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What we hold:
Fabric records:
- General works, including works to the
organ, lighting and stained glass
- The major fabric restorations of the 19th
and 20th centuries: those carried out by George Manners
(1833), Sir George Gilbert Scott (1863-74) & Sir Thomas Jackson
(1899-1903); the post-war restoration (1947-1960) and the Bath Abbey
2000 restoration
Burial records:
- Burial Order Books for burials in the
Abbey Church (1813-1845)
- Index, transcriptions and photographs of
wall memorials in the Abbey Church
- Burial Order Books for burials in the
Abbey Cemetery (1844-present). These books contain the section/plot
numbers which identify the location of individual graves
Cemetery records
- Title Deeds
- Section and plot layout plans
Other records, including:
- Music and Choir records
- Churchwardens’ records
- Title deeds for properties held by the
Abbey
- Newsletters and Annual Reports
- Service registers, service sheets and
weekly music lists
- Plans, drawings & photographs
- Some records relating to St James Church,
Bath
What we don’t hold:
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Baptism,
marriage and burial registers.
The original parish registers are held by Somerset Archive &
Record Services and can be consulted there. [Somerset Record Office,
Obridge Road, Taunton, TA2 7PU; Tel: 01823 278805. http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/
] Microfiches of the registers are held at Bath Record Office [The
Guildhall, High St, Bath, BA1 5AW; Tel: 01225 477421 http://www.batharchives.co.uk/
]
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Other Bath
Abbey parish records from
before the mid 19th century These are held by Somerset
Archive & Record Services
- Baptism, marriage and burial registers
for the parish of St James These
are held by Somerset Archives & Record Services
Contact Details
Archivist: Dr Lucy
Rutherford
Opening hours: by prior
appointment on Mondays and Wednesdays between 9.30am and 2.30 pm.
Address: The Abbey
Office, 12 Kingston Buildings, Bath, BA1 1LT.
Tel: 01225 422462
(voicemail out of hours)
Fax: 01225 429990
Email:
archives@bathabbey.org
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