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Discover locations across Airedale and Wharfedale:

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• Interactive map shows records linked to each location.
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• Ongoing project documenting local war memorials and photographs.
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Civil registration records of births, marriages and deaths in England and Wales from 1837 onwards.

The government department responsible for civil registration of births, marriages and deaths in England and Wales.

A decennial population count listing residents and household details, available from 1841 onwards.

Ecclesiastical record of a child’s christening, usually noting date, parents’ names and parish.

Ecclesiastical or civil record of a union between two individuals, noting date, location and witnesses.

Ecclesiastical record of interment, including date and place of burial, sometimes age and occupation.

Legal process dealing with a person’s estate after death, often producing wills and administrations records.

Transcription of inscriptions found on gravestones or memorials, valuable when original stones are weathered or lost.

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