The Church of St James, Haslingden in the County of -- Lancashire --

Baptisms at St James
in the Township of Haslingden, Rossendale
Baptisms recorded in the Register for 1657 - 1683
Baptisms for 1657 - 1670

This compilation combines all legible entries in the Parish Register [hereforth PR in notes] dated 1653 to 1683 with all legible entries in the matching Bishops Transcripts [BT]. Please note that the chosen prime source wavers from one to the other frequently, depending which is best legible or provides the most data. Extra data is frequently appended in notes from the secondary source. Nearly all sections where text is illegible have been recovered by using the alternative copy, however sadly in a few areas, in particular 1679, both copies were verging on illegible. The first 3 years 1653-1656 have been totally lost and the following two years have much lost data, this due to register deterioration and no BT's having survived for these years.

Abbreviations are commonly used in this register, in particular the superscripted symbol like a Lorraine Cross on its side, and the use of colons. Symbols have been transcribed editorially in square brackets e.g. Jois becomes Jo[hann]is, and Abraae becomes Abra[ham]ae. Abbreviations like Oi: and Edi: remain ambiguous, Ollyveri or Ottwelli? Edwardi or Edmundi? Suggested names and places for partially legible text have been based on cross referencing other parts of the register where possible. A few unusual Latin terms are transliterated as notes.  The clerks omitted many entries from matching BT copies, on occasions it seems intentionally, and date conflicts are extremely common in places. The PR date takes precedence where it is available in a conflict. NB. A handful of partly legible entries may be fully readable by closely inspecting the original PR. They are earmarked in the notes.

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