Parish Records

Image: St Mary's Church, Bathwick

St Mary's Church, Bathwick, about 1970 (Ref. PX2339)

Registers of Baptism, Marriage and Burial

  • Original registers for Bath parishes are held by the Somerset Record Office.
  • However, Bath Record Office holds microfiche copies of most registers. To see a complete list, follow this link.

 

Other Parish Records

  • Rate books. For most parishes, rate books survive from the late eighteenth/early nineteenth centuries. Follow this link to see a list of what we hold.
  • Poor relief records. For a full list, follow this link.
  • Rating Assessments for Church, Watch, Waywardens, Highway, Police, Lighting, Militia and Navy Rates, 18th -19th centuries.
  • Parish Highways Boards minutes and accounts.