esp. an ecclesiastical benefice) is divided, a moiety. Now chiefly hist.
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Re: 1871 Census - Lymm, Cheshire
« Reply #11 on: Monday 25 September 17 18:16 BST (UK) »
Thank you, Stan, for the usual authoritative help.
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