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Cheshire / 1866 marriage registered in Great Boughton but where was it?
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1866 marriage registered in Great Boughton but where was it? Not as easy as it sounds.
I have the marriage certificate (from the GRO) of a marriage that took place on the 15th November 1866 'at the Register Office in the District of Great Boughton in the County of Chester Flint and City of Chester'. The couple lived in Pulford which is right on the Cheshire / Denbighshire border.
The marriage isn't listed on CheshireBMD or North Wales BMD hence the only source was the GRO.
GENUKI advises that until 1870 Great Boughton had 4 sub-districts. How can I determine which sub-district they attended to get married? The Sub-districts most likely are : Chester Castle (1837-69) ; Chester Cathedral (1837-69) or Hawarden (1837-69).
Does anyone know where the register offices were for the above sub-districts and what format the ceremony took i.e. was it in a dingy office with a couple of witnesses?
So many questions from what I thought would be a simple marriage location on the certificate.
I have the marriage certificate (from the GRO) of a marriage that took place on the 15th November 1866 'at the Register Office in the District of Great Boughton in the County of Chester Flint and City of Chester'. The couple lived in Pulford which is right on the Cheshire / Denbighshire border.
The marriage isn't listed on CheshireBMD or North Wales BMD hence the only source was the GRO.
GENUKI advises that until 1870 Great Boughton had 4 sub-districts. How can I determine which sub-district they attended to get married? The Sub-districts most likely are : Chester Castle (1837-69) ; Chester Cathedral (1837-69) or Hawarden (1837-69).
Does anyone know where the register offices were for the above sub-districts and what format the ceremony took i.e. was it in a dingy office with a couple of witnesses?
So many questions from what I thought would be a simple marriage location on the certificate.
