The Church of St Mary, Todmorden in the County of -- Lancashire --

Baptisms at St Mary
in the Parish of Todmorden

For the format of dates in Registers prior to 1752, see notes on the Julian Calendar

All pages have been transcribed; where there are years missing, pages appear to be missing or records were not kept.
Some pages are badly damaged, so transcription has been difficult.

The Clerk and Curate between 1662-1685 was Henry Krabtree who was somewhat notorious in the district for his eccentricity. However, we have him to thank for the first consistent keeping of Parish records, so perhaps he can be forgiven his eccentricities.

Where the records include the word "Dippers", "Dipper" or "Dippr" this could refer to the method of baptism which was favoured by some Baptists at the time. This meant that instead of sprinkling, as was common in the Church of England, immersion of the body was favoured during the baptism ceremony. The divide between sects which are "Dippers" and "Sprinklers" goes on until the present day.

The Register for Baptisms at St Mary 1625 - 1634 with Surname Index

The Register for Baptisms at St Mary 1670 - 1769 with Surname Index

The Register for 1670 - 1769 is divided into batches covering 34 years
Batches for the individual years may be accessed via the links below

 1670 - 1703   1704 - 1737   1738 - 1769 

The Register for Baptisms at St Mary 1800 - 1813 with Surname Index

The Register for Baptisms at St Mary 1814 - 1823 with Surname Index

The Register for 1814 - 1823 is divided into batches covering 5 years
Batches for the individual years may be accessed via the links below

 1814 - 1818   1819 - 1823 

The Register for Baptisms at St Mary 1824 - 1832 with Surname Index

There are 7790 Baptism Records extracted for this Church

A combined index for all the above registers may be accessed through the links below.

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