bath abbey archives ba/2/bmd/5/10 books of forms for recording information about burials 1 volume...

BATH ABBEY ARCHIVES

BA/2 Worship and Pastoral Care 8 boxes

1813-2013

BA/2/BMD Baptism, marriage, burial, and memorials 67 items The Abbey's parish registers are in the Somerset Record Office (D\P\ba.ab).

1950-2009

BA/2/BMD/1 Baptism 3 items

1950-2009

BA/2/BMD/1/1 Certified copies of baptism certificates: counterfoils 2 volumes

1950-2009

BA/2/BMD/1/1/1 2014/04

Book of counterfoils. 1 volume

1950-2009

BA/2/BMD/1/1/2 2014/04


1960s-1970s

BA/2/BMD/1/2 Applications for baptism 1 document

2004

BA/2/BMD/1/2/1 2004/31

Application for baptism form. 1 document

2004

BA/2/BMD/2 Confirmation 1 volume

1946-1984

BA/2/BMD/2/1 2004/20

Confirmation Register. Lists dates of services, the name of the bishop who took the service, and names and addresses of people confirmed. Some entries are signed by the bishop. 1 volume

12 Sep 1946-23 May 1984

BA/2/BMD/3 Banns 5 items

1873-1984

BA/2/BMD/3/1 1998/1/5/12

Registers of Banns 4 volumes Earlier registers are in the Somerset Record Office (D\P\ba.ab/2/2/1-2).

1873-1984

BA/2/BMD/3/1/1 1998/1/5/12

Register. 1 volume

1873-1908

BA/2/BMD/3/1/2 1998/1/5/12

Register. 1 volume

1909-1943

BA/2/BMD/3/1/3 1998/1/5/12

Register. 1 volume

1943-1959

BA/2/BMD/3/1/4 1998/1/5/12

Register. 1 volume

1959-1984

BATH ABBEY ARCHIVES

BA/2/BMD/3/2 Licences 1 document

1901

BA/2/BMD/3/2/1 1998/1/27/46

Licence. Licence issued by the Bishop of Bath and Wells giving permission for the marriage of George Thompson and Laura Harriet Sanders to take place without banns. 1 document

16 Jan 1901

BA/2/BMD/4 Marriage 10 volumes

1991-2011

BA/2/BMD/4/1 2008/152014/04

Certified copies of marriage certificates: counterfoils 10 volumes

1991-2011

BA/2/BMD/4/1/1 2008/15


1987-1988

BA/2/BMD/4/1/2 2008/15


1989-1990

BA/2/BMD/4/1/3 2008/15


1990-1991

BA/2/BMD/4/1/4 2008/15


1991-1993

BA/2/BMD/4/1/5 2008/15


1994-1997

BA/2/BMD/4/1/6 2008/15


1997-2000

BA/2/BMD/4/1/7 2008/15


2000-2003

BA/2/BMD/4/1/8 2008/15


2003-2005

BA/2/BMD/4/1/9 2014/04


2005-2011

BA/2/BMD/4/1/10 2014/04


2009-2011

BA/2/BMD/5 Burial 49 items

1813-1992

BA/2/BMD/5/1 Burial order books: Bath Abbey Registers of burials in Bath Abbey.

Jan 1813-Jan 1845

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2 volumes Other burial registers are in the Somerset Record Office D\P\ba.ab/2/1.

BA/2/BMD/5/1/1 1998/1/5/7

Burial order book. 1 volume

Jan 1813-Apr 1823

BA/2/BMD/5/1/2 1998/1/5/8


May 1823-Jan 1845

BA/2/BMD/5/2 1998/1/142006/041998/1/17/2

Burial order books and registers: Bath Abbey cemetery Registers of burials in Bath Abbey cemetery. 7 volumes

1844-1992

BA/2/BMD/5/2/1 1998/1/17/2


12 Feb 1844-3 Apr 1872

BA/2/BMD/5/2/2 1998/1/17/2


1 Apr 1872-11 Aug 1913

BA/2/BMD/5/2/3 2006/04


13 Aug 1913-1992

BA/2/BMD/5/2/4 1998/1/14

Burial order book: index. Supplementary index to the burial order books, 1871-1918. Indexed alphabetically by name and by year of burial. 1 volume

1871-1918

BA/2/BMD/5/2/5 1998/1/17/1

Register of graves and catacombs. Alphabetical index of names at front of volume. 1 volume

15 Feb 1844-22 Feb 1855

BA/2/BMD/5/2/6 2006/04

Burial order book: index. Index to the burial order book listing alphabetically by name and page number. 1 volume

[1907-1967]

BA/2/BMD/5/2/7 1998/1/3

Burial order book. Book of forms recording the following information: Date of order; Date and hour of burial; Full Names of Deceased; Residence; Place of Death; Rank or Profession; Name and Description of Parent if under age; Sex and Age; Date of Death; Whether a Family Grave - subsequent - or Single Interment; Name and Address of Applicant or Undertaker; Amount of Fees. Most of the entries include a manuscript note of the grave number e.g. 'Sec II North Border'. 1 volume

Jul 1939-Sep 1949

BA/2/BMD/5/3 Maps 1 volume

c. 1844

BA/2/BMD/5/3/1 none

Cemetery map book. Index of burials in the Abbey Cemetery, giving detailed maps of sections

c. 1844

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I-VIII and locations of individual graves. Contains beautiful watercolours by the architect George Manners of the mortuary chapel and the construction of the catacombs and graves. Includes a list of inscriptions on the tablets in the chapel. 1 volume

BA/2/BMD/5/4 Cemetery fees 1 bundle

[1856-1861]

BA/2/BMD/5/4/1 Acc 164

Bundle of notes and lists Bundle of notes listing payments made for burials at St Michaels and at St Peter and St Paul [Bath Abbey]. Notes listing payments of parochial fees [for banns, churchings etc.] Printed table of fees for burials in the Abbey cemetery, Lyncombe, and in Lansdown Cemetery. Notebook labelled '1857. Surplice fees. St James'. 1 bundle

[1856-1861]

BA/2/BMD/5/5 Tables and lists of burial fees 4 items

[mid-19th cent.]

