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St James the Great, Westerleigh

Catalogue reference: P/W

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This record is about the St James the Great, Westerleigh dating from 1646 - 1973.

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Reference
P/W
Title
St James the Great, Westerleigh
Date
1646 - 1973
Description

Registers

Incumbent

Churchwardens

Overseers of the Poor

Surveyors of the Highway

Constable

Vestry

Parochial Church Council

Charities

Statutory Bodies

Miscellaneous

Note

To allow for the large numbers of documents within several grooups the usual system of sub-grouping by letter e.g. P/W/I/4(a) has been replaced by the use of further numbers e.g. P/W/I/4/1.

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Held by
Bristol Archives
Language
English
Creator(s)
<corpname>Church of England, St James the Great's Parish, Westerleigh, Gloucestershire</corpname>
Physical description
14 vols, 1 roll, 1235 docs
Access conditions

THESE RECORDS ARE IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR RESEARCH

Immediate source of acquisition

Deposited by the vicar and churchwardens, 14 June 1974

Administrative / biographical background

Westerleigh is an ancient church which up to 1886 was a chapelry annexed to the cure of Pucklechurch. On 3rd August 1886 by an Order-in-Council it was created "a district chapelry". See P/W/I/7 The records contain many poor law papers which have been listed in detail, with an index attached to this schedule.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/2e9b36ea-4e58-4759-bd3b-1bf34d376b2c/

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St James the Great, Westerleigh