information supplied by Cliff Debney [13th
Dec 2002] with additions by Eddie Spackman [17th
Jan 2003]
In 1918/9 there were three parishes only in
Reading, namely St Mary, St Lawrence (the Abbey
church founded 1121) and St Giles. Note:
the brackets are for your information and are not
part of the title. St Mary, the Minster church,
is the original) whilst St Lawrence, the Abbey
church, was founded in 1121.
The registers are in the Berkshire Record
Office but St Mary's for the period 1538 - 1812
are printed, edited by G P Crawford 1891 - 1892.
On the IGI (as at 17-Jan-2003) you will find (though
the records may not be complete):
Broad Street Meeting Independent: Chr
1715-1837
Kings Road Meeting Baptist: Chr 1760-1766,
1787-1837
Primitive Methodist: Chr 1831-1837
Saint Giles Chr 1564-1716, 1813-1876 Mar
1564-1754, 1813-1891Patron 1717-1812
Saint James RC Patron 1783-1840
Saint Mary Chr 1813-1869 Patron 1538-1812
Mar 1538-1876
Church Street Wesleyan Chr 1813-1837
There is also some data on the LDS Vital
Records Index - UK.
