Baptism fees and charges prior to 1871 (General)

by jimashton , Friday, June 15, 2012, 17:16 (4547 days ago) @ Antipodean

I'm afraid I do not know the baptism charge, but when researching my Great Great Grandmother, I found on the page where her actual baptism was recorded on the Parish Records, details of the charges raised in 1820 :

Bream Chapel Rates at the time- Oct 1820 :
Burial of Parishioner 2s 6d
Burial of Forrester 6s 10d
Burial from another parish 15s 6d
Headstone 10s 6d
Tomb or Flatstone £1 1s 0d
Brick Grave £1 1s 0d
Burial in Chapel £10 10s 0d
Monument in Chapel £5 5s 0d
Churching of a Woman 1s 6d

You will note that rates for parishioners varied from Forresters and those from another parish.

"Churching of a Woman" intrigued me and I asked my mother about it. She answered that her own mother had asked her whether she had been "churched" following the birth of her children.

You will find it in the Bible.

Jim Aahton