BA/2/BMD/5/5/1 2000/11/67

Notebook listing burial fees. For burials in Bath Abbey and Bath Abbey cemetery. Enclosed, folded inside the front cover, there is a printed table of fees and list of rules and regulations for the Abbey cemetery, headed William Brodrick, Rector. pp. 1-7 Handwritten tables listing the costs of burials in the Abbey Church. Costs listed are breaking the ground, tolling the bell, the service, making the grave, burial in lead, permission for a walled grave, and laying a new stone. Costs vary according to the place of burial in the Abbey (places listed are the Chancel, Nave, and Choir) and 'Strangers' are charged more than 'Parishioners'. p. 8 List of fees 'For erecting Monuments in the Abbey'. p.9 Lists of fees 'For singing and tolling the Bell for a person interred elsewhere' and 'For burying before 9 o'clock' pp.10-11 Fees for burials in St James Parish. Enclosed, printed plan of the Bath Abbey cemetery. A few grave plots have been used. Leather cover, metal clasp. 1 volume There is a photocopy of this document in the papers of Bernard Stace (BA-PER/11/1).

c. 1844

BA/2/BMD/5/5/2 1998/1/27/56

Table of fees for burials in Bath Abbey Cemetery. Lists fees for burials in the catacombs, in the open ground, and for monuments and tombs, followed by a list of Rules and Regulations. Annotated with corrections to the wording and additional fees. There is a note at the top of the document: 'the Inhabitants of the several Parishes of St James, Lyncombe, Widcombe are considered Parishioners and no Mortuary Fee will be charged on the removal of any Corpse from either of the above-named Parishes to this Cemetery. Each clergyman to bury the dead from their respective Parishes, Paupers included, & each

nd [1844-1854]

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to have any Compliment that may be given at each Interment'. Printed on blue paper by Meyler and Sons, Printers, Herald Office, Bath. Dates from the period that William Brodrick was Rector (1839-1854). 1 document

BA/2/BMD/5/5/3 1999/6/9

Table of fees for burials in Bath Abbey Cemetery. Lists fees for burials in the catacombs, and in the open ground, and for monuments and tombs, followed by a list of Rules and Regulations. Printed by Meyler and Sons, Printers, Herald Office, Bath. Dates from the period that Bishop Carr was Rector (1854-1859). 1 document

nd [1854-1859]

BA/2/BMD/5/5/4 1998/1/27/56

Table of fees for burials in Bath, Walcot, and Bathwick. Too Fragile for Use. Handwritten. 1 document

nd [mid-19th cent.]

BA/2/BMD/5/6 Books recording payment of 'Abbey Cemetery Fees' Printed columns headed 'Date, Service, Name, Rector, Churchwardens, Clerk, Discount, Total'. 3 volumes

1895-1945

BA/2/BMD/5/6/1 1998/1/5/2

Cemetery fees book. 1 volume

Jan 1895-Feb 1906

BA/2/BMD/5/6/2 1998/1/5/3


Apr 1907-Jun 1927

BA/2/BMD/5/6/3 1998/1/8/1


Jul 1927-Sep 1945

BA/2/BMD/5/7 Books of receipts for burial fees (counterfoils only) Information recorded: Receipt number, Name of undertaker, List of fees (ground for grave, interment fees, reservation of space, new inscription, vault in catacombs, permission to erect tomb, headstone, and kerb), date [money] received. 2 volumes

1897-1970 (gaps)

BA/2/BMD/5/7/1 1998/1/22/3

Book of receipts (counterfoils). 1 volume

1897-1902

BA/2/BMD/5/7/2 1998/1/22/3

Book of receipts (counterfoils). 1 volume

1959-1970

BA/2/BMD/5/8 Books of receipts for payments to clergy 1 volume

1907-1912

BA/2/BMD/5/8/1 1998/1/22/1

Book of receipts. Printed book of receipts and counterfoils. Mostly unused. Information recorded: Name of clergyman, Funeral of, Date, Time, date [of payment], Signature.

1907-1912

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1 volume

BA/2/BMD/5/9 Books of certified copies of death certificates 1 volume

1915-1962

BA/2/BMD/5/9/1 1998/1/22/2

Book of burial certificates. Book for issuing certified copies of death certificates (completed counterfoils and blank forms). 1 volume

1915-1962

BA/2/BMD/5/10 Books of forms for recording information about burials 1 volume

1949-1960

BA/2/BMD/5/10/1 1998/1

Book of forms. Forms headed 'Particulars for Interment'. Information recorded: Date of order, Date and hour of burial, Full names of Deceased, Residence, Place of Death, Rank or Profession, Name and Description of Parent if Deceased underage, Sex and Age, Date of Death, Whether Family Grave, Name and Address of Applicant or Undertaker, Amount of Fees. 1 volume

1949-1960

BA/2/BMD/5/11 Miscellaneous 29 items

1848-1974

BA/2/BMD/5/11/1 2005/68

Official letter authorising the transport of a body, in German. Includes the names John Alexander and William Alexander. Found inside one of the burial order books. 1 document

23 Jul 1859

BA/2/BMD/5/11/2 1998/1/27/64

Letters certifying burial with non-conformist rites. Letters from relatives or friends responsible for the burial, written to the Rector of Bath Abbey, certifying that a burial has taken place in the Abbey cemetery without the rites of the Church of England. 1 file

[1880s-1900s]

BA/2/BMD/5/11/3 none

Licence for removal of a body from the Abbey Cemetery. Licence issued by Henry Matthews, Secretary of State, for removal of the body of Edward M Deey from the catacombs of Widcombe Cemetery [Bath Abbey Cemetery] to the United States of America. With two covering letters and envelope. 4 documents

May 1889

BA/2/BMD/5/11/4 none

Burial certificate: Reginald Sinclair Egerton. Letter from R King and Son to the Rector of Bath Abbey, giving notice that the burial of Reginald Sinclair Egerton of Johannesburg, who died on 18 May 1897, is due to take place at the Abbey Cemetery on 16 August 1897 at 9.30 pm according to the rites of the Church of England. Written on headed paper. Letter from R King, undertakers, to the Rector, Bath Abbey, 17 August 1897, certifying that the burial of Reginald Sinclair Egerton has taken

