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Registration Sub-District: Dorking Civil Parish, Township or Place: Dorking (part)...
Catalogue reference: RG 78/119
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This record is about the Registration Sub-District: Dorking Civil Parish, Township or Place: Dorking (part)... dating from 1911 in the series General Register Office: 1911 Census Enumerator's Summary Books. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RG 78/119
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1911
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Description (What the record is about)
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Registration Sub-District: Dorking
Civil Parish, Township or Place:
Dorking (part)
Dorking Rural (part) Effingham Mickleham Dorking Union Workhouse
RD 36 RS 2 ED 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- In December 2006 the Information Commissioner's Office ruled that access should be given to the 1911 census, but that personally sensitive information should remain closed for a full 100 years. Sensitive information was digitally obscured or 'redacted' for a 2009 partial release. The date of the full release of these records was January 2012.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- RD 36 RS 2 ED 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Closed For 100 years
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11336928/
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RG 78
General Register Office: 1911 Census Enumerator's Summary Books
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