Meaning of RSO after an address?

[ainsley-ons]

its a very long time after the original question - but i see that the correct answer was not posted - do here goes! 

The best definition can be found at http://www.tpo-seapost.org.uk/tpo2/tpgbrso.html, but basically it means "Railway Sub Office" and as such referred to a post office able to exchange mail directly with the Travelling Post Offices on the railway without the mail having to go to the nearest postal town first.

Hope this helps!

Hugh

[HeatherLynne]

Welcome to Rootschat Hugh!   

A long time indeed since the original post!  There's no such thing as a brick wall, just one that's waiting to crumble 

Heather 

[ainsley-ons]

  I was looking up the meaning of RSO myself and picked up the Rootschat post, so I thought I'd share the correct answer!

Although i've been a genealogist for more years than i care to think of, RootsChat is a forum i've not bothered with in the past, but i see there are some folk researching in my One Name area, so yet more contacts to add to the database! :-)

hugh

[Berlin-Bob]

Hi Hugh,

in case you haven't seen this already, we have a table of Surname Interests, and there are several AINSLEY, AINSLIE searchers there, and some AINLEY searchers too, in case this is one of your variant names.

http://surname.rootschat.com/sit-surnames.php?letter=A

Good luck and enjoy RootsChat

Bob

[johnnyboy]

There is an excellent definition of "Rural Sanitary District" here:

http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/types/status_page.jsp?unit_status=RSD

It's rather interesting to see how the whole thing grew out of the need for a public health act.

I guess a similar method of addressing here in North America (although it has nothing to do with public health) is a Rural Road seen as RR in an address. Similar to the roadside delivery in Australia Goggy mentioned.

Jeff

Hi Jeff and others: You were on the right track. The RR in U.S. addresses meant Rural Route and was followed by a number: RR 5 was Rural Route 5.

Today in the U.S. rural delivery is indicated by RFD, which stands for Rural Free Delivery.
The address would be "RFD, Podunk, Iowa." The route number may have been eliminated.

John   

[jael438]

Hi,
Long time no post,
Just noticed this thread and I have a scanned birth cert for 1912, The chap was born in High St Mundsly, RD,which is in the Cromer Sub-district of Norfolk, and the registation district is Erpingham.
in the 1911 Census The spelling is Mundesly R.S.O. Although handwritten it is very clear.