What Does U. D. Stand For

[pipdawg]

On my great grandma's death certificate (16th May 1949), it says she died at Alvaston 'U.D.' Alvaston is in Nantwich, Cheshire. There was a workhouse there until 1930 but by 1949, it was probably a National Heath Service establishment. Does anyone know what U.D. might have stood for?

[Captain2]

Urban District, I believe. The town I came from used to be an Urban District

[Dinapal]

Urban District

[Captain2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_district_(Great_Britain_and_Ireland)

[pipdawg]

Ah, that makes a lot of sense. Thanks for the answers

[follyfancier]

there is also another Alvaston in Derby

[pipdawg]

You're right, Follyfancier. This one is in Nantwich though

[Jackdaw33]

Old-fashioned terms. These were sub-divisions of a county with limited devolved powers. Where I grew up was a borough, where I live now used to be a UD.