Aug 1897

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place. Letter from Francis Glover, Offices of Walcot and St Saviour's Burial Board, 30, The Paragon, Bath, to Thomas Basey, [Parish Clerk, Bath Abbey], 16 August 1897, advising him that the burial of Reginald Sinclair Egerton should be registered with the Registrar for Lyncombe and Widcombe. Certificate headed 'Notification to the Registrar by the Coroner', 16 August 1897, recording the death of Reginald Sinclair Egerton. Envelope labelled 'Certificates - from P King and Son Burial Reginald Sinclair Egerton'. 5 documents

BA/2/BMD/5/11/5 1998/1/27/57

Certificates authorising the transport of a body, in French. Certificates, in French, issued by the Consulate of Geneva and other French authorities arranging for the body of Arthur Finch to be transported from Zermatt to England. With envelope. [Too Fragile for Use.] 5 documents

Jul 1895

BA/2/BMD/5/11/6 1998/1/2/30

Cancelled receipt for purchase of a cemetery plot. Receipt for the sum of £6.6.0 for the purchase of a plot in Bath Abbey Cemetery by William Edward Woodrow. Signed by Thomas Basey, [Parish Clerk, Bath Abbey]. A note on the back, signed 'FG Warwick', records that the money was returned to Edward Woodrow in October 1937 and he has no claim on the grave spaces. 1 document

22 Apr 1899

BA/2/BMD/5/11/7 2000/11/21

Design for the tomb of Sarah Elizabeth White, with covering letter. Letter from Powell and Powell, Funeral Directors, 18 Old Bond St, Bath, to Mr Boyd [Sydney Boyd, Rector, Bath Abbey], 19 June 1903. 'I enclose two memos re the Tomb at Abbey Cemetery for which the Fund for repairs was left - also an old memo re Schools which was gone into by Canon Quirk but appears to be of no further good...' Written on headed paper. Scale drawing of the tomb of Sarah Elizabeth White, who died 8 June 1858. Drawing is undated. Pencil on cartridge paper. Two elevations of the tomb, one showing damage to the tomb. Card attached: 'With Mr WM Stoffell's compliments, the Grove, Bathwick Hill, Bath'. 2 documents

c. 1903

BA/2/BMD/5/11/8 1998/1/2/30

Loose papers found in the Abbey Registers. Memo from Bayntuns of Bath, undated: 'These have come to hand when we were spring-cleaning. They come from the Registers we bound for the Abbey'. Two letters transferring ownership of the grave of Mrs Harkness (plot 3172) in the Abbey Cemetery from EG Grogan to George Harkness, 23 October 1934. Letter from E Parker to Prebendary Boyd asking for the ownership of the grave of William Parker to be transferred to her, 6 January 1919.

1907-1965

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Annotated 'No 2587. noted FG Warwick'. Note of fees paid by J. Francis Snook for a double plot and interment in the Abbey Cemetery, 31 January 1910. Burial certificate: 'I certify that according to the Register of Deaths kept at St John's Priory, South Parade, Bath...' recording the burial of James Considine of Hove in Bath Abbey Cemetery, 7 January 1907, by J Dunstan Sweeney, OSB, Clerk in Holy Orders. Letter replying to an enquiry about Wilton family burials, 1965, with a typed note of Wilton family burials in the Abbey Cemetery between 1881 and 1895, with grave numbers and some biographical information. 1 file

BA/2/BMD/5/11/9 2000/16/3

Designs for memorials to Jesse Mead and Richard England Brooke. Three typed copies of papers relating to the commissioning of the memorial to Jesse Mead: letter addressed to Turvey and Perrin, 17 Manvers Street, giving the text of the memorial, undated; invoice addressed to Mowbrey, Green, and Hollier, charging £17 for the tablet, 10 February 1930; faculty granted by St John Basil Wynne, Bishop of Bath and Wells, 10 December 1929. Two drawings of designs for the lettering of the memorial to Jesse Mead, one pencil on tracing paper, one ink on tracing paper, signed Mowbrey, Green, and Hollier, 24 October 1929. Pencil drawing of the design for the lettering of the memorial to Richard England Brooke [Rector of Bath Abbey]. Enclosed, drawing of a design for a memorial, signed '[Mowbrey & Green], 14 Oct 1916' and headed 'Proposed Memorial Tablet at Bath Abbey, Scale 1 inch to 1 foot'. Pencil, coloured with watercolour. [Too Fragile for Use.] 7 documents

1916-1930

BA/2/BMD/5/11/10 2000/16/4

Photocopy of a design for a memorial to Edwin Arthur Cook. Signed 'Richard Kindersley June 17th 1974'. Scale: full size. Pencil on cartridge paper. 1 document

17 Jun 1974

BA/2/BMD/5/11/11 2000/11/35

Faculty: removal of the body of William Beckford to Lansdown. 1 document

28 Apr 1848

BA/2/BMD/6 Memorials 1 box There are two catalogues of Bath Abbey memorials: a list and index of ledgerstones [gravestones on the floor], made by Mark Hudson; and a database of memorials and ledgerstones, including translations, images, and inscriptions. Copies of Mark Hudson's list can be consulted by the Bath Abbey stewards or in the Abbey archives, and the database can be checked by Abbey Archives staff.

1872-1997

BA/2/BMD/6/1 2000/11/65

Plan and lists of memorials by Charles P Russell 3 items

1876

BA/2/BMD/6/1/1 2000/11/65

'Index to the Monuments and Tablets in the Abbey Church, Bath'. Small green notebook stamped in gold on the front cover, 'Abbey Church,

1876

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Bath'. Newspaper cutting, publication unknown, of an article about the monuments in Bath Abbey, explaining when and how they have been rearranged, and how they have been recorded, nd. 2 pp. List of locations in the Abbey, giving each location a code in Roman numerals, and noting the number of memorials in each location (e.g. South Aisle I East End and Porch, 13 [memorials]; South Aisle II First Window from East End, 15 [memorials] etc.) Alphabetical index of monuments in Bath Abbey, by surname, with locations in Roman numerals according to the key above. List titled 'Monuments and Tablets formerly in the Abbey Church, Bath removed in 1834'. Alphabetical by surname, lists 26 memorials. Belonged to Charles P Russell, parish clerk, Bath Abbey. 1 volume

