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Information about St Peter and St Paul of Sheffield in Yorkshire, West Riding

St Peter and St Paul has the following registers: Parish Register Other Transcript Unspecified

Details about the church
Field Value
Other possible church names : Sheffield Cathedral
Denomination of the Church Church of England
The Church Website
Number of transcriptions 394517
First year for a transcription 1560
Last year for a transcription 1879
Last date a transcription added 13 Mar 2025
Last date church information changed 13 Mar 2025
Notes about the Church The Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Paul (Sheffield Parish Church) fronts onto Church Street, with Campo Lane to the rear and East Parade and St James Row on either side. The Cathedral Church is in the Diocese of Sheffield. The Bishop of Sheffield has his seat (‘cathedra’) at the church. The church registers (baptisms, marriages and burials) date from 1560. A lack of adequate space at the parish church of St Peter prompted parishioners to raise a public subscription for a chapel-of-ease nearby. The new church of St Paul was built on a piece of land near Pincheon Croft Lane (later Pinstone Street) and consecrated in May 1740. It obtained baptism and burial rights in 1743 and marriage rights in 1848. The Church closed in December 1937 and was demolished in the following year to make way for a new Town Hall extension. The site is now occupied by the Peace Gardens. The Parish Church, now St Peter and St Paul, was granted cathedral status with the formation of the new Diocese of Sheffield in 1914. The burial grounds were closed in 1855.
Number of records by decade
Period Information Those periods with zero data may span several decades. The first may include pre 1530 records. Baptisms Marriages Burials Total
Transcribed by John Hissett,Margaret Lawrence,Charles Brown John Hissett,Margaret Lawrence,Charles Brown John Hissett,Margaret Lawrence,Vinodhini Subbu John Hissett,Margaret Lawrence,Charles Brown,Vinodhini Subbu
1530–1559
1560–1569 992 223 671 1,886
1570–1579 943 254 696 1,893
1580–1589 1,202 350 957 2,509
1590–1599 1,350 414 1,324 3,088
1600–1609 1,442 375 996 2,813
1610–1619 1,652 471 1,353 3,476
1620–1629 1,806 530 1,589 3,925
1630–1639 2,108 529 2,132 4,769
1640–1649 2,216 447 2,335 4,998
1650–1659 1,693 889 1,838 4,420
1660–1669 2,084 1,155 2,170 5,409
1670–1679 2,189 1,053 2,297 5,539
1680–1689 2,584 917 2,891 6,392
1690–1699 2,265 612 2,784 5,661
1700–1709 3,009 973 2,602 6,584
1710–1719 3,263 949 2,949 7,161
1720–1729 3,948 1,154 3,868 8,970
1730–1739 4,641 1,389 6,893 12,923
1740–1749 5,687 1,540 6,178 13,405
1750–1759 6,780 1,770 6,116 14,666
1760–1769 8,696 2,527 7,216 18,439
1770–1779 10,439 2,926 9,815 23,180
1780–1789 13,492 3,728 11,176 28,396
1790–1799 16,175 4,322 13,004 33,501
1800–1809 17,531 4,852 12,914 35,297
1810–1819 19,069 6,222 10,901 36,192
1820–1829 19,661 7,472 10,038 37,171
1830–1839 22,001 2,454 3,259 27,714
1840–1849 9,739 9,739
1850–1859 10,291 10,291
1860–1869 7,665 7,665
1870–1879 6,443 6,443
1880–2029

Please note: due to different methods of record counting there may be discrepancies in the record totals on this page

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