DONCASTER AND BRODSWORTH PARISH REGISTER STATISTICS, 1557-1837

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 197 DZMD450
  • Dates of Creation
      1980s
  • Language of Material
      English
  • Physical Description
      Part box 0.004 cubic metres

Scope and Content

Comprising: monthly totals of baptisms, marriages and burials, aggregrated annually, for the parishes of Brodsworth and Doncaster, St George. Including: Brodsworth 1704-1744; 2. Brodsworth 1745-1782; 3. Doncaster 1557-1599; 4. Doncaster 1600-1649; 5. Doncaster 1650-1699; 6. Doncaster 1700-1749; 7. Doncaster 1750-1799.

Administrative / Biographical History

They were compiled in the course of the transcription of the parish registers in the early 1980s. Item 8 comprises the totals of marriages in each decade from 1754 to 1837 in each of 22 parishes, identifying the numbers of minors, marriages by banns and by licence, and of brides and grooms from outside the parish. There is also a table showing the seasonality of marriages in Doncaster between 1754 and 1799 and in Braithwell and Sprobrough between 1754 and 1837. These statistics were compiled in 1983 for use in a lecture by the archivist - marriage statisitics 1754-1837

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