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Register of baptisms and burials

Catalogue reference: PAR255/1/1/5

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This record is a file about the Register of baptisms and burials dating from 1777-1791.

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Reference
PAR255/1/1/5
Title
Register of baptisms and burials
Date
1777-1791
Description

Baptisms are entered in the front of the volume, burials at the end in reverse.

Pages:

1-62 C Aug 1777 - Sep 1791; the later entries occasionally include dates of birth

In reverse:

1-39 B; Aug 1777 - Sep 1791; parents of children named throughout; many ages given for later entries

at front: oath of Ann Gilham of Brighton, widow of Nicholas Sherlock of Brighton, labourer, deceased, and Elizabeth Jenner of Brighton, spinster, respectively the mother and god-mother of William Sherlock, that the entry of his baptism in the name of John Sherlock [on 8 May 1784] is an error; sworn before J C Michell, master extarordinary, 23 May 1806

Held by
East Sussex Record Office
Former department reference
PAR255/1/1/5
Language
English
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/04b28396-5383-4d3b-a674-aeeaa86859f0/

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PAR255/1

Incumbent: registers

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366,693 records

This record is held at East Sussex Record Office

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PARISH OF BRIGHTON ST NICHOLAS

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Register of baptisms and burials