Yorkshire Almanac 2025

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The births of dissenters in 1703 are entered in the parish register. They were 8 in number, viz. 5 quakers and 3 presbyterians. One of the latter is entered thus: “March 4 [1703/4] George son of George Cooper a rank Presbyterian!” A quaker wedding is thus entered in 1704: “April 30. Philip Wright and Elizabeth Dales married at the Quakers Meeting.”

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My understanding is that prior to the Clandestine Marriages Act 1753 marriages could take place anywhere, but that they had to be celebrated by an Anglican clergyman, which is unlikely to have been the case here.

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The births of dissenters in 1703 are entered in the parish register. They were 8 in number, viz. 5 quakers and 3 presbyterians. One of the latter is entered thus: “March 4 [1703/4] George son of George Cooper a rank Presbyterian!” A quaker wedding is thus entered in 1704: “April 30. Philip Wright and Elizabeth Dales married at the Quakers Meeting.”

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• Childbirth (5) ·
• Church of England (94) ·
• Civil registration (1) ·
• Clandestine Marriages Act 1753 (1) ·
• Marriage (13) ·
• Nonconformism (47) ·
• Parish register (1) ·
• Presbyterianism (20) ·
• Quakers (14) ·
• Toleration Act 1688 (1) ·
• 📌Whitby (22), town, port and parish on the east coast of North Yorkshire/the North Riding at the mouth of the River Esk ·

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