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England Worcestershire  Dudley

Guide to Dudley history, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.



History
While its castle is in Staffordshire, historically the main town was always an enclave in the county of Worcestershire. With the administrative changes made by the UK Government in 1974 when it was incorporated into the county of West Midlands.

Cemeteries (Civil)
Luton has only one cemetery and crematorium. The name and address follows:

Vale Cemetery and Crematorium


 * 111 Butterfield Green Road
 * Luton, Bedfordshire, England

Some useful websites for access to Luton graves follow:


 * findagrave.com


 * billion graves: Luton Vale Cemetery

Parishes
Luton has a number of Anglican Churches. They follow:

St Mary's


 * Church Street
 * Luton, Bedfordshire LU1 3JF

St Paul's


 * New Town Street
 * Luton, Bedfordshire, LU1 3EB

St Francis'


 * Carteret Road
 * Luton, Bedfordshire LU2 9JZ
 * Tel 01582 451132

St Luke's


 * High Street
 * Leagrave
 * Luton, Bedfordshire LU4 9JY

Non Conformists
The following Christian churches are active in Luton:


 * Baptist
 * Chinese Christian
 * Hope Church
 * Methodist
 * Pentecostal
 * Roman Catholic
 * Salvation Army
 * Seventh Day Adventist
 * Ukrainian Greek Catholic

Additionally the following non-Christian groups have assemblies in Luton:


 * Buddhist
 * Hindu
 * Muslim

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths records have been kept by government since July 1837 to the present day. Prior to that, local parishes of the Church of England, and local branches of other faiths were the only repositories of this information.

Luton does not have its own BMD office.

Useful sites follow:


 * ukbmd: Bedfordshire


 * Bedfordshire County Council


 * genuki Bedfordshire records

Local Histories

 * local histories: Luton


 * History of Luton by Anne Allsopp


 * Luton Past and Present by Robert Cook

Maps and Gazetteers

 * oldmapsonline: Bedfordshire


 * my-towns: Luton


 * britain express; Bedfordshire Gazetteer


 * genuki Bedfordshire Gazetteer

Newspapers
Luton does not have a full size daily newspaper. News for Luton comes from a number of sources, including:


 * Luton Today


 * Bedford Today

Occupations
As a primary bedroom city for London, many of the occupations available are in the city, and in Finance, Insurance, and Services. Local employment can be found at the Luton Airport, as well as suck companies as the local University Hospital, Carlisle Security Services, and the local campus of the University of Bedfordshire.

Societies

 * Bedfordshire Family History Society


 * Bedfordshire local history association

Archives

 * Bedfordshire Archives


 * Luton Borough Archives

Web Sites

 * wikipedia; Luton


 * Luton Borough