BA/2/BMD/6/1/2 2006/19

Ledgerstone inscriptions book. 'Inscriptions on the Flat Gravestones in the Bath Abbey Church copied by Charles P Russell (Parish Clerk) at the time of the restoration of the church in 1872'. Bound volume recording transcriptions of flat gravestones made during the Kemble/Scott restoration of the Abbey before the memorials were covered over by the installation of the pews. Each grave is linked by a number to a plan made at the same time (see BA/2/BMD/6/1/3). A note near the beginning of the volume by Charles Russell's son gives some information about the compilation of the volume: 'The following copy of Inscriptions was unfinished at the time of my Father's death in February 1887.../The index plan which accompanies this book shows the present position of all the Grave-Stones. 'R' denotes 'The History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of Salisbury and the Abbey Church of Bath', Rawlinson, 1719./ A small accompanying book contains an Index to all the Wall Monuments in the Church in 1876./A Short accompanying manuscript contains particulars of some other Inscriptions existing in 1676.' The page is signed 'CDR, Bleadon Rectory, Somerset, September 1889'. 1 volume There is a facsimile copy of Richard Rawlinson, 'The History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of Salisbury and the Abbey Church of Bath', 1719, in the Abbey office.

1872

BA/2/BMD/6/1/3 1999/10

Numbered plan of flat gravestones in Bath Abbey. Pencilled note on reverse: 'plan of Abbey memorial tablets on floor- see Easter Vestry 1889 - made by Mr Russell'. See BA/2/BMD/6/1/2 for the volume recording the inscriptions. Drawn by Charles P Russell, parish clerk, Bath Abbey. 1 document

c.1889

BA/2/BMD/6/2 List of memorials by Thomas Basey Thomas Basey was the parish clerk at Bath Abbey. 11 bundlevolume

1891-1960

BA/2/BMD/6/2/1 1998/1

List of burials. Book labelled 'Interments within the Abbey (Mr Basey's book)'. Includes

c.1900

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wall and floor memorials. A bookplate on the inside front cover notes that the book was presented to the Abbey by the family of Mr Basey on 15 July 1931, via the Rector, SA Boyd. A second bookplate, signed by Gerald Deacon and dated November 1952, notes that the book originally contained newspaper cuttings collected by Mr Basey, which were removed by Gerald Deacon and added to his scrapbooks, 'The Book of Bath Abbey'. (See BA-PER/8/10.) Alphabetical index of memorials made by Thomas Basey recording name, date, and location e.g. 'Alleyne, Hannah, 1762, South Aisle' Alphabetical index of memorials made by Thomas Basey headed 'Distinguished Persons Interred in Bath Abbey' recording name, brief description (e.g. 'Author', 'Physician', 'MD', 'Countess'), date, and location. There are three documents pasted into the book: Notes, no author, entitled 'Respecting the Botreaux Bell', taken from Collinson's 'History of Somerset', nd; Cutting from 'The Bath Chronicle' of an article describing the experiences of a man travelling disguised as a tramp, including an anecdote about visiting Bath Abbey: 'I was being carefully shadowed by a verger and by a woman busily dusting...' Cutting of a list of the Bishops of Bath and Wells since the foundation of the See to the Present Time (last entry 1894). 1 volume

BA/2/BMD/6/2/2 1998/1

Bundle of documents. Loose documents enclosed in pages headed 'Baptisms': /1 Newspaper cutting, publication unknown, describing a lecture about Roman Bath given at the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, nd. /2 Issue of the All Saints, Clifton parish magazine, May 1931 (Vol. XLIII, No. 5). /3 Letter from Lucy Basey to 'Dear Dean', 28 January 1956, asking for information about Thomas William Basey, Bath Abbey parish clerk, whose memorial is in the Abbey. Pressed flower enclosed. /4 Letter from Richard Hayward to the clergy, Bath Abbey, 18 August 1960, asking for information about William Garvey, whose memorial is in the Abbey. /5 Manuscript list of Basey family members and dates of death, some annotated 'E Border Sec IV', probably taken from memorials in the Abbey cemetery. /6 Newspaper cutting, from the [ ] Herald, 1891. Includes an article headed 'Easter Vestries', which describes vestry meetings at churches in Bath: St Mary; St John's, Bathwick; Lyncombe and Widcombe. The Lyncombe and Widcombe meeting discusses the poor rate and the salary paid to the assistant overseer, Mr Catley. /7 Letter from Bryan Boyd to 'Dear Sir' [Bath Abbey], asking for a copy of the inscription on the tomb of the Ven. Sydney Boyd, 12 April 1960. /8 Cutting from 'The Builder', 3 November 1894. 8 documents

1891-1960

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BA/2/BMD/6/3 List of wall memorials by Tim Woods 1 document

1992

BA/2/BMD/6/3/1 none

File of lists. Photocopy of a list made by Tim Woods (Assistant Verger, 1988-1992) of wall memorials in Bath Abbey. Photocopy plan of the Abbey, a key to the locations of the memorials on the list above. Photocopy of a list of monuments in Bath Abbey published in the Gentleman's Magazine in 1783. Photocopy of an article by Bernard Stace, 'Sermons in Stone', a lecture about the memorials for Bath Abbey stewards. Transcription of Axford family memorials in Bath Abbey. 1 document

1992

BA/2/BMD/6/4 2003/21

Photographs of memorials in the Abbey by Laurie Ferguson Photographs taken by Laurie Ferguson, part of an incomplete project to photograph and document all the internal memorials. Files arranged by Theo Williams. 5 black plastic box files containing colour photographs of memorial tablets, labelled with names, arranged by location. Memorial numbers follow the numbering system used by Tim Woods (see BA/2/BMD/6/3). 6 files

Oct 1995

BA/2/BMD/6/4/1 2003/21

South Nave Aisle. 1 file

Oct 1995

BA/2/BMD/6/4/2 2003/21

South Transept/South Choir Aisle. 1 file

Oct 1995

BA/2/BMD/6/4/3 2003/21

North Nave Aisle. 1 file

Oct 1995

BA/2/BMD/6/4/4 2003/21

North Choir Aisle. 1 file

Oct 1995

BA/2/BMD/6/4/5 2003/21

North West Porch/West End. 1 file

Oct 1995

BA/2/BMD/6/4/6 2003/21

Negatives. 1 file

Oct 1995

BA/2/BMD/6/5 Database of wall and floor memorials by Don Lovell

BA/2/BMD/6/5/1 2001/21

List and disks. Printout made from a database set up by Don Lovell. Seven floppy disks: two containing back-up copies of the database; one labelled 'Latin - memorials'; four containing back-up copies of the database. The numbering of the memorials follows the system used by Tim Woods (see BA/2/BMD/6/3).

