There are now 81,843 records of civil divorces between 1858 and 1918 in England & Wales on Ancestry.
From 1858 divorce no longer required a private Act of Parliament — divorces were handled by a Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes.
You will find the following details:
- name
- gender
- spouse
- spouse’s gender
- type of record
- petition year
- date and place of marriage
- names and birth details of children
- copy of marriage certificate.
What I did not find in a case I looked at is whether the divorce was granted.
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