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N@alie
28-04-2010, 02:23 PM
I'm looking at a birth certificate from the Sub-district of Midhurst in the County of Sussex from 1883 and the place of birth is only given as: "Graffham R.S.D." (Rural Sanitary District). Is this usual?

Every other birth/death certificate I've seen has a house name or number and street name and I wondered why there was none on this particular certificate.

Details:
24 Jan 1883 - Graffham R.S.D.
Eva May - Girl
Father: Joseph Twohey, Army Pensioner
Mother: Catherine Twohey formerly Dibben
Informant was Joseph Twohey, Father of Graffham

Thanks

Peter Goodey
28-04-2010, 02:41 PM
It's not unusual for that period in a rural area.

N@alie
28-04-2010, 02:46 PM
Thank you Peter

(All my previous subjects have been town dwellers...)