SHROPSHIRE PARISH REGISTERS.
Nonconformist and Roman Catholic Registers.
HON. EDITOR AND SECRETARY:
W.G.D. FLETCHER, M.A., F.S.A.
PRIVATELY PRINTED FOR THE
SHROPSHIRE PARISH REGISTER SOCIETY.
1922.
Contents.
NONCONFORMIST. Part I. | Pages. | |
Shrewsbury, High Street, 1692-1812 | 1 - 35 | |
Shrewsbury, Swan Hill, 1767-1812 | 37 - 58 | |
Whitchurch, Dodington, 1708-1812 | 59 - 78 | |
Wem, Presbyterian, 1755-1814 | 79 - 92 | |
Bridgnorth, Stoneway, 1765-1812 | 93 - 102 | |
Oswestry, Old Chapel, 1780-1812 | 103 - 121 | |
Oldbury, Old Dissenting Chapel, 1715-1813 | 123 - 135 | |
Ellesmere, Independent, 1787-1811 | 137 - 139 | |
Shrewsbury, Claremont Baptist, 1766-1808 | 141 - 150 | |
Shrewsbury, Society of Friends, 1657-1834 | 151 - 182 | |
Indexes to the foregoing Registers | i - xliv |
Introductions are prefixed to each Register.
NONCONFORMIST. Part II. | ||
Bridgnorth, Castle Street Baptist, 1779-1836 | 183 - 189 | |
Broseley, Birch Meadow Chapel, 1794-1835 | 190 - 207 | |
Clee Hill, Wesleyan, 1802-1829 | 208 - 240 | |
Hadnall and Clive, Independent, 1798-1837 | 241 - 249 | |
Llanyblodwel, Smyrna Independent, 1825-1836 | 250 - 255 | |
Ludlow, Carve Street Independent, 1802-1836 | 256 - 266 | |
Market Drayton, Independent, 1776-1836 | 267 - 284 | |
Wem, Chapel Street Independent, 1785-1836 | 285 - 302 | |
Lyth Hill and Dorrington, Independent, 1808-1837 | 303 - 313 | |
Ditton Priors, Wesleyan, 1801-1834 | 314 - 316 | |
Minsterley, Independent, 1806-1837 | 317 - 326 | |
Whixall, Independent, 1805-1823 | 327 - 358 | |
Index to the foregoing Registers | xlv - lxv |
ROMAN CATHOLIC. | ||
General Introduction | i - xvii | |
Shrewsbury, St. Mary, 1775-1837 | 1 - 38 | |
Newport, St. Peter and St. Paul, 1785-1837 | 40 - 59 | |
Acton Burnell, 1769-1838 | 61 - 80 | |
Plowden, St. Francis, 1826-1837 | 81 - 85 | |
Mawlcy Hall, St. Mary, 1763-1831 | 87 - 125 | |
Index to the Roman Catholic Registers | i - xxvi |
SHROPSHIRE PARISH REGISTERS.
GENERAL EDITOR:
W. P. W. PHILLIMORE, M.A., B.C.L.
NONCONFORMIST REGISTERS.
ISSUED BY THE
Shropshire parish Register Society.
SHROPSHIRE
PARISH REGISTERS.
Nonconformist Registers
TRANSCRIBED AND EDITED BY
GEORGE EYRE EVANS,
SOME TIME MINISTER AT WHITCHURCH.
PRIVATELY PRINTED FOR THE
SHROPSHIRE PARISH REGISTER SOCIETY.
1903.
Note for the Reader.
THE genesis of this interesting volume begins with a letter from the late Mr. Stanley Leighton to the present writer, who, as Minister of tbe Church of the Saviour, Whitchurch, had for many years been a near Salopian neighbour. Mr. Leighton said:-
" We have passed a resolution that, if possible, we would print the Registers of the Chapels. Would you be willing to undertake the editorship and transcription, we doing the printing ?"
The writer, who has long had access, for historical purposes, to the Non-Parochial Registers in the custody of the Registrar- General, at once consented to carry out the work, and from his transcripts of the originals the following pages are printed down to 1812.
