1813 to 1880 Baptism Project Great Yarmouth St Nicholas |
Baptisms 1813 to 1880
Great Yarmouth is Norfolk's premier port and most
populous parish (the City of Norwich being divided into 35
parishes). Founded as a fishing pullout on a sandbar partially
blocking the mouth of the River Yare, Great Yarmouth quickly
grew into a major export centre during the booming age of
Norfolk wool production. With its easy access to the Netherlands
and Belgium Great Yarmouth was ideally placed to exploit trade
between England and the Low Countries. Later Great Yarmouth
became a major fishing port specialising in herring - the
"Silver Darlings" attracting fisherman to follow the herring
migration down the North Sea from the east of Scotland. The
speedy herring-girls gutting fish at incredible pace have now
sadly gone. In Victorian times with the coming of the railway
Great Yarmouth found a new role as a seaside resort - the
paraphernalia of fairground, roller-coasters and bingo halls
still dominates the beach front but the days of industrial
workers descending for their annual week's holiday are long
gone. Great Yarmouth fell on hard times with the boom in
continental holidaymaking, the North Sea oil boom and more
recently the offshore renewable industries have tempered the
decline but Great Yarmouth is nowadays a challenged place to
live and work. |
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This transcript is the largest of the entire project - 19 registers cover the period from 1813 to 1880, in common with St Nicholas Church they have also suffered various fates. Given the vagaries of the records the details of each register are given in a separate table below. The quality of these records varies from absolutely perfect to completely abominable (the worst records in the period of any church). The table comments on each register and the source(s) used for that period. |
Register Number | Start Date | End Date | Register Volume | Comments |
1 | 1st January 1813 | 30th September 1816 | 2400 | This register suffered slight damage in the fire and subsequent water damage in World War II. The register is filmed on Microfilm MFRO268 in the collection of the Norfolk Record Office. Whilst some entries are faint and there is some damage the register is mostly readable. The transcript for this period was straightforward and hopefully accurate. |
2 | 30th September 1816 | 22nd August 1820 | 2400 | This register suffered slight damage in the fire and subsequent water damage in World War II. The register is filmed on Microfilm MFRO268 in the collection of the Norfolk Record Office. Whilst some entries are faint and there is some damage the register is mostly readable. The transcript for this period was straightforward and hopefully accurate. |
3 | 23rd August 1820 | 1st June 1824 | 2400 | This register suffered slight damage in the fire and subsequent water damage in World War II. The register is filmed on Microfilm MFRO268 in the collection of the Norfolk Record Office. Whilst some entries are faint and there is some damage the register is mostly readable. The transcript for this period was straightforward and hopefully accurate. |
4 | 1st June 1824 | 8th August 1825 | 800 | This register suffered slight damage in the fire and subsequent water damage in World War II. The register is filmed on Microfilm MFRO268 in the collection of the Norfolk Record Office. Whilst some entries are faint and there is some damage the register is mostly readable. The transcript for this period was straightforward and hopefully accurate. |
5 | 8th August 1825 | 10th January 1829 | 2400 | This register suffered extensively in the fire and water damage, as a consequence it is too damaged to be filmed or for production as an original. The period is covered by both extant Bishop's Transcripts and Weekly Register Bills and these were used for this transcript. The quality of both sets of records is extremely poor with bleed-through, faint entries and also in places tight binding obscuring marginal birth notes. This period proved extremely hard to achieve an accurate transcript and as a consequence there is a substantial "health warning" over this period. |
6 | 12th January 1829 | 27th May 1831 | 1600 | This register suffered extensively in the fire and water damage, as a consequence it is too damaged to be filmed or for production as an original. The period is covered by both extant Bishop's Transcripts and Weekly Register Bills and these were used for this transcript. The quality of both sets of records is extremely poor with bleed-through, faint entries and also in places tight binding obscuring marginal birth notes. This period proved extremely hard to achieve an accurate transcript and as a consequence there is a substantial "health warning" over this period. |
7 | 30th May 1831 | 26th November 1834 | 2400 | This register suffered extensively in the fire and water damage, as a consequence it is too damaged to be filmed or for production as an original. The period is covered by both extant Bishop's Transcripts and Weekly Register Bills and these were used for this transcript. The quality of both sets of records is extremely poor with bleed-through, faint entries and also in places tight binding obscuring marginal birth notes. This period proved extremely hard to achieve an accurate transcript and as a consequence there is a substantial "health warning" over this period. |
