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1851 England Census

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Please choose a civil parish in Rutland:

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

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.