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1 | 1872 | - 1872: Secret Parliamentary Elections
Until this date, poll books were considered to be public records, revealing how a person had voted.
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2 | 1875 | - 1 Jan 1875: Amendment to Civil Registration
This amendment made registration of births, marriages and death compulsory, imposed a penalty for late registration and no longer permitted inclusion of a father's name on the birth certificate of an illegitimate child unless that father was present at the registration of the birth.
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3 | 1878 | - 1878: Salvation Army
Christian Revival Society changed its name to the Salvation Army.
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4 | 1899 | - 1899: Methodist Marriages
Official Methodist marriage registers were first introduced.
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5 | 1910 | - 1910: Lloyd George's "Domesday"
An Act that imposing a duty on the increase in value of land when sold creating millions of records required for the full and proper administration of the Act.
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