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ET in the USA
13-02-2009, 1:18 AM
Need help reading a birth certificate I just received from the GRO.

Registration District : Nottingham
Sub-Dist: Lenton
County: Nottinghamshire

I can't figure out what is written after "4 Radford __________" for Where Born or address of informant & what do the initials mean at the botton of the Where Born box?

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/moselland/BirthCert-AliceMaudThouldb21Feb1-1.jpg


Thanks
Elaine
ET in the USA
13-02-2009, 2:08 AM
Thank you sir. I have just googled to find out what a USD is. :o

So now I know. Remembering, now that is something else entirely .

Elaine
Mitch in Notts
13-02-2009, 7:13 PM
Radford Marsh still exists and is currently called "Radmarsh Road" its situated off the A52 Derby Road about 2 miles west of Nottingham City Centre.
There is one old picture of Radford Marsh c1930 on Picture The Past.
ET in the USA
14-02-2009, 6:20 PM
Thanks Mitch. Easy to imagine a Labourer living there in 1886. Must have been lovely |help|

Elaine
jangar
15-03-2010, 12:38 PM
Ah I wondered what USD stood for on many of my rellies certs. What does it actually mean tho? Is it a defined geographical area regarding rubbish/night soil collection etc hence tha Sanitary word?
Geoffers
15-03-2010, 2:12 PM
Ah I wondered what USD stood for on many of my rellies certs. What does it actually mean tho? Is it a defined geographical area regarding rubbish/night soil collection etc hence tha Sanitary word?

If you use a search engine for "Urban Sanitary District" you should get a few hits which explain better than I can as to what they did.

Basically, Urban Sanitary Districts (USD) covered towns (Municipal Boroughs)

Rural Sanitary Districts (RSD) were in rural areas following the boundaries of Poor Law Unions.

Sanitary Districts were responsible for sanitary matters (water, sewers, street cleansing) but I wouldn't worry too much about the actual phrasse, it is just a title to define an area.

USD/RSD came into begin in 1875 and were replaed by a Local Government Act of 1894.

For more information on different administrative areas see
http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/types/index.jsp