The latest for the Diocese of York is 1912 - you win so far.
Chris Webb
On Wed, 3 Feb 1999, Aidan Jones wrote:
> Purely out of curiosity, does anyone know which place in England or Wales holds the record for having the most recent surviving Bishops Transcripts of the parish registers?
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> I was once asked this question whilst giving a talk, and at the time I wondered whether our local Furness parish of Satterthwaite (with transcripts surviving to 1914) might be a contender. However, I have since noticed that this date can be surpassed within Cumbria by the parishes of Milnthorpe (1915) and Bromfield (1916). Are there later examples from anywhere else?
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> Since the practice of preparing Bishops Transcripts seems to have become obsolete in most other parishes - certainly by the late 19th century - are there any theories as to how or why they could have persisted for so long in these few places?
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> Aidan Jones,
> Cumbria Record Office, Barrow-in-Furness.
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