Colchester All Saints

Transcribed by Edwin Furnival. You can search the transcriptions online at FreeREG.org.uk. After St Botolph’s was ruined in 1648 during the Siege of Colchester, parishioners attended nearby All Saints until a new church for St Botolph’s was built in 1837.

You will find entries for several “Dutch” residents (Huguenot refugees).  People from surrounding towns and villages came to All Saints to get married before 1754, especially popular with inhabitants of Feering and Fingringhoe. There’s also several prisoners in All Saints’ records who were held at the gaol at Colchester Castle – the castle is only a few hundred metres from the church.

Although All Saints still stands, it is no longer used for worship but is now Colchester Natural History Museum.

Notes

• Baptisms: very thin 1628-36. Frequently chaotic.
• Burials and marriages 1609-1720: many gaps

Baptisms

• 1609-1720: 1,084 baptisms (218KB – PDF)
• 1721-1771: 1,593 baptisms (369KB – PDF)
• 1772-1792: 929 baptisms (223KB – PDF)
• 1793-1812: 899 baptisms (231KB – PDF)
• 1813-1845: 1,425 baptisms (442KB – PDF)

Burials

• 1609-1720: 1,028 burials (271KB – PDF)
• 1721-1791: 1,215 burials (206KB – PDF)
• 1792-1812: 250 burials (66KB – PDF)
• 1813-1845: 280 burials (83KB – PDF)

Marriages

1609-1720

• Alphabetically by groom surname: 1,302 marriages (PDF – 372KB)
• Alphabetically by bride surname: 1,302 marriages (PDF – 372KB)

1721-1754

• Alphabetically by groom surname: 688 marriages (PDF – 193KB)
• Alphabetically by bride surname: 688 marriages (PDF – 193KB)

1754-1812

• Alphabetically by groom surname: 1,355 marriages (PDF – 466KB)
• Alphabetically by bride surname: 1,355 marriages (PDF – 463KB)

1813-1837 

• Alphabetically by groom surname: 621 marriages (PDF – 229KB)*
• Alphabetically by bride surname: 621 marriages (PDF – 230KB)

1837-1843 

• Alphabetically by groom surname: 131 marriages (PDF – 236KB)
• Alphabetically by bride surname: 131 marriages (PDF – 236KB)

*There is a mistake in the header of the spreadsheet saying the marriages are from 1812 onwards, but they are from 1813.