Brides and Grooms, Abbreviations
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  • B - Banns (usually read on the three previous Sundays)
  • con - consent (usually of the parents of an under age person)
  • fwk kntr - framework knitter
  • L - Licence (try Lichfield JRO for these, link at bottom of page)
  • lic - Licence (try Lichfield JRO for these, link at bottom of page)
  • lab - labourer
  • p. - parish of (e.g. Lea, p.Ashover is Lea, parish of Ashover)
  • Phil - Phillimore, often indicating a difference between the index and the Phillimore transcripts
  • SpL - Special Licence
  • wid - widow
  • widr - widower
  • (xxxxxxx) - entries indicate something was written, but text was not able to be read.

    British Standard County (Chapman's) Codes have been used where places named are not within Derbyshire.