Parish Register St Mary Major Exeter Devon information

**Details about the register**
Field	Value
Register Type :	Parish Register
Quality :	Colour photography of the original registers
Source :	Photography of the original PR at DHC by Janice Collingwood
Copyright :	None
Special acknowledgement to :
Status of the transcriptions :
Latest date a transcription changed:	30 Oct 2026
Number of entries	46714
First actual year of entries	1561
Last actual year of entries	1965
First year in register :	1560
Last year in register:	1971
Register notes :	Church closed probably 1965, demolished 1971. PR1 has not been used because PR2 and PR3 are more complete. 2 sets of BA 1800's registers were use concurrently.

**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	Jennie Moore,Janice Collingwood,Shelley,Christine Elliott,Julia Miller	Jennie Moore,Janice Collingwood,Julia Miller,June Totterdell,Diane Masters	Janice Collingwood,Jennie Moore,Julia Miller	Janice Collingwood,Jennie Moore,Julia Miller,Shelley,Christine Elliott,June Totterdell,Diane Masters
1530–1559
1560–1569	152	54	168	374
1570–1579		105	400	505
1580–1589		121	293	414
1590–1599		105	314	419
1600–1609	359	99	152	610
1610–1619	431	119	334	884
1620–1629	448	175	609	1,232
1630–1639	540	215	343	1,098
1640–1649	430	119	467	1,016
1650–1659	404	5	39	448
1660–1669	698	155	358	1,211
1670–1679	575	120	253	948
1680–1689	649	187	725	1,561
1690–1699	470	158	460	1,088
1700–1709	486	134	610	1,230
1710–1719	464	173	552	1,189
1720–1729	473	143	541	1,157
1730–1739	446	153	508	1,107
1740–1749	381	163	543	1,087
1750–1759	371	183	414	968
1760–1769	497	231	426	1,154
1770–1779	692	211	538	1,441
1780–1789	659	253	567	1,479
1790–1799	613	282	582	1,477
1800–1809	665	259	560	1,484
1810–1819	678	273	142	1,093
1820–1829	1,076	416	421	1,913
1830–1839	962	486	994	2,442
1840–1849	923	402	754	2,079
1850–1859	904	229	739	1,872
1860–1869	1,188	79	762	2,029
1870–1879	1,182	218	805	2,205
1880–1889	1,099	141	656	1,896
1890–1899	937	155	586	1,678
1900–1909	803	90	441	1,334
1910–1919	540	104	333	977
1920–1929	559	130	169	858
1930–1939	265	100		365
1940–1949	108	29		137
1950–1959	97	31		128
1960–1969	20	11		31
1970–2029

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

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