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From: "Roy Stockdill" <>
Subject: Re: 1821 census Marylebone
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2004 08:00:17 +0000
In-Reply-To: <bt2ikt$jm3$1@newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk>


> From: "Hans Norton" <>

> ""Roy Stockdill"" wrote in message
> >snip<
> > Looking under Middlesex, I see that the Parish of St Marylebone was
> > among those for which personal information has survived for the
> > censuses of both 1821 and 1831. The records apparently list 9,761
> > names in 1821 and 11,608 names in 1831. They name heads of
> > households only, along with numbers of people in the household.
> >
> > The originals are at Marylebone Library in Marylebone Rd NW1, and
> > there are apparently microfilm or fiche copies.
>
> Out of date, I'm afraid. The local studies department of the Marylebone
> Reference Library was absorbed into City of Westminster Archives, 10 St
> Anne's Street, SW1, where the records now are, some years ago.>

Then it looks as if I was quoting from an out-of-date Gibson Guide to
local census holdings - one of the drawbacks with books! I now see my
copy is the 3rd edition, pub. 1997.

Thanks for the correction. Afraid I've never had any cause to look at
Marylebone, so just checked the GG.

Roy Stockdill
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