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Christine in Herts

Christine in Herts Report 3 Nov 2004 14:00

There are specific church-legal connotations to being a Parish Church. For instance, we have three churches within our parish but only one, St James' Church, is the Parish Church. In the 19th century, a number of (urban-ish) parishes were split up into two, to allow for the increase in local population. Many of them are now re-amalgamating as, with church attendance no longer being a social, or legal requirement, congregation sizes are tending to shrink. Christine

*****me*****

*****me***** Report 2 Nov 2004 23:05

thanks kath

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 2 Nov 2004 22:37

The place was probably a lot smaller then than it is now and usually if it says 'the parish church' it means there was only one church in the area. Quite a few of my ancestors had children before marriage and they still married in church, so it must have been allowed. (I think just as many people back then had children before marriage as do now). Kath. x

*****me*****

*****me***** Report 2 Nov 2004 22:31

my g.gran maried in 1897 in "the parish church,elmesthorpe in the county of leicester", is:"the parish church" the name of the church? it doesn't say st marys or st marks or anything like that. also, she had her 1st child outside of marriage in 1892(a sin in those days!!) would she have been allowed to marry in church? i have her marriage cert. chris.