How Does One Know? (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Monday, June 23, 2014, 19:47 (3807 days ago) @ ChrisW

Agreed Chris. On my second and more carefull reading of the query, I think Bernard is confused because the word "Chapel" is used, when he might have expected the word "Church" ?. Hence cos Awre is definitely a "Church", so Bernard is thinking/looking for the nearest "Chapel", = Blakeney ?. Certainly my view of this Boxall/Cole Marriage record is there is no doubt the Marriage took place at Awre Church. Hopefully later Baptisms or Burials reflect this ?

This site's title page for the PRs quotes "Baptism, Marriage and Burial records of Parish Churches and Non-conformist Chapels within the Forest of Dean"

When I started using this great site at first I was confused by the use of the word "Chapel" on each and every PR, especially when in my personal experience Places of Worship were invariably "Churches". (This was before I discovered the huge variety of Non Conformist Chapels in the area's rich history).
However, and I think I was guided by other users, I soon took to largely "ignore" the precise literal wording, and used Chris' interpretation.

Q: is the word "Parish" (on the PR) truly applicable for Non C of E eg non-Conformist Chapels ??
A: apparently I've just read that yes the word Parish is used for many religions, altho the Methodist Church most usually uses the term "congregation".
So it seems the term "Parish Record" can be correctly applied to all religions.