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On 16 August 1819 the Manchester and Salford Yeomanry massacred protesters at St Peter's Field in Manchester, killing at least 18 people
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What UK census records are available?
UK census records are a crucial family history resource, but when was the census taken and where can you find census records including free census websites?
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