{"id":12824,"date":"2023-01-24T10:51:01","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T10:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/?page_id=12824"},"modified":"2025-07-15T10:39:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T10:39:26","slug":"parish-registers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/?page_id=12824","title":{"rendered":"Parish Registers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"12824\" class=\"elementor elementor-12824\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6cfb5cc3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6cfb5cc3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Parish Registers<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-412ead5 noprint elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"412ead5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c50fc9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7c50fc9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1be8d89 noprint elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"1be8d89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Source Data<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d67e980 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d67e980\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure id=\"attachment_6712\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6712\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/RegisterScreen.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/RegisterScreen-300x177.jpg\" alt=\"App screen\" width=\"300\" height=\"177\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6712\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Register App<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>The Abinger Parish registers are retained in a purpose-built database written by Philip Rawlings.<\/p><p>Sources include:<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/BurialRegisterScan1559-1812.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Burial register 1559 &#8211; 1812 [A]<\/a>.\u00a0 \u00a0The original registers for 1559-1812 were published as The Parish Registers of Abinger, Wotton and Oakwood Chapel, Surrey (Mitchell, Hughes &amp; Clarke, London 1928).<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/burial-register-scan-1813-1839.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Burial register 1813 -1839<\/a>.\u00a0 The original Abinger parish burial registers (part of 1813-1877)\u00a0 bound and published.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burial-register-1813-1877.pdf\">Burial register 1813-1877[E]<\/a>. Original at Surrey History Centre (AB\/5\/1). Annotated with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/rectors-fees\">Fees paid to Rector<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/burial-register-scan-1877-2019-small.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Burial register 1877-2019 [B]<\/a>.\u00a0 Original deposited with Surrey History Centre 30Sep20 on long-term loan<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/burial-register-scan-2020-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Burial register 2020- [D]<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/baptism-register-scan-1559-1812.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Baptism register 1559-1812 [P]<\/a><\/li><li>Inscriptions and Graves in Abinger Church and Churchyard, transcribed by John A Gibbs 1933 as recorded in 1935 [X if not recorded in Registers]<\/li><li><i>Surrey,<\/i> Manning &amp; Bray, vol. II(1809)<\/li><li><i>Epitaphs of Surrey,<\/i> A B Bax, ms. in Surrey Archeological Society Library<\/li><\/ul><h3>Reports<\/h3><p>Some reports from the database are shown below, other sorts and selections are available.<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/registers\/burials-by-name.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Burial registers 1559-2023<\/a>\u00a0sorted by name<\/li><li>Baptismal registers 1559-1680\u00a0sorted by date<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/registers\/complete-by-name.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Complete registers 1559-2023<\/a>\u00a0sorted by name<\/li><li>Records of graves with visible markers and\/or recorded inscriptions (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/registers\/churchyard-a.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A-Z<\/a>)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/registers\/churchyard-plot.htm\">Plot of churchyard<\/a> showing graves with What3Words (in development)<\/li><li>See also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/memorials\/\">memorials<\/a>\u00a0(originally) within the church, and other\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/moveables\/\">inscriptions on moveables (now transferred to Guildford).<\/a><\/li><\/ul><h3>Statistics from the Registers<\/h3><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/registers\/baptisms-by-decade.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Baptisms by decade<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/registers\/burials-by-decade.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Burials by decade<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/registers\/burialage-by-decade.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Age at burial by decade<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/registers\/common-firstnames.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Common first names<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/registers\/common-lastnames.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Common last names<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/registers\/persistent-lastnames.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Persistence of last names<\/a><\/li><\/ul><h3>Notes to the Registers<\/h3><ul><li>1599-1812 &#8211; Originals lost but transcribed into a bound volume &#8220;This volume has been printed by a few friends in grateful memory of John Harcourt Chichester Evelyn (1876-1922), of Wotton House, Patron of these three livings, who lost his life in the service of his country; and also of Mrs. H. E. Malden (1852-1919), who transcribed the Register.