1997

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71 disksfile

BA/2/BMD/6/6 1998/1/22/4

Indexes of memorials and ledgerstones by Vic Hall Vic Hall was an Abbey steward. Two notebooks containing alphabetical indexes of ledgerstones and memorials, by family name. 2 volumes Other research notes and personal papers collected by Vic Hall are catalogued as BA-PER/15.

Dec 1974-Jan 1975

BA/2/BMD/6/6/1 1998/1/22/4

Index of memorials. 1 volume

Dec 1974-Jan 1975

BA/2/BMD/6/6/2 1998/1/22/4

Index of ledgerstones. Index of ledgerstones. There is an A3 photocopy of the plan of the Abbey floor made by Charles Russell (BA/2/BMD/6/1/3) folded inside the front cover. 1 volume

Dec 1974-Jan 1975

BA/2/BMD/6/7 List of memorials by WTS Bush 1 volume

late nineteenth-early twentieth century

BA/2/BMD/6/7/1 1999/6/24

Manuscript list. List of information about memorials in Bath Abbey including name, brief summary of biography, date of death, and occasionally the location of the memorial. The list includes wall memorials, ledgerstones, windows, and coats of arms. The notes are headed 'Bath Abbey. Monuments from illustrated notes by John Hanson Sperling (lent me by Col. Bramble), 1875-1880. Annotated 'Presented to me for preservation at the Abbey by my neighbour WTS Bush, 20, Camden Crescent, May 1918. SA Boyd, Rector'. [Too Fragile for Use.] 1 document

late 19th-early 20th cent.

BA/2/BMD/7 Miscellaneous 2 items

1824-1965

BA/2/BMD/7/1 2000/11/66

Book of notes about Bath Abbey's registers and memorials. pp. 2-25 Notes commenting on the Abbey's registers, including the appointment of churchwardens and Rectors, and names associated with monuments. pp. 27-55 'An Alphabetical List of Monuments in the Abbey Church', giving name, location of monument, and date of death. pp. 56 List headed 'Addenda - Curious Inscriptions', mentioning John White and Thomas Guidot. pp. 58-64 'Brief account of celebrated individuals buried in the Abbey', giving brief biographical information or commenting on the quality of their monuments. Names mentioned are Venanzio Rauzzini, William Melmoth, Thomas Purnell, Colonel R Walsh, Tobias Venner, Jacob Bosanquet, C.M., Robert Mason, Henrietta Charlotte Byron, Ely Bates,

1824

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Fletcher Partis, Sarah Currer, James Quin, Sir William Draper, Sarah Fielding, Waller, Richard Nash, Alexander Champion, Caleb Hillier Parry, Baron Thompson, Henry Harington, MD, Lady Miller, Thomas Hawes, John Sibthorpe, Allen, Lord Gardiner, and Josiah Thomas. Handwritten, author unknown. 64 pp. 1 volume

BA/2/BMD/7/2 2000/11/74

Loose papers found inside Bath Abbey Registers. Typed exhibition label giving some information about notable names in the earliest Bath Abbey parish register, including the Chapman family and Dr Sherwood, one of the leading medical men in Bath in the 16th century. Letter from Victor Hancart, Commune de Schaerbeek [Brussels], 14 October 1853, describing the circumstances of the death of Mary Jane Floyd (nee Mary Jane Caress) in Schaerbeek, and the design of her coffin, French. With a note, signature missing, in English, certifying that her coffin has been received in England and transported to Bath for burial. [Too Fragile for Use.] Slips of paper, author unknown, probably notes for an alphabetical index of marriages, with date and page number, probably taken from the Bath Abbey parish registers, nd [late nineteenth century?] Pencil note, author unknown, listing dates of Russell and Chapman family burials in Bath Abbey in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, nd [late nineteenth century?] Two pages of notes, author unknown, about Bath Abbey parish registers: Notes about the earliest Bath Abbey register, and notes about procedures for registration of marriage during the Commonwealth, and following the Clandestine Marriages Act of 1753, and the Registration Act of 1837. Written on the back of an invitation to a meeting of the Church of England Lay Association, Bath, 6 November 1841, which includes a dinner at the White Hart; and on the back of an invitation to the Annual General Meeting of the Prayer Book and Homily Society, 17 April 1841. Notes of interesting facts from the Bath Abbey parish registers, written on part of a page from a partially completed marriage licence, recording the marriage of Thomas Williams of St Stephens and Mary Sheriff in 1811, nd. Draft letter from the Rector, presumably of Bath Abbey, certifying copies of entries taken from the Bath Abbey marriage registers, addressed to 47 Bedford Square, 7 April 1841. Scrap of paper, probably part of a letter, beginning, 'Dear Sir', nd; Pencil note, 'Parish Registers were instituted by Lord Cromwell anno 13 Henry VIII while he was Vicar-general to that King to be transmitted annually to the Bishop', nd [nineteenth century]. Pen and ink note headed 'Mortuaries', nd. Letter from Wm J Ferris, No 13 Sparro (sic) Corner, Minories, Near Tower Hill, London, 1 January 1842, asking for a copy of the marriage certificate of Samuel Daniel and Fanny [Hardum] which took place in St Michael's, Bath, sometime between 1811 and 1813. Note, author unknown, written on the back of a letter, 'During the usurpation of Cromwell, marriage was made a civil contract', nd. Pen and ink copy of a deed, Latin, with a note at the end, 'from an old MS

mid-late 19th cent.

