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Finding historic dates of church festivals?

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Kathryn

Kathryn Report 23 Jul 2009 12:03

Hi again all,

Many thanks for all your help on my previous query (military stuff - I did manage to transcribe the WWII letter home from my grand-uncle and found out lots of further info thanks to all your help. I could post details of the letter here if anyone is interested), but I now have another question for you.

Does anyone know of a site or method to work out when the dates of particular church festivals fell in any given year? Specifically I'm trying to work out when Easter fell in 1830, or whether 26 April 1830 was a festival or date of particular church significance. I have a mass family christening on this date and am wondering if there is any significance behind it - it's a Weslyan Methodist Chapel too, if that's of any impact.

Cheers,
Kate xx

Thelma

Thelma Report 23 Jul 2009 12:47

FRIDAY 10 APRIL 1830
GOOD FRIDAY
SUNDAY 26 APRIL
Sunday may have been the only day that the father had off.

Kathryn

Kathryn Report 23 Jul 2009 13:31

Thanks Jim, very helpful. Doesn't look to be of notable significance then. I also have the same family involved in another mass christening on Christmas Day 1842 - that was easier to work out lol!

Kate xx

AllanC

AllanC Report 23 Jul 2009 15:16

If you (or anyone else) needs to know the date of Easter in any other year you can find it on this website:
http://www.maths.gla.ac.uk/~rjs/index.html
There is a table giving the dates from 1583 to 2999 (I don't think I'll be around then!) and also an explanation of how to calculate it.
Note that it is according to the Gregorian Calendar - the one we use now - but Britain did not adopt the Gregorian calendar till 1752.