                        CHURCH RECORDS

Congregational Registers and records
     The central repository for records is the Congregational
Church of England and Wales, Memorial Hall, Farrington Road,
London E.C.1. Other records may be found at the regional level.
The old registers are in the Public Records Office.
     The earliest known registers are: Beds 1730, Berks 1705,
Bucks 1765, Cambs 1688, Cheshire 1709, Cornwall 1769, Cumberland
1700, Derby 1703, Devon 1697, Dorset 1741, Durham 1717,  Essex
1707, Glos 1712,  Hants 1691, Hereford 1690, Herts 1748,  Hunts
1742, Kent 1646,  Lancs 1717,  Leic 1733, Lincs 1774,  London
1644, Middlesex 1758,  Norfolk 1692,  Northants 1692,
Northumberland 1746,  Notts 1706,  Oxford 1685,  Rutland 1785, 
Shrops 1767, Somerset 1681,  Staffs 1777,  Suffolk 1689,  Surrey
1698, Sussex 1698,  Warks 1688,  WQestmorland 1757,  Wilts  1723, 
Worcs 1699,  Yorks 1654.


   Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion Registers
     The old registers are in the Public Records Office.
     The earliest known registers are: Berks 1816,  Cambs 1787, 
Cheshire 1819,  Cornwall 1800,  Cumberland 1789, Derby  1787, 
Dorset 1822,  Essex 1784,  Glos 1790,  Hants 1784,  Hereford
1814,  Herts 1806,  Kent 1776,  Lancs 1789,  Lincs 1799,  London
1783,  Norfolk 1752,  Oxford 1790,  Somerset 1788,  Sussex 1781, 
Warks 1796,  Worcs 1784.

     Hospital Registers
          Chelseaa, Greenwich, Founding and British Lying-in
Hospitals are in the Public Record Office.
          Chelsea Hospital The residence of Army PENSIONERS.
Registers of baptisms 1691-1812, marriages 1691 - 1765, and
burials 1692-1856, are in the Public Record Office.
          Greenwich Hospital The hospital is for navy pensioners.
Registers  of baptisms 1720--1856, marriages 1724-1754, burials
1705-1857 are at St. Catherine's House, London, England.

     Huguenot Registers and Records
          Old registers are in the Public Record Office.
Archive enquiries should be sent to the Huguenot Society, c/o
Barclays Bank, Pall Mall, London, SWl. The Society has published
volumes listing naturalisations and aliens in England from 1509-
1800; further naturalisations are in the HMSO piblication "Index
to Local and Personal Acts 1801-1947.

     INGHAMITE Registers
     Known registers are: London 1753,  Notts 1804,  Westmorland
1754,  Yorks 1753.
     The old registers have been depoosited with the Registrar-
General.


     IRVINGITE Registers
     They are deposited with the Registrar-General. 
     The oldest known registers are: Cambs 1834,  London 1829, 
Shrops 1835,  Surrey 1833.

     Jewish Registers and Records.
     Registers 1687-1937 are kept at Bevis Marks Synagogue,
London E.C.3. Wills and Administrations in the records of the PCC
(qv) are detailed in a publication called "Anglo-Jewish
Notabilities" published by the Jewish Historical Society of
England.
     Researchers should also enquire with the Anglo-Jewish
Association, Woburn House, Upper Woburn Place, London, W.C.1 and
the Jewish Museum at the same place. The archives of the United
Synagogue were catalogued in 1930 by C. Roth.

     Methodist  Registers and Records.
     The central repository for Methodist records is the
Methodist Archives and Research Centre,  Epworth House, City
Road, London E.C.1 . 
     The old registers were deposited with the Registrar-General
and are in the Public Record Office.]
     The earliest known registers are:
                    Wes-           Prim           New
                    leyan          itive          con-
                                                  nexion
Beds                1798
Berks               1796           1831
Bucks               1792           1832
Cambs               1796           1824
Cheshire            1793           1811           1798
Cornwall            1794           1832           1834
Cumberland          1806           1825
Derby               1794           1821
Devon               1787
Dorset              1796
Durham              1797           1823           1811
Essex               1793
Glos                1799
Hants               1799           1833
Hereford            1805           1828
Herts               1825
Hunts               1797
Kent                1796
Lancs                              1784           18241794
Leics               1795           1820






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                    Wes-           Prim-          New
                    leyan          itive          Con-
                                                  nexion

Lincs               1801           1825           1827
London              1779           1806           1820
Middlesex           1807                          
Norfolk             1795           1822           1835
Northants           1801           1824
Northumb            1788           1823           1798
Notts               1787           1827           1787
Oxford              1812           1835           
Rutland             1816
Shrops              1796           1822           1829
Somerset            1780           1813
Staffs              1795           1819           1789
Suffolk             1800           1832
Surrey              1817
Sussex              1795
Warks               1802           1831
Westmorland         1797
Wilts               1795           1829
Worcs               1788           1833           1829
Yorks               1753           1822           1779

                                                  
     The Calvinist Methodists also deposied their registeres with
the Registrar-General. 
     Their earliest known reisters are:  Cheshire 1805,  Glos
1762,  Kent  1828,  Lancs 1803,  London 1738,  Shropshire 1821, 
Somerset 1775, Sussex 1825,  Warks 1796.


     Moravian Registers
     The old registers were deposited with the Registrar-General,
and are now in the Public Record Office.
     The earliest known registers are: Beds 1743,  Cheshire 1784, 
Derby 1746, Devon 1785, Glos 1757,  Hereford 1784,  Hunts 1823, 
Lancs 1786,  London 1741,  Northants 1796, Somerset 1755,  Wilts
1748,  Yorks 1742.