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belonging to F Serel Esq, Wells, 1871'. 1 file

BA/2/HG Home groups and children's groups 3 volumes

[1950s]

BA/2/HG/1 1998/1/27/36

Books of children's notes and drawings Three notebooks, probably belonging to children who attended Sunday School or a youth group, containing notes and drawings including prayers, pictures of stories from the Bible, and of churches. Labelled 'Graham Alsop, Elizabeth Bradbury, and Valerie Canning'. 3 volumes

[1950s]

BA/2/HG/1/1 1998/1/27/36

Notebook: Graham Alsop. 1 volume

nd [1950s]

BA/2/HG/1/2 1998/1/27/36

Notebook: Elizabeth Bradbury. 1 volume

nd [1950s]

BA/2/HG/1/3 1998/1/27/36

Notebook: Valerie Canning. 1 volume

nd [1950s]

BA/2/WOR Services and prayer 3 boxes

1857-2013

BA/2/WOR/1 Notebook: numbers attending morning prayers 1 volume

1857-1858

BA/2/WOR/1/1 1998/1/22/8

Notebook: numbers attending morning prayers. Notebook, author unknown, entitled 'Attendance at the Daily Morning Prayers at the Abbey' containing a table in three columns headed 'Date', '8 o'clock', and '11 o'clock', probably recording the number of people in the congregation? 1 volume

7 Dec 1857-3 Dec 1858

BA/2/WOR/2 none

Service Registers Printed volume recording information about services, published by the SPCK [Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge]. Columns are headed Date, Hour of Service, Clergy Officiating, Preacher, Text, No. of Communicants, Object [of collection], Amount [collected], Remarks. 19 volumes

1 Jul 1896-28 Feb 2009 (gaps)

BA/2/WOR/2/1 Register. 1 volume

1 Jul 1896-31 Oct 1901


1 Nov 1901-31 Dec 1902


15 May 1932-29 Dec 1946

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1 Jan 1947-15 Dec 1953


16 Dec 1953-11 Jul 1961


12 Jul 1961-23 Nov 1966


24 Nov 1966-2 Jul 1972


3 Jul 1972-25 Nov 1978


26 Nov 1978-30 Nov 1981


1 Dec 1981-31 Jan 1985


1 Feb 1985-30 Jun 1988


1 Jul 1988-26 Jul 1993


27 Jul 1993-26 Nov 1996


27 Nov 1996-25 Sep 1999


26 Sep 1999-15 Jun 2002


16 Jun 2002-9 Apr 2004


11 Apr 2004-3 Jan 2006


5 Feb 2006-25 Aug 2007


26 Aug 2007-28 Feb 2009

BA/2/WOR/3 Service Registers (Wednesday evening prayer) 1 volume

1993-2004

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BA/2/WOR/3/1 Register. Printed book recording information about services: Day of month, Church Date, Hour of Service, Preacher's name and designation, Text, Subject, Offertory, Communion [records the number of Communicants], Remarks. Records information about Wednesday evening prayer. 1 volume

5 Jan 1993-22 Aug 2004

BA/2/WOR/4 none

Orders of Service/Notices for the Week Printed volumes entitled 'The Parson's Prayer Desk Book for Order of Services and Notices for the Week'. Containing printed tables for recording the hymns and psalms used at services on Sundays and a table of days of the week which has been used to record events in the Abbey, mainly meetings of Abbey societies such as the Abbey Guild or the Young Wives' Group. 3 volumes

30 Nov 1958-17 Dec 1961

BA/2/WOR/4/1 Service Register. 1 volume

30 Nov 1958-22 Nov 1959


29 Dec 1959-20 Nov 1960


27 Nov 1960-17 Dec 1961

BA/2/WOR/5 Forms of service 1 file

[1950s-2000s]

BA/2/WOR/5/1 1998/1/2/23

File of forms. Printed booklets, all undated. 'An Alternative Order of Confirmation' 'Order of Service for Assembly of those recently confirmed', published by the Diocese of Bath and Wells (2 copies). 'A Service of Choral Communion for use in Bath Abbey' (2 copies). 'A Service of Holy Communion for use in Bath Abbey' (2 copies). 'Ordination of Priests and Deacons' 'Holy Communion. Book of Common Prayer Lent and Advent' (3 copies). 'Holy Communion, Thursday at 11 am' (3 copies) 'Parish Communion. Sunday 9.15 am' (3 copies). 'Parish Communion. Sunday 9.15 am. Easter Season' (3 copies) 'Parish Communion. Sunday 9.15 am. Advent' (3 copies) 'A Service of Holy Communion' for 'ordinary time' (3 copies) 'A Service of Sung Eucharist' (3 copies) 'A Service of Holy Communion' (3 copies) 1 bundle

[1950s-2000s]

BA/2/WOR/6 Orders of service 2 boxes

1857-2013

BA/2/WOR/6/1 1998/1/2/11, 1998/1/2/23,

Undated orders of service. List of rules for ‘The Use of the Abbey for Occasional Services’

nd [mid-late 20th cent.]

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1999/6/2 A Form of Prayer for the Anglican and Methodist Churches Royal British Legion Bath Branch, Dedication of Field of Remembrance, in the Abbey Church Yard, Bath. Baptism in Holy Communion for Florence Lane Parish Communion - The 2nd Sunday of Easter – Baptism of Jessica Millman and Welcome of Marianna Sandbrook (two copies) List of services – Sunday Evenings at 6.30pm 'For the Healing of the Nations' (two copies, one white, one green) A Service to commemorate the Anniversary of the Birth of Arthur Phillip, R.N. Founder of Australia, 1788 and First Governor of New South Wales – Bath Abbey Bath Abbey - Sunday 9.15am Family Communion Common Worship Order 1 Bath Abbey - Sunday 9.15am Family Communion Common Worship Order 1 (different to the one above) The Cathedral Church of St Andrew in Wells – The Collation & Installation as Prebendary of Revd Simon Oberst Bath Abbey Prayer Diary Print out of the Letter of Paul to the Philippians, chapter 2, vv.5 to 11 Print out of Isaiah ch.53, vv. 2 to 7 Declaration and Admittance of Churchwardens at 11am (Professor Anne Stennett and Mrs Elizabeth Westbrook) Print out of Acts, chapter 12, verses 1 to 11 Prayer for Bath postcard, Thursday 14th September 7.30pm at Bath Abbey Wadi Kelt on Monday 22nd May – a special moment 1 file