&#8221;<\/li><li>Some inscriptions were transcribed by John A Gibbs in &#8220;Inscriptions and Graves in Abinger Church and Churchyard with Index&#8221; presented to St James&#8217; in 1934. Also from &#8220;Epitaphs of Surrey&#8221;, A B Bax, ms. in Surrey Archeological Society Library (1890); these data are included in the current database.<\/li><li><span data-huuid=\"5195207833452252655\">The Births and Deaths Registration Act of 1836, which went into effect on July 1, 1837, established a system of civil registration in England and Wales. Prior to that date registers were kept only by churches.\u00a0<\/span>The term &#8220;by certificate&#8221; in the context of an 1830 burial likely refers to a certificate issued by the church or religious body responsible for the burial, rather than a formal government-issued document.<span data-cid=\"0c6d4853-c2c4-4fcf-b2da-b88c5558d259\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li>&#8216;Affidavit&#8217;: in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Burying_in_Woollen_Acts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">The Burial in Woolen Acts of 1660-1689<\/a>\u00a0&#8220;No corps should be buried in anything other than what is made of sheep&#8217;s wool only; or put into any coffin lined or faced with any material but sheep&#8217;s wool, on pain of forfeiture of \u00a35.&#8221; Excepting plague victims and the destitute. In addition, an affidavit to that effect was required not later than 8 days after the burial. The act was repealed in 1814 but ignored after 1770. &#8216;Certificate&#8217;: a certificate brought (presented) affirming burial in &#8216;woolen&#8217;.<\/li><li>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stamp_Duties_Act_1783\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Stamp Duties Act of 1783<\/a>\u00a0required payment of 3d to register a baptism, marriage or burial. Repealed in 1794.<\/li><li>Assumed, except otherwise stated, that a woman takes the surname of the husband (often burial register has only, for example, Joan the wife of John Smith).<\/li><li>Assumed, except otherwise stated, that a child takes the surname of the father (often burial register has only, for example, Jane the daughter of John Smith).<\/li><li>Spellings of names and places are idiosyncratic in the registers. As far as practicable, original spellings have been retained.<\/li><li>Names are often prefixed with Goodman or Goodwife (abbr. Goody) in the earlier registers. Archaic form, known from 13th to mid-18th century. Signifies lower social standing than those addressed as Mr, Mrs, Mistress.<\/li><li>See the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/wiki\/en\/History_of_Parish_Registers_in_England\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">History of Parish Registers in England<\/a>\u00a0for the register requirements from 1538 (King Henry XIII). Our registers began in 1559 following a law enacted by Queen Elizabeth I.<\/li><li>Burials sometimes give Dorking Workhouse or Dorking Union as &#8216;Abode&#8217;. Properly, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.workhouses.org.uk\/Dorking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Dorking Union Workhouse<\/a>. Also see notes by Keziah Rodell at <a href=\"https:\/\/dorkingmuseum.org.uk\/dorking-and-the-old-poor-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Dorking Museum<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7101d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"a7101d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\tThe entire dataset can be <a href=\"https:\/stjameschurchabinger.org\/registers\/StJamesRegisters.xml\" download target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">\r\n  downloaded here\r\n<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bae3725 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bae3725\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33bb911 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"33bb911\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Parish Records Held At The Surrey History Centre<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43d6803 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"43d6803\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Records of baptism, marriage and burial are held at the Surrey History Centre, 130 Goldsworth Road, Woking GU21 6ND as below:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27aaed6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"27aaed6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dceeb1e elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"dceeb1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<table style=\"background-color: #DBDBD9; border: 1px solid lightgray; border-collapse: collapse; width:80%; margin: 0 100px 0 50px;\">\n    <tr><td width=20%>Baptisms<\/td><td width=20%>1559-1898<br\/>1813-1840<br\/>1559-1812<\/td><td width=20%>Originals<br\/>Printed<br\/>Transcript<\/td><\/tr>\n    <tr><td>Marriages<td>1559-1959<br\/>1813-1849<br\/>1559-1812<\/td><td>Originals, Microfiche<br\/>Printed<br\/>Transcript<\/td><\/tr>\n    <tr><td>Burials<\/td><td>1813-1840<br\/>1840-1877<br\/>1559-1812<\/td><td>Transcript<br\/>Original, scan<br\/>Printed<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/table>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parish Registers Source Data The Abinger Parish registers are retained in a purpose-built database written by Philip Rawlings. Sources include: Burial register 1559 &#8211; 1812 [A].\u00a0 \u00a0The original registers for 1559-1812 were published as The Parish Registers of Abinger, Wotton and Oakwood Chapel, Surrey (Mitchell, Hughes &amp; Clarke, London 1928). Burial register 1813 -1839.\u00a0 The &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/?page_id=12824\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Parish Registers&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_angie_page":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12824","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12824"}],"version-history":[{"count":120,"href":"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19593,"href":"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12824\/revisions\/19593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjameschurchabinger.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}