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1871 England Census

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Please choose a civil parish in Rutland:

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