     Prison Registers
     The registers for the Fleet and King's Bench Prisons are at
the Public Record Office. 
     The Fleet records of baptisms and marriages are from 1674 to
1756.







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     New Jerusalemite Registers
     The old registers were deposited with the Registrar-General
and are now at the Public Record Office.
     The earliest known registers are: Derby 1817,  Essex 1813, 
Lancs 1803,  Leics 1828,  London 1816, Warks 1791, Yorks 1781.

  
     Quaker Records and Registers
     The central repository for Quaker records is at the Society
of Friends,  Friends House,  Euston Road, London, N.W.1.
     The old registers were deposited with the Registrar-General
after 1837 and are now at the Rublic Record Office, but a
digested index of over 500,000 names was made and may be
consulted at Friends' House.

     Presbyterian Registers
     The old registers were deposied with the Registrar-General
and are now in the Public Record Office.
     The earliest known registers are: Berks 1723, Cheshire 1676, 
Cumberland 1745,  Derby 1698,  Devon 1672,  Dorset 1720,  Durham
1688,  Essex 1796,  Glos 1740,  Hants 1676,  Herts 1729,  Hunbts
1820,  Kent 1710,  Lancs 1644,  Leics 1706,  Lincs 1707,  London
1705,   Middlesex 1727,  Norfolk 1691,  Northants 1820, 
Northumberland 1752,  Notts 1690,  Oxford 1789,  Shropshire 1692,
Somerset 1694,  Staffs 1726,  Suffolk 1689,  Sussex 1789,  Warks
1695,  Westmorland 1687,  Wilts 1687,  Worcs 1722,  Yorks 1650.


     Swedenborgian Registers
     The old registers were deposited with the Registrar-General
and are now inm the Public Record Office.
     The earliest known registers are: Laancs 1828,  London 1787, 
Norfolk 1819,  Northumberland 1808, Somerset 1830,  Wilts 1834.

     Unitarian Registers
     The old registers were deposited with the Registrar-Generaal
and are now in the Public Record Office.
     The earliest known registers are: Lancs 1762,  Staffs 1788,
Yorks 1817.

     Dr. Williams' Library
     Registers of some Presbyterian,  Congregational and Baptist
chapels within 12 miles of London were formerly kept at this
theological library in Gordon Square, London W.C.1. 
     They are now at the Public Record Office and cover the
period 1742 to 1837.






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     Baptist Registers and Records
     The central repository for Baptist records is Baptist Church
House (Property and Trustee Dept.), 4 Southampton Row, London,
W.C. 1.  researchers should also enqyuire at the regional Baptist
association. 
     Most early Beptist registers were deposited with the
Registrar-General and are now at the Public Record Office.
     The earliest known registers are: Beds 1709,  Berks 1764,
Bucks 1773, Cambs 1778, Cheshire 1813,  Cornwall 1760, 
Cumberland 1797,  Derby 1753,  Devon 1767,  Dorset 1778, Durham
1768,  Essex 1775,  Glos 1651,  Hants 1785,  Hereford 1747, 
Herts 1717, Hunts 1789,  Kent 1650,  Lancs 17555,  Leics 1752, 
Lincs 1703,  London 1656,  Middlesex 1783,  Norfolk 1761,
Northants 1755,  Northumberland 1781,  Notts 1742,  Oxford 1647, 
Rutland 1768,  Shrops 1766,  Somerset 1679,  Staffs 1793, 
Suffolk 1785, Surrey 1781,  Sussex 1669,  Warks 1750,  Wilts
1767,  Worcs 1756,  Yorks 1685.
     Anglesey 1789,  Brecon 1822, Carmarthen 1783,  Denbigh 1785, 
Flint 1827,  Glamorgan 1773,  Merioneth 1800,  Montgomery 1832, 
Pembroke 1787.
     Researchers should also consult the Baptist Magazine (from
1809) and Baptist Handbooks.


     Bible Christian Registers
     The eartly registers were deposited with the Registrar-
General and are now in the Public Record Office.
     The earliest known registers are: Cornwall 1817,  Devon
1818,  Hants 1824,  Kent 1820,  Lancs 1800, London 1823, 
Somerset 1823,  Surrey 1835,  Sussex 1824.

      Catholic Registers and Records 
     For the period from Elizabeth to William & Mary, the Recuant
Rolls, usually in the County Record Offices, list a great many
Catholics.  Alternatively these may be in the Public Records
Office.
     In 1717 Papists had to register their names and
landholdings, these being kept by the Clerk of the Peace.  These
rcords would normally be in the County Record Office.
     Catholics kept unofficial registers with details of births,
deaths and marriages, but most of these are no older than 1778
when the first Roman Catholic Relief Bill was passed.  Catholic
registers were not handed over to the ZRegistrar-General and are
still in the hands of the church.








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The Catholic Record Society, founded 1904, at St. Edward's,
Sutton Park, Guildford, Surrey, has ppublished registers and
historical records dating from the 16th century.  A list of those
printed up to 1958 is contained in "Texts and Calendars" by
E.L.C. Mullins.

     Cemetery Registers
     A number of prominent cemeteries in which non-conformists
could be buries kept registers. These were deposited with the
Registrar-General and are now is the Public record office.
     These cemeteries were: Bunhill Fields (London) 1713-1854, 
Eccleshall, Sheffield 1836-1838,  Leeds 1835-37, Liverpool
(Everton)1825-37,  Walworth South London Burial Ground 1829-37,
and Victoria Park Cemetery 1853-76.

     Divorce Registers
     Registers of divorces began in 1852. The records are at the
Divorce registry at Somerset House.



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