Guide to St Mary's Church

The Parish Registers

The Parish Registers The Registers of Baptisms, Marriages and Burials begin in 1561, and are now held in the County Record Office.

In 1610 there is record of a plague:

"Note June 1610 here began ye Plague. July 1610 there was buried of ye plague this month of July, 32, besides forty that was shuffled into graves without any reading over them at all. Nov. 1611 here ended ye plague."

 

Last modified: 27 September, 2004