Errors in Place names in Surrey Parish Registers, 1536-1992
Many records in the [England] Surrey Parish Registers, 1536-1992, (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2475028) have the incorrect place name assigned. The events appear to be set in Redbrook, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom yet they all took place in Surrey.
Try a search for a marriage between 1890 and 1895 in the exact place Redbrook, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom. I get 810 results, all of which are in Surrey. Not one in Redbrook, Gloucestershire.
I tried a search for a marriage between 1536 and 1992 in the exact place Redbrook, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom. It returned 3016 results. Not one in Redbrook. Normally I would have added this to Gordon Collet's list of place name errors, but I don't think that this is a place name auto-assignment problem, it seems to be a fundamental issue with the data in the collection.
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Looking at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP3T-TTDR the Event Place was originally St. Saviour's Church, England, but was changed to St Saviour's Church, Redbrook, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom. Film 007729231, image 13 of 1011, says these are records for St. Saviour, Southwark, Surrey, so this is likely an auto-standardization issue. I have sent this in to be corrected. Thank you for reporting the problem.
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