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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => London and Middlesex => Topic started by: Relsearcher on Monday 17 December 18 13:07 GMT (UK)
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Hi! I just received a marriage cert from 1916 and it appears the marriage took place at the Register Office in Gunnersbury, Brentford, Middlesex, but I just cannot find anything about this particular office online. Am I reading the cert correctly? I have attached the part of the cert with the wording ...
I then wanted to know the names of the Registrar and Superintendent Registrar but cannot work them out. I have also attached this bit of the cert.
Can anyone help with the location of the Gunnersbury Reg Office as it was in 1916, and the 2 names of the Registrars?
Hope I have posted this query in the right section - let me know if not!
Many thanks, Nina
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From Kelly's Directory of Middlesex, 1914
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Brilliant find! Thanks stanmapstone!
Do you think the Registrar might be H Ja..... Saunders?
Nina
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The registrar is Hilton Jason Saunders, Town Hall, Twickenham.
Stan
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I wonder if this is him
Births Sep 1853
SAUNDERS Hilton Jason
Leighton B
Marriages Dec 1878
SAUNDERS Hilton Jason
Poplar 1c 1178
Beat me to it Stan :)
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Fab! Thanks so much!
Nina
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Can anyone pinpoint 379 High St Gunnersbury? Google isn't keen ...
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High Road, rather ...
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Could it be today's Chiswick High Road?
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Google Street View https://goo.gl/maps/GMbgK5JFuXH2
Zoom in to see the number
Stan
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Nice building! Many thanks Stan & rosie99 for your help!
Nina
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Hilton Jason Saunders, was a Registrar of Marriages, Town Hall, Twickenham, so the marriage would have taken place there rather than at the Superintendent's office.
Google Street View https://goo.gl/maps/WB3LBGN84Qo
Stan
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Another nice building - thanks for the info Stan ...
Nina
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Sorry Stan, that building (https://goo.gl/maps/WB3LBGN84Qo ) is Richmond Town Hall (the old Town Hall that now houses the Museum of Richmond and the Local Studies Library & Archive) which is a different registration district.
Twickenham Town Hall from 1916 no longer exists - it was on King Street. There is a parade of shops there now - possibly built early 1930s.
Nell
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Thanks for pointing that out, I googled Twickenham town hall, and saw Old Town Hall and assumed that was it. You can see the Town Hall, King Street on the map at https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=19&lat=51.4461&lon=-0.3284&layers=163&right=BingHyb
Stan
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Thanks Nell and Stan ... great to see the 2 maps side by side!
Nina
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Twickenham Town Hall from 1916 no longer exists - it was on King Street. There is a parade of shops there now - possibly built early 1930s.
Nell
The front part of the Town Hall was demolished in 1926 as part of the widening of King Street......... in 1928 it is referred to as the Old Town Hall, and it is unoccupied.
http://www.memoriesoftwickenhamriverside.com/queens_hall.html
Stan