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Croydon Parish: Overseers' Account Books

The account books record the payment of bills, mainly relating to the supply of provisions and services at the workhouse, and the cost of journeys to other parishes, and of poor relief to individuals. Names of recipients, and occasionally some details about their circumstances, are given.

Croydon Parish: Churchwardens' Records

Churchwardens were elected annually at the Easter Vestry. Their many duties included the maintenance of the church fabric; providing facilities for worship; helping to maintain the parish registers; reporting on parishioners who failed to attend church regularly or who committed 'moral' offences which were tried before the church courts; and ensuring that the Incumbent fulfilled his responsibilities.

Croydon Parish: Draft Registers of Burials and Baptisms

Maintained by successive Croydon Vicars and Parish Clerks, they contain far more information than the standard registers of the time. In all cases, the burial entries give the name, age and date of burial of the deceased. For some (albeit rather inconsistently), they give occupations, names of next of kin (ie name of spouse or father/mother), where the deceased lived or died, and the circumstances of any unusual or violent deaths. For example, on 2nd March 1775 was buried 'James Jenner son of James Jenner aged 13 from St Saviours, was scalded to death at Mr Thrale's Brewhouse'. Later entries, after c1800, tend to be rather less detailed. Apart from the date of birth, the baptismal entries do not offer any more information than would be normally found in an official register.

Croydon Parish: Surveyor of Highways

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