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Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 17 Send Message	Catherine	Report	14 Dec 2004 12:19
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 17 Send Message	Hi can anyone please help me with an occupation i have found on a marriage certificate dated 1852, it looks like "beadle" but am not entirely sure, if anyone could help me decipher this or tell me what it means i'd be really grateful
Member Since: December 2002 Posts: 0 Send Message	PennyDainty	Report	14 Dec 2004 12:24
Member Since: December 2002 Posts: 0 Send Message	A beadle is a position in a church.... a minor parish official who serves as an usher and preserves order at services Christine
Member Since: February 2004 Posts: 3,527 Send Message	Christine in Herts	Report	14 Dec 2004 13:28
	There are some fairly pompous Beadles who crop up in Dickens' stories! Christine
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 20,615 Send Message	Heather	Report	14 Dec 2004 14:54
	Yes dont you remember the Beadle in poor old "Oliver Twist?"
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 17 Send Message	Catherine	Report	14 Dec 2004 21:26
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 17 Send Message	thanks so much everyone i have to say i'd never heard of it!