Ten of the oldest Registers in the county were selected for publication, viz.:-
Shrewsbury, Society Of Friends | 1657. | |
Shrewsbury, High Street, Presbyterian (now Unitarian) | 1692. | |
Whitchurch, Dodington, Presbyterian (extinct 1844) | 1708. | |
*Oldbury, Old Dissenting Chapel (now Unitarian) | 1715. | |
Wem, Presbyterian Chapel (extinct) | 1755. | |
Bridgnorth, Stoneway Chapel | 1765. | |
Shrewsbury, Claremont Baptist Meeting-house | 1766. | |
Shrewsbury, Swan Hill Chapel | 1767. | |
Oswestry, Old Chapel (now Christ Church) | 1780. | |
Ellesmere, Independent Chapel | 1787. |
* Formerly in Shropshire, now in Worcestershire.
vi NOTE FOR THE READER.
A list of all Non-parochial Registers in Shropshire, and now at Somerset House, will be found in the printed catalogue, which can be consulted in the hall of the General Register Office. By far the larger portion of them only begins in the early years of the nineteenth century.
By the Act of Parliament, on the 10th August, 1840 (3 and 4 Vict., cap. 92), and extended in 1858 (21 Vict., cap. 25), the Non- parochial Registers, collected and authenticated by the Royal Commissions appointed in 1837 and 1857, were made receivable in legal evidence, subject to certain conditions and restrictions.
The notes on tbe heraldry emblazoned on many of the fine twenty- four memorial brasses, formerly in Dodington Presbyterian Chapel, and in January 1896 transferred to the Church of the Saviour, which has a similar Open trust to the old Chapel, have been furnished by the Rev. W.G.D. Fletcher, F.S.A.; whilst that on the early Friends in Shrewsbury has been contributed by William Gregory Norris, J.P., of Coalbrookdale, who accompanied it with a donation of 5s. towards the cost of printing the volume.
It may he well to remind the reader of the "double date". Up to the time of the reform of the calendar in 1754, the civil year commenced on 25th March, while the historical year, as now, began on 1st January. Consequently the period from 1st January to 25th March was in two years. Thus, the 1st February 1732 according to the civil year, was the 1st February 1733 according to our (historical) reckoning, and it is often written 1st February 1732-3, or 1732/3, the last being thc historical one. In Parish Registers the civil reckoning was usually adopted, and this must be remembered when dealing with entries from 1st January to 25th March, before the year 1754.
The Council decided that no really useful purpose was served by printing the registers verbatim et literatim, but that valuable space would be filled and progress delayed. Accordingly, mere verbiage has been omitted, and the following abbreviations freely adopted, save when there seemed to be
NOTE FOR THE READER. vii
any special reason for giving the entries exactly as they stand:-
b. bachelor. | sep. sepultus (buried). | |
sp. spinster. | s. son. | |
wid. widow. | d. daughter. | |
widr. widower. | w. wife. | |
p. parish. | lic. license. | |
wit. witnesses. | gent. gentleman. | |
bap. baptized. | esq. esquire. | |
chr. christened. | clk. clerk. | |
mar. married. | co. county. | |
bur. buried. | dioc. diocese. | |
ch.w. churchwardens. | f. filius or filia (son or daughter). | |
ux. uxor (wife). |
The Editor's thanks are due, and are heartily given, to every one who has assisted in the work, especially to successive Registrars- General, Superintendents of Records, and the Chief Clerk, for that personal consideration and kindness invariably received by him at their hands in Somerset House. It has been a pleasure to him to carry out the wishes of his friend Mr. Leighton, and to do something towards preserving the history of that county, in which, next to that of his native Devon, and this of Cardigan, his greatest interests lie, and where more than a decade of happy years were lived.
GEO. EYRE EVANS. Aberystwyth, Michaelmas Day, 1903.
Contents. | DATE. | PAGES. | ||
Shrewsbury, High Street | 1692-1812 | 1 | ||
Shrewsbury, Swan Hill | 1767-1812 | 37 | ||
Whitchurch, Dodington | 1708-1812 | 59 | ||
Wem, Presbyterian | 1755-1812 | 79 | ||
Bridgnorth, Stoneway | 1765-1812 | 93 | ||
Oswestry, Old Chapel | 1780-1812 | 103 | ||
Oldbury, Old DisSenting Chapel | 1715-1812 | 123 | ||
Ellesmere, Independent | 1787-1812 | 137 | ||
Shrewsbury, Claremont Baptist | 1766-1812 | 141 | ||
Shrewsbury, Society Of Friends | 1657-1812 | 151 |
NOTE.- Separately paged introductions are prefixed to each Register.
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