BA/2/WOR/6/2 1999/6/59

Orders of Service: 1890s. Order of Service: The Institution and Induction of the Rev. John Nathaniel Quirk, M.A., to the Rectory of S. Peter & S. Paul, Bath, by the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells, at 3pm, on S. Andrews Day 1895. 1 document

1895

BA/2/WOR/6/3 1999/6/108, 1999/6/52, 1999/6/11, 2000/11/15, 1999/6/54, 1999/6/55, 1999/6/53, 1999/6/57, 1999/6/58, 1999/6/56, 1999/6/26

Orders of Service: 1900s-1920s. Special Forms of Service in Commemoration of Her Late Majesty Queen Victoria of Blessed and Glorious Memory, to be used in all Churches and Chapels in England and Wales, and in the town of Berwick-Upon-Tweed, either on the day of the Funeral, or on the most convenient day within the Octave, By Authority. 1901 (three copies) Order of Progression - Civic Service in Memory of our Late Beloved Queen Victoria, Saturday 2nd February 1901 Flyer published by the Diocese of Bath and Wells, publicising events celebrating the Bicentenary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, 17 June 1901, including a day of services at Bath Abbey. Depositing the Colours of the Late 4th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry. Friday May 29th 1908, at 1pm. In one Envelope: Ground Plan – Bath Abbey Funeral of King Edward VII, 1910 Ground Plan – Bath Abbey Coronation of King George V (in

1901-1927

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commemoration of), 22nd June 1911 Envelope ends. In one envelope: Special Forms of Service in Commemoration of His Late Majesty King Edward VII of Blessed and Glorious Memory, to be used in all Churches and Chapels in England and Wales, and in the town of Berwick-Upon-Tweed, either on the day of the Funeral, or on the most convenient day within the Octave, By Authority. 1910 (two copies) Ticket – Service in Memory of our Late Beloved King Edward VII. Friday 20th May 1910, at 1pm Memorial Service for His Late Majesty King Edward VII. Friday 20th May 1910, at 1pm Second Memorial Service for His Late Majesty King Edward VII. Friday 20th May 1910, at 7pm (two copies) Envelope ends. In one envelope: Forms of Prayer with Thanksgiving to Almighty God commended by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York for General Use, the day of Their Majesties King George V & Queen Mary in the Abbey Church of St. Peter Westminster, on Thursday 22nd June 1911 (two copies) Order of Procession – Civic Service in Commemoration of the Coronation of King George V & Queen Mary, Thursday 22nd June 1911 Hymn sheet – Bath Abbey 22nd June 1911 (four copies) Envelope ends. Mounted Order of Procession - Civic Service in Commemoration of the Coronation of King George V & Queen Mary, Thursday 22nd June 1911 Opening and Dedication of the New War Memorial Cloister, (Armistice Day) Friday 11th November, 1927, at 10.45am 1 file

BA/2/WOR/6/4 1999/6/110, 2000/3/1

Orders of service: 1940s. Order of service: Thanksgiving for Victory Order of Service 1945 Annual Commemoration Service in Honour of Admiral Arthur Phillip, R.N. Admiral of the Blue, Friday 11th October 1946, at 12.30pm A Form of Divine Service, appointed by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York for general use on the National Day of Prayer and Dedication to Almighty God, 6th July 1947 Dedication of book-shelves made and presented by the City of Bath Technical College, 21st December 1949 (with letter written by Brian R. Kite to Lucy Rutherford, 13th December 2009) 1 file

1945-1949

BA/2/WOR/6/5 1998/1/2/23, 1999/6/11, 1999/6/85

Orders of service: 1950s. Form of Service on Bath Abbey Tower, 1st April 1951 (two copies) The Dedication of the Bath City Book of Remembrance for the War of 1939-45, Sunday 30th September 1951, at 3pm Photograph – Dedication of the Book of Remembrance Sunday 30th September 1951 Form of Service in Commemoration of His Late Majesty King George VI of Blessed and Glorious Memory for use at the Civic Memorial Service in

1951-1956

BATH ABBEY ARCHIVES

Bath Abbey, Friday 15th February 1952, at 12.30pm Form of Service in Commemoration of Her Late Majesty Queen Mary for use at the Civic Memorial Service in Bath Abbey, Tuesday 31st March 1953, at 12.30pm Bath Choral and Orchestral Society 74th Season, presents 'Messiah' (Handel), Conducted by William Jackman, Bath Abbey (in aid of Bath Abbey Restoration Fund), Wednesday 12th December 1956, at 7pm 1 file

BA/2/WOR/6/6 1999/6/60, 1999/6/111, 1999/6/73, 1998/1/2/23, 1999/6/71, 1999/6/2, 1999/6/1, 1999/6/10, 1999/6/3, 1999/6/4, 1999/6/5.

Orders of service: 1960s. Thanksgiving Service for the restoration of the Abbey Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Bath in the presence of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, Wednesday 23rd March 1960 (four copies, one without acc. no.). 1999/6/111 is a verger's copy and is annotated Form of Service in Memory of the Late Rt. Reverend Harold William Bradfield, D.D. Lord Bishop of Bath & Wells, Tuesday 10th May 1960, at 12.30pm Sermon at a Broadcast Service in Bath Abbey, Sunday 2nd October 1960, at 9.45am The Institution and Induction of the Very Reverend Geoffrey Lester, M.A. to the Benefice of Bath Abbey with St. James, Thursday 17th November 1960, at 7.30pm (five copies, two without acc. no.) North Somerset Yeomanry / 44th Royal Tank Regiment (T.A.), on the Occasion of the Laying up of a Guidon in Bath Abbey, Saturday 8th April 1961, at 3pm (six copies) Edward Percival Barclay Pryor, 28.06.1900 - 21.03.1961, 14th April 1961 Road Safety Service organised by the Christian Road Safety League, Sunday 16th July 1961, at 3pm (four copies) School-Leavers' Service, the City of Bath Education Committee, Monday 17th July 1961, 10.30am Institution and Induction of the Reverend R.H.M. Treen M.A. to the Rectory of St. Saviour's, Bath, by the Lord Bishop of Bath & Wells the Right Reverend E. B. Henderson, D.D. and the Archdeacon of Bath the Venerable E. A. Cook, M.A., Tuesday 25th July 1961, at 7pm 'The Bible in Speech and Song', Arranged by the Bath Auxiliary of the British and Foreign Bible Society in celebration of 150 years' work for the Society in Bath, Wednesday 22nd November 1961, at 7.30pm Festival Service of Nine Lessons and Carols, Sunday 24th December 1961, at 6.30pm (two copies) Albert Eustace Chapple 'At Rest' (1888-1961), Interment: Bath Abbey Cemetery, 28th December 1961 (three copies) Orme Garton Sargent G.C.M.G., K.C.B., 27th October 1962 (two copies) The Cathedral Church of St Andrew Wells, The Order of Service for The Installation of the Very Reverend Irven David Edwards, M.A. as Dean of the Cathedral Church, The Feast of St David, Friday 1st March 1963, at 3.pm Family Service, Saturday 23rd March 1963 Wedding - Penelope & David, Saturday 17th August 1963 Ordination Service, Sunday 22nd September 1963 (two copies) John Fitzgerald Kennedy, President of the United States of America, a Service of Memorial, Thursday 28th November 1963 (two copies)

