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1881 England Census

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Please choose a civil parish in Rutland:

Ashwell Great Casterton Pickworth
Ayston Greetham Pilton
Barrow Gunthorpe Preston
Barrowden Hambleton Ridlington
Beaumont Chase Horn Ryhall
Belton Ketton Seaton
Bisbrooke Langham South Luffenham
Braunston Leighfield Stoke Dry
Brooke Liddington Stretton
Burley Little Casterton Teigh
Caldecott Lords Hold Thistleton
Clipsham Lyndon Thorpe by Water
Cottesmore Manton Tickencote
Deans Hold Market Overton Tinwell
Edith Weston Martinsthorpe Tixover
Egleton Morcott Uppingham
Empingham Normanton Wardley
Essendine North Luffenham Whissendine
Exton Oakham Whitwell
Glaston Oakham Lords Hold Wing

Census Records - Parishes

After separating census records into groups by county, the British Government subdivided these records into civil parish groups. Many times, but not always, the civil parish name is the same as the local ecclesiastical parish. Researchers should also be aware of boundary line or jurisdictional changes through time. These changes may affect where an ancestor was recorded on the census, so it remains important to search the parishes surrounding the area where your ancestor lived.