Arborfield
Local History Society

 Parish Registers

Magazines 1877-78
Banns 1929-75
Services 1951-59
Services 1959-68

 

Marriage Index 1837 - 1973

Parish Registers

Here are the Baptisms, Marriages and Burials from 1580 up to the first part of the 20th Century. All are fully indexed by Surname. Sadly, the Registers in the Church Safe were stolen in 1975 and no longer exist, but we are building up the missing names from alternative sources.

From 1580 to 1705, register entries have been drawn either from the main registers or from the Bishop's Transcripts.

Most of the residents of the Liberty of Newland appear to have used St. Bartholomew's as their parish church, even though the area of Newland was in the ecclesiastical parish of Hurst, and latterly Bearwood, until as recently as the 1970's. Sometimes the parish of residence was noted (e.g. 'of Hurst', 'of Newlands', etc.), but often it was not.

Note that the dates are expressed in the modern format, where the year starts on January 1st. In the earliest registers, the years were counted from April.

Baptisms

There are nearly 3,500 entries, drawn from the main Registers, the Bishop's Transcripts and the Dissenters' Baptisms. For an incomplete list from the 1950's and early 1960's, see also the Registers of Services.

1580-1639   1639-1700   1700-1740   1741-1780   1780-1812   1813-1825 

1826-1845   1846-1861   1862-1879   1880-1899   1900-1922   1922-1937 

Dissenters' Baptisms, Arborfield Cross, 1759 - 1836.

Baptism Index by Surname:   A-B      C-E      F-K      L-O      P-S      T-Z

Marriages

There are over 1,000 entries, drawn from the main Registers and the Bishop's Transcripts. For an incomplete list from the 1950's and early 1960's, see also the Registers of Services.  See also the Banns of Marriage 1929 - 1975, which will also list marriages that took place outside the parish - particularly important for Servicemen and women living in Arborfield.

Finally, there is an Index covering the entire period of the missing registers, but it lacks the full details that you would see on a marriage certificate such as parents, addresses, occupations and list of witnesses.

Marriages:

1580-1641   1669-1699   1700-1837   1838-1899   1900-1976

Marriage Index by Surname:       A-E       F-M      N-Z

Burials

There are over 1,800 entries, drawn from the main Registers and the Bishop's Transcripts.

Burials:

1580-1600   1600-1700   1700-1799   1800-1841   1841-1862   1863-1901   1902-1925

Burial Index by Surname:   A-C     D-L     M-S     T-Z

See also the list of monuments in the old Churchyard as they were in 1927, and the inscriptions on the walls of the Conroy Chapel as in 1930.

Banns of Marriage, Parish of Arborfield 1929-1975, plus Alphabetic Index of Banns (nearly 1000 names). This list will not include Marriages by Licence, so it will be incomplete - see Registers of Services instead.

Register of Services 1951 - 1959, containing details of Baptisms, Weddings, Funerals and other special services, plus comments.

Register of Services 1959 - 1968, containing details of Baptisms, Weddings, Funerals and other special services, plus comments. Note that the policy of recording Weddings and Funerals in the Register of Services lapsed in 1963.

List of Churchwardens who signed off the registers and Bishops' Transcripts each April.



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