Glos. abbreviation

[geniebug]

Can anyone from Glos area tell me what U.D & U.S.D after an address at Hetherset Road, Barton St. Mary please?

I thought Barton St Mary was a sort of town out of Glos????

[ElizabethHerts]

I have U.D. on OH's birth certificate - it is Urban District.
U.S.D. is Urban Sanitary District (I think).

[ElizabethHerts]

http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/types/status_page.jsp?unit_status=USD

This should tell you more, Jood.

[ElizabethHerts]

Jood, I should say that the initials U.D. and U.S.D. apply throughout the country. OH was born in the Winchester district and U.D. is on his birth certificate.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_district_%28Great_Britain_and_Ireland%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rural_and_urban_districts_in_England_in_19 73

[geniebug]

That was all very interesting Elizabeth especially the last website

Thank you.

[Sabrina]

I thought Barton St Mary was a sort of town out of Glos????

It was part of the parish of St Mary de Lode, within the City boundary.

[geniebug]

Thanks Sabrina, then how far would it be from Glos, Cheltenham and Charlton Kings? (back then I mean - 1840s)