8 | 27th November 1834 | 6th July 1838 | 2400 | This register suffered extensively in the fire and water damage, as a consequence it is too damaged to be filmed or for production as an original. The period is covered by both extant Bishop's Transcripts and Weekly Register Bills and these were used for this transcript. The quality of both sets of records is extremely poor with bleed-through, faint entries and also in places tight binding obscuring marginal birth notes. This period proved extremely hard to achieve an accurate transcript and as a consequence there is a substantial "health warning" over this period. |
9 | 6th July 1838 | 31st December 1841 | 2400 | This register suffered extensively in the fire and water damage, as a consequence it is too damaged to be filmed or for production as an original. The period is covered by extant Bishop's Transcripts, these were used for this transcript. The quality of these records is extremely poor with bleed-through, faint entries and also in places tight binding obscuring marginal birth notes. This period proved extremely hard to achieve an accurate transcript and as a consequence there is a substantial "health warning" over this period. The register was abandoned with 33 unused entries. |
10 | 3rd January 1842 | 21st December 1845 | 2400 | This register suffered extensively in the fire and water damage, as a consequence it is too damaged to be filmed or for production as an original. The period is covered by extant Bishop's Transcripts, these were used for this transcript. The quality of these records whilst poor with bleed-through and faint entries is a marked improvement over the previous period. Whilst the quality may induce mis-transcription the likelihood is that it is much reduced in this period. |
11 | 23rd December 1845 | 28th August 1850 | 2400 | This register suffered extensively in the fire and water damage, as a consequence it is too damaged to be filmed or for production as an original. The period is covered by extant Bishop's Transcripts, these were used for this transcript. The quality of these records whilst poor with bleed-through and faint entries is a marked improvement over the previous period. Whilst the quality may induce mis-transcription the likelihood is that it is much reduced in this period. |
12 | 28th August 1850 | 3rd February 1856 | 3200 | This register suffered extensively in the fire and water damage, as a consequence it is too damaged to be filmed or for production as an original. The period is covered by extant Bishop's Transcripts, these were used for this transcript. The quality of these records whilst poor with bleed-through and faint entries is a marked improvement over the previous period. Whilst the quality may induce mis-transcription the likelihood is that it is much reduced in this period. |
13 | 3rd February 1856 | 1st October 1860 | 3200 | This register suffered extensively in the fire and water damage, as a consequence it is too damaged to be filmed or for production as an original. The period is covered by extant Bishop's Transcripts, these were used for this transcript. The quality finally shows an improvements and in the main the BTs are adequate to the task and this was straightforward transcript. |
14 | 2nd October 1860 | 12th January 1865 | 3200 | This register suffered extensively in the fire and water damage, as a consequence it is too damaged to be filmed or for production as an original. The period is covered by extant Bishop's Transcripts, these were used for this transcript. The quality finally shows an improvements and in the main the BTs are adequate to the task and this was straightforward transcript. |
15 | 13th January 1865 | 10th November 1868 | 3200 | This register suffered extensively in the fire and water damage, as a consequence it is too damaged to be filmed or for production as an original. The period is covered by extant Bishop's Transcripts, these were used for this transcript. The quality finally shows an improvements and in the main the BTs are adequate to the task and this was straightforward transcript. |
16 | 11th November 1868 | 25th August 1872 | 3200 | This register suffered less damage than others and as a result of conservation action was able to be recently filmed (On microfilm MFRO750). However the quality is still poor and damaged so the excellent quality Bishop's Transcripts were used to prepare this transcript - the quality was such that this was straightforward. |
17 | 25th August 1872 | 3rd September 1876 | 3200 | This register was relatively undamaged in the fire and water damages. The register is filmed on Microfiche 100 to 107 in the collection of the Norfolk Record Office and from which this transcript was prepared. The fiche are rather elderly and suffer from faint images in places, however the excellent Bishop's Transcripts were used to ensure an adequate image for a straightforward transcript. |
18 | 3rd September 1876 | 9th November 1879 | 3200 | This register was relatively undamaged in the fire and water damages. The register is filmed on Microfiche 108 to 113 in the collection of the Norfolk Record Office and from which this transcript was prepared. The fiche are rather elderly and suffer from faint images in places, however the excellent Bishop's Transcripts were used to ensure an adequate image for a straightforward transcript. |
19 | 19th November 1879 | Continues to 21st January 1883 | 3200 | This register was relatively undamaged in the fire and water damages. The register is filmed on Microfiche 114 to 116 in the collection of the Norfolk Record Office and from which this transcript was prepared. The fiche are rather elderly and suffer from faint images in places, however the excellent Bishop's Transcripts were used to ensure an adequate image for a straightforward transcript. |
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