Writhlington Records

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HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 219 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="060fa980.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="152" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> St. Mary Magdalene Church</div> <bR> <div> Now part of the Parish of Radstock, Somerset</div> <div> (This Church is now Closed and converted </div> <div> into a house)</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="06fabfa0.jpg" border=0 width="171" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The inside of the Church as it was.</div> <bR> <div> These pictures were sent to me over the internet.</div> <div> I do not know if they are copyright or not but acknowledge that</div> <div> they could be.  Hope you don't mind.</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="92" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#993333" BORDERCOLORDARK="#993333" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#000066 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="86"><div> <B>BAPTISMS</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.kilmersdon-radstock.org.uk/wrisom/chr-a/id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.kilmersdon-radstock.org.uk/wr"><U><IMG SRC="0af5a1a0.png" border=0 width="90" height="26" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.kilmersdon-radstock.org.uk/wrisom/chr-a/id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.kilmersdon-radstock.org.uk/wr"><U><IMG SRC="0b05a1a0.png" border=0 width="90" height="26" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.kilmersdon-radstock.org.uk/wrisom/chr-a/id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.kilmersdon-radstock.org.uk/wr"><U><IMG SRC="0b15a1a0.png" border=0 width="90" height="26" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.kilmersdon-radstock.org.uk/wrisom/chr-b/id42.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.kilmersdon-radstock.org.uk/wr"><U><IMG SRC="0b25a1a0.png" border=0 width="90" height="26" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="92" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#000066 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="86"><div> <B>MARRIAGES</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.kilmersdon-radstock.org.uk/wrisom/mar-a/id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.kilmersdon-radstock.org.uk/wr"><U><IMG SRC="0af5a1a0.png" border=0 width="90" height="26" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.kilmersdon-radstock.org.uk/wrisom/mar-a/id38.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.kilmersdon-radstock.org.uk/wr"><U><IMG SRC="0b45a1a0.png" border=0 width="90" height="26" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.kilmersdon-radstock.org.uk/wrisom/mar-b/id26.htm" TARGET="_top" 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VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="86"><div> <B>BURIALS</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <IMG SRC="0b95a1a0.png" border=0 width="90" height="26" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="0ba5a1a0.png" border=0 width="90" height="26" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.kilmersdon-radstock.org.uk/wrisom/bur-a/id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.kilmersdon-radstock.org.uk/wr"><U><IMG SRC="0bb5a1a0.png" border=0 width="90" height="26" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.kilmersdon-radstock.org.uk/wrisom/bur-b/id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.kilmersdon-radstock.org.uk/wr"><U><IMG SRC="0bc5a1a0.png" border=0 width="90" height="26" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=3><NOBR><div> First and last date of register.</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="1" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="400" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#000000" BORDERCOLORDARK="#000000" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#CCCCE4 HEIGHT= 81 WIDTH="390"><div> For legal reasons, only some of the records are available for those dates shown with a yellow background, and none of those with a red background.  All the records have been transcribed, and will be put</div> <div> online in the January of the year following 100 years from</div> <div> that date.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> Both the 1673 to 1731 register, and the 1729 to 1812 register</div> <div> were used to record Baptisms, Marriages and Burials. It was</div> <div> from 1813 that separate registers were required</div> <div> to record them.</div> <div> In the case of the first register, the Baptisms were recorded</div> <div> at the front of the book, and the Burials at the back.</div> <div> Hence I have numbered the pages in my transcriptions,</div> <div> as [1f] or [1b].</div> <div> There were some records on slips of paper found with this</div> <div> register. If they refer to dates outside those of this register,</div> <div> they have been incorporated with the register of that period.</div> <div> It was noticed that during the 58 years of the first register,</div> <div> only one marriage was recorded. Did people of those years</div> <div> get married in a Church? If so, which Church did they use?</div> <div> Was it that Writhlington had no licence to perform weddings?</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Baptisms, Marriages or Burials may not happen on the actual years shown, and in at least one case, a separate register was</div> <div> kept for part of the period.</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>