St Mary the Virgin Chard Somerset information

**Details about the church**
Field	Value
Denomination of the Church	Church of England
The Church Website	http://www.stmaryschard.co.uk/history.html
Number of transcriptions	24845
First year for a transcription	1540
Last year for a transcription	1853
Last date a transcription added	17 Dec 2018
Last date church information changed	30 Jan 2026
Notes about the Church

**Number of records by decade**
Period Those periods with zero data may span several decades. The first may include pre 1530 records.	Baptisms	Marriages	Burials	Total
Transcribed by
1530–1539
1540–1549		15		15
1550–1639
1640–1649	42		30	72
1650–1659	400	8	116	524
1660–1669	493	60	491	1,044
1670–1679	560	105	671	1,336
1680–1689	545	74	663	1,282
1690–1699	383	68	619	1,070
1700–1709	415	93	530	1,038
1710–1719	435	143	527	1,105
1720–1729	517	73	515	1,105
1730–1739	543	19	418	980
1740–1749	428		593	1,021
1750–1759	489	107	372	968
1760–1769	468	142	382	992
1770–1779	513	180	361	1,054
1780–1789	557	186	450	1,193
1790–1799	658	190	428	1,276
1800–1809	675	213	493	1,381
1810–1819	702	208	482	1,392
1820–1829	1,045	364	707	2,116
1830–1839	1,078	302	1,027	2,407
1840–1849	328		834	1,162
1850–1859			298	298
1860–2029

Please note: due to different methods of record counting there may be discrepancies in the record totals on this page

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