Yeovil's Virtual Museum

 

BAPTISMS, Marriages & BURIALS

Records of all denominations in Yeovil

 

• Please bear in mind that the following transcriptions may be incomplete since the original registers tend to have frequent gaps.
  
  
• Also, these are transcriptions and transcribers can make errors - always check original documents for absolute accuracy.
  
  
• When searching remember that spellings were somewhat cavalier compared with today, so always try alternative spellings - for example 'DIX' and 'DICKS', etc.
  
  
• If in doubt, search on part of the name. For example a search for 'LEVER' will find entries for LEVERIDGE, LEVEREDGE, LEVERAGE, etc.
  
  
• Please note that, for ease of searching, I have expanded all first name contractions. So, for example, I use William for Wm, Willm, George for Geo, Elizabeth for Eliz, Thomas for Tho or Thos, etc. Surnames are transcribed as found.

 

Baptisms

 

• St John the Baptist - Baptisms - 1563 to 1599   (1,587 entries)

• St John the Baptist - Baptisms - 1600 to 1629   (approx 1,400 entries)

• St John the Baptist - Baptisms - 1630 to 1699   (approx 900 entries)
  There are massive gaps in this period due to the vagaries of the Interregnum, or the Commonwealth. Although this was
  extant from 30 January 1649 to 29 May 1660, the negative effects on the Church and consequently St John's parish registers lasted to the end of the century.

• St John the Baptist - Baptisms - 1700 to 1722    (1,780 entries)

• St John the Baptist - Baptisms - 1723 to 1746    (1,740 entries)

• St John the Baptist - Baptisms - 1747 to 1775    (1,760 entries)

• St John the Baptist - Baptisms - 1776 to 1799    (1,595 entries)

• St John the Baptist - Baptisms - 1800 to 1837   (4,319 entries)
  
  

• Nonconformist - Baptisms - 1793 to 1837
  

• Quaker - Baptisms - 1778 to 1837
  

• Unitarian (Vicarage Street) - Baptisms - 1751 to 1833

 

Marriages

 

• St John the Baptist - Marriages  1563 to 1599  (406 entries)

• St John the Baptist - Marriages  1607 to 1811
  

• St John the Baptist - Marriages  1811 to 1837
  During this period Nonconformists had to be married in the established church but were free to have their children baptised in their own church. The 43 Nonconformists couples married at St John's are highlighted.

• Quaker - Marriages  1659 to 1721
  

• Banns of the Commonwealth Period
  

 

Burials

 

• St John the Baptist - Burials  1565 to 1599   (1,200 entries)
  
  
• St John the Baptist - Burials  1607 to 1800
  
  
• St John the Baptist - Burials   1801 to 1812   (706 entries)
  
  
• Quaker - Burials  1659 to 1837

 

 

 

Register of Quaker marriages in Yeovil, 1659 to 1721