The parish registers of Gatton, co. Surrey / transcribed and edited by W. Bruce Bannerman.

Date:
1908
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: The parish registers of Gatton, co. Surrey / transcribed and edited by W. Bruce Bannerman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Register II. is also a parchment volume stitched in a parchment cover. On the front of the cover is written: “ No. 2. f Burials from Ist April 1715 to 1753. | Marriages—16 May — 1754.” On the back of the cover, the other way up of the volume, is written: “Baptisms from 1715 to 1754.” It contains entries of Briefs from 3 April 1715 to 5 April 1730. This Register measures about 124 inches in length by about 8J inches in width. It has also suffered from damp. Register III. is likewise a parchment volume, but bound in rough calf. On the front is a leather label, stamped in gold letters : “ Gatton. | Register for Christenings | & Burials, 1754*” The entries of Burials end in 1811, and those of Christenings in 1812. This Register measures about 94 inches in length by about 74 inches in width. It has suffered from mutilation. The entries in Registers I., II., and III. have been, as far as possible, printed verbatim. Register IV. is a paper volume, of the uniform kind supplied by the King's printers, bound in rough calf. The first portion contains Banns, and the latter portion contains Marriages from 2 Nov. 1756 to 5 June 1812. This Register measures about T44 inches in length by 94 inches in width. The entries in this Register have been somewhat abbre- viated in printing. The Registers have been paged throughout for conveni- ence of reference. All blank spaces are noted. Everything within brackets [ ] or in foot notes will be understood as explanatory interpolations by the Editor. Memoranda as to the Registers since 1812 have been added to the volume by the Editor. The following particulars of the Church and Monu- mental Inscriptions, long since destroyed, are extracted from