1960-1969

BATH ABBEY ARCHIVES

Festival Service of Nine Lessons and Carols, Sunday 22nd December 1963, at 6.30pm Photograph - H.R.H. the Princess Margaret and the Earl of Snowden leaving the Abbey after Holy Communion Service (12.10pm) Sunday 9th February 1964 A Service in Memory of Major-General Sir Cyril Gepp K.B.E., C.B., D.S., Wednesday 11th March 1964 The Presentation and Dedication of a Medallion, Sunday 20th September 1964 (two copies) A4 Print out - The Presentation and Dedication of a Medallion, Sunday 20th September 1964 Winston Spencer Churchill, a Service of Memorial, Monday 1st February 1965 (two copies) Wedding - Anne & Christopher, Saturday 11th September 1965 Kenneth Fuller, 31st December 1965 Golden Jubilee Thanksgiving Service on St. Luke's Day, Bath and District Branch Royal College of Nursing, Tuesday 18th October 1966, at 6pm Service of Dedication of the Installation of the Right Honourable the Lord Hinton of Bankside, KBE, FRS, as Chancellor of the University, Wednesday 9th November 1966 (four copies) Remembrance Service, Sunday 13th November 1966 Service in Memory of Charles Edward Kindersley, Thursday 1st December, 1966 Festival Service of Nine Lessons and Carols, Christmas Day 1966, at 6.30pm Bristol and West of England Festivals of Male Voice Praise present a 'Festival of Male Voice Praise' in Bath Abbey, Saturday 3rd June 1967, at 7pm A Service at the Beginning of the Bath Festival, 7th June 1967 Programme of services and recitals - Festival of Flowers and Music, Wednesday 28th June to Friday 30th June 1967 Diocese of Bath and Wells welcome to Lambeth overseas Bishops our guest the Rt. Rev. Asanasio Maraka, Bishop of Soroti, Uganda, East Africa. Bath Abbey Churchyard, Sunday 18th August 1968 In Memoriam, Eileen Dorothy Nicholson, Bath Abbey, 1st November 1968 Remembrance Service, Sunday 10th November 1968 Christmas 1968 1969 Bath Festival June 13-29 - Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Director: Neville Marriner, Conducted by Michael Tippett, Saturday 14th June, at 6pm 1 file

BA/2/WOR/6/7 1999/6/10, 1998/1/2/24, 1999/6/2, 1999/6/74

Orders of service: 1970s. Seth Rowntree, Head Verger 1961-1970, 15th April 1970, includes insert of a photograph of Seth Rowntree taken by the Bath Evening Chronicle A Sacred Concert given by Tredegar Orpheus Male Voice Choir in Bath Abbey, 4th July 1970, 7.30pm Alice Bateman, Saturday 19th September 1970, at 2.30pm Stonar School, Golden Jubilee Thanksgiving Service, Wednesday 7th July 1971, at 11am John Hatton 1881-1972, a Service of Thanksgiving, 15th April 1972

1970-1977

BATH ABBEY ARCHIVES

Second Inaugural Recital by George Thalben-Ball (the Temple Church, London), Saturday March 3rd, 1973 Messiah by George Frideric Handel, The Abbey Choir and Orchestra, Saturday April 21st 1973 (two copies) Family Service, Easter Sunday [22nd April] 1973. at 11am Newton Park College Bath, Commemoration Day, Saturday 16th June 1973 (two copies) Civic Service of Commemoration, 17 June [1973] in the presence of the Mayor and Corporation of the City of Bath; the Lord Mayor and Town Clerk of the City and County of Bristol; and the Mayors and Town Clerks of Bridgwater, Chard, Glastonbury, Taunton, Weston-super-Mare, and Yeovil (five copies) Music for Royalty, the Abbey Choir and Orchestra, Saturday July 14th 1973 A Festival of Flowers, Sunday 15th July 1973 at 3.15pm Service in the Presence of H.M. the Queen Instructions to Sidesmen, Thursday 9th August 1973 with a seating plan for Queen Elizabeth the Second's visit to Bath Abbey. The Visit of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, 9th August 1973 (five copies) The Bath & Wells Diocesan News with a photograph on the front cover of Queen Elizabeth the Second's visit to Bath Abbey, October 1973. Bristol and West of England Festivals of Male Voice Praise, present a Festival of Male Voice Praise, in Bath Abbey (by kind permission of the Rector), Saturday 8th June 1974, at 7pm British and Foreign Bible Society (Bath Auxiliary), Programme for the Visit of the London Emmanuel Choir, Saturday 22nd June 1974, at 7pm Thanksgiving Service, Conducted by the Rev. Lester & the Rev. Gordon, Anniversary of Jamaica's Independence, Sunday 1st September 1974, at 3pm Music and Mission, and evening with the Slavic Gospel Association at Bath Abbey, includes an insert urging congregation members to pray for Christian prisoner Vasile Rascol, in Romania, and to write to the Romanian Embassy demanding his release, [post 23rd July, pre 8th November] 1974 Bath Choral and Orchestral Society, Mendelssohn 'Elijah', Saturday 26th April 1975, