CHRISTENINGS

United Kingdom

(Not a Complete List)

Instructions for Interpreting Parish Records

Map: Distribution of Christenings by County-1500s

Map: Distribution of Christenings by County-1600s

Map: Distribution of Christenings by County-1700s

Map: Distribution of Christenings by County-1800s

Map of London Churches 1600s

England

COUNTY/SHIRE	1500s			1600s			1700s			1800s
	Namesort		Townsort	Namesort		Townsort	Namesort		Townsort	Namesort	Townsort
Bedford	X	X		X	X		X	X		X	X
Berkshire	X	X		X	X		X	X		X	X
Buckingham	X	X		X	X		X	X		X	X
Cambridge										X	X
Channel Islands
Cheshire	X	X		X	X		X	X		X	X
Cornwall	X	X		X	X		X	X		X	X
Cumberland										X	X
Derby				X	X		X	X		X	X
Devon	X	X		X	X		X	X		X	X
Dorset							X	X		X	X
Durham										X	X
Essex				X	X		X	X		X	X
Gloucester	X	X		X	X		X	X		X	X
Hampshire	X	X		X	X		X	X		X	X
Hereford	X	X		X	X		X	X		X	X
Hertford	X	X		X	X		X	X		X	X
Huntingdon										X	X
Isle of Man										X	X
Kent	X	X		X	X		X	X		X	X
Lancashire	X	X		X	X		X	X		X	X
Lancashire: Liverpool				X	X		X	X		X	X
Lancashire: Manchester							X	X		X	X
Leicester	X	X		X	X		X	X		X	X
Lincoln	X	X		X	X		X	X		X	X
London Proper	X	X		X	X		X	X		X	X
London Suburbs (incl. Middlesex)	X	X		X	X		X	X		X	X
Monmouth (today in Wales)				X	X		X	X		X	X
Norfolk				X	X		X	X
Northampton	X	X		X	X		X	X		X	X
Northumberland							X	X		X	X
Nottingham							X	X		X	X
Oxford				X	X		X	X		X	X
Shropshire	X	X		X	X		X	X		X	X
Somerset	X	X		X	X		X	X		X	X
Stafford	X	X		X	X		X	X		X	X
Suffolk	X	X		X	X		X	X		X	X
Surrey	X	X		X	X		X	X		X	X
Sussex				X	X		X	X		X	X
Warwick	X	X		X	X		X	X		X	X
Westmoreland							X	X		X	X
Wiltshire	X	X		X	X		X	X		X	X
Worcester	X	X		X	X		X	X		X	X
Yorkshire	X	X		X	X		X	X		X	X

*Sometimes with large town representations, the chart is sorted by church

Map: Distribution of Christenings by County-1600s

Map: Distribution of Christenings by County-1700s

Map: Distribution of Christenings by County-1800s

Wales

COUNTY/SHIRE	1500s		1600s			1700s			1800s
	Namesort	Townsort	Namesort		Townsort	Namesort		Townsort	Namesort		Townsort
Anglesey
Brecknock/Brecon									X	X
Caernarvon									X	X
Cardigan
Carmarthen						X	X		X	X
Denbigh						X	X		X	X
Flintshire						X	X		X	X
Glamorgan			X	X		X	X		X	X
Merioneth
Montgomery						X	X		X	X
Pembroke									X	X
Radnor

Map: Distribution of Christenings by County-1600s

Map: Distribution of Christenings by County-1700s

Map: Distribution of Christenings by County-1800s

Ireland

ENTIRE	1500s		1600s			1700s		1800s
COUNTRY	Namesort	Townsort	Namesort		Churchsort	Namesort	Townsort	Namesort		Townsort
			X	X		X	X	X	X

Map: Distribution of Christenings by County-1600s

Map: Distribution of Christenings by County-1700s

Map: Distribution of Christenings by County-1800s

Scotland

ENTIRE	1500s		1600s			1700s			1800s
COUNTRY	Namesort	Townsort	Namesort		Townsort	Namesort		Townsort	Namesort		Townsort
			X	X		X	X		X	X