Information about Colchester in Essex
Colchester has the following churches: All Saints Holy Trinity St Alban St Anne St Botolph St Giles St Helen Chapel St James St John the Evangelist St Leonard St Martin St Mary Magdalene St Mary at the Walls St Michael St Nicholas St Paul St Peter St Runwald St Stephen The Dutch Church
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
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Location |
| Grid Reference: | TL9925 |
| Latitude: | 51.888024 |
| Longitude: | 0.8903295 |
| Number of transcriptions | 187427 |
| First actual year for a transcription If zero there are records without a date present |
1538 |
| Last actual year for a transcription | 1996 |
| Latest date a transcription changed: | 19 Aug 2025 |
| Last date place information changed | 20 Aug 2025 |
| Notes about the place |
Period 
Those periods with zero data may span several decades. The first may include pre 1530 records. |
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transcribed by | Edwin Furnival,Dave Foreman,Vera Grey,Caroline Mckeen,David Shipton,Angela Banham,Melanie Boyd | Edwin Furnival,Dave Foreman,Vera Grey,David Shipton,Angela Banham,Arnold Webb | Edwin Furnival,Dave Foreman,Vera Grey,David Shipton,Angela Banham | Edwin Furnival,Dave Foreman,Vera Grey,Caroline Mckeen,David Shipton,Angela Banham,Arnold Webb,Melanie Boyd |
| 1530–1539 | 20 | 20 | ||
| 1540–1549 | 235 | 90 | 345 | 670 |
| 1550–1559 | 147 | 52 | 162 | 361 |
| 1560–1569 | 662 | 204 | 435 | 1,301 |
| 1570–1579 | 732 | 226 | 489 | 1,447 |
| 1580–1589 | 905 | 183 | 646 | 1,734 |
| 1590–1599 | 904 | 193 | 853 | 1,950 |
| 1600–1609 | 1,183 | 325 | 1,037 | 2,545 |
| 1610–1619 | 2,060 | 495 | 1,215 | 3,770 |
| 1620–1629 | 1,909 | 775 | 1,553 | 4,237 |
| 1630–1639 | 2,066 | 363 | 1,406 | 3,835 |
| 1640–1649 | 1,359 | 260 | 432 | 2,051 |
| 1650–1659 | 1,867 | 961 | 247 | 3,075 |
| 1660–1669 | 1,182 | 180 | 135 | 1,497 |
| 1670–1679 | 1,297 | 510 | 1,397 | 3,204 |
| 1680–1689 | 2,426 | 1,105 | 3,986 | 7,517 |
| 1690–1699 | 2,850 | 1,118 | 3,689 | 7,657 |
| 1700–1709 | 2,784 | 895 | 3,491 | 7,170 |
| 1710–1719 | 1,892 | 785 | 3,115 | 5,792 |
| 1720–1729 | 2,010 | 1,302 | 4,260 | 7,572 |
| 1730–1739 | 2,411 | 1,354 | 3,910 | 7,675 |
| 1740–1749 | 1,813 | 1,096 | 3,618 | 6,527 |
| 1750–1759 | 2,028 | 1,061 | 2,928 | 6,017 |
| 1760–1769 | 2,107 | 1,020 | 3,217 | 6,344 |
| 1770–1779 | 1,963 | 872 | 2,533 | 5,368 |
| 1780–1789 | 1,960 | 955 | 2,367 | 5,282 |
| 1790–1799 | 2,611 | 1,525 | 2,915 | 7,051 |
| 1800–1809 | 3,351 | 1,982 | 4,296 | 9,629 |
| 1810–1819 | 3,574 | 1,455 | 2,606 | 7,635 |
| 1820–1829 | 2,889 | 1,039 | 2,041 | 5,969 |
| 1830–1839 | 3,241 | 1,160 | 2,569 | 6,970 |
| 1840–1849 | 2,607 | 896 | 1,942 | 5,445 |
| 1850–1859 | 2,339 | 588 | 1,904 | 4,831 |
| 1860–1869 | 2,255 | 824 | 1,770 | 4,849 |
| 1870–1879 | 2,926 | 786 | 1,560 | 5,272 |
| 1880–1889 | 3,179 | 779 | 1,150 | 5,108 |
| 1890–1899 | 3,518 | 1,020 | 633 | 5,171 |
| 1900–1909 | 3,135 | 1,203 | 599 | 4,937 |
| 1910–1919 | 1,580 | 1,011 | 552 | 3,143 |
| 1920–1929 | 1,207 | 507 | 337 | 2,051 |
| 1930–1939 | 831 | 359 | 231 | 1,421 |
| 1940–1949 | 802 | 345 | 128 | 1,275 |
| 1950–1959 | 483 | 177 | 72 | 732 |
| 1960–1969 | 631 | 6 | 637 | |
| 1970–1979 | 536 | 6 | 542 | |
| 1980–1989 | 80 | 80 | ||
| 1990–1999 | 24 | 24 | ||
| 2000–2029 |
Please note: due to different methods of record counting there may be discrepancies in the record totals on this page