Parish Register St Mary Great Canfield Essex information

**Details about the register**
Field	Value
Register Type :	Parish Register
Quality :
Source :	SEAX
Copyright :
Special acknowledgement to :
Status of the transcriptions :
Latest date a transcription changed:	26 Jun 2025
Number of entries	6082
First actual year of entries	1533
Last actual year of entries	1931
First year in register :	1538
Last year in register:
Register notes :	No baptisms in register from 1737-1744 and 1746-1752 No burials in register 1732-1752 Note on page 23 of first register : "First Register of Great Canfield 1538-1649. Actually entries from 1538-1599 were copied into the present book presumably by the Rev Wm Inman who held the living from 1563 to 1604."

**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	Julie Harold,David Shipton	Julie Harold,David Shipton	Julie Harold,David Shipton	Julie Harold,David Shipton
1530–1539	12	2	7	21
1540–1549	58	20	37	115
1550–1559	77	47	75	199
1560–1569	113	20	53	186
1570–1579	86	17	23	126
1580–1589	95	19	18	132
1590–1599	110	33	34	177
1600–1609	115	34	35	184
1610–1619	84	28	68	180
1620–1629	93	22	76	191
1630–1639	136	37	87	260
1640–1649	42	28	57	127
1650–1659	67	4	29	100
1660–1669	112	19	60	191
1670–1679	106	11	70	187
1680–1689	87	13	58	158
1690–1699	91	17	73	181
1700–1709	79	19	56	154
1710–1719	70	30	52	152
1720–1729	74	23	77	174
1730–1739	41	7	19	67
1740–1749	7			7
1750–1759	53	2	51	106
1760–1769	67	30	93	190
1770–1779	93	25	58	176
1780–1789	99	24	65	188
1790–1799	103	28	63	194
1800–1809	117	33	80	230
1810–1819	107	18	60	185
1820–1829	109	38	77	224
1830–1839	105	24	91	220
1840–1849	125		91	216
1850–1859	144		96	240
1860–1869	118		73	191
1870–1879	115		79	194
1880–1889	9		63	72
1890–1899			56	56
1900–1909			45	45
1910–1919			34	34
1920–1929			35	35
1930–1939			13	13
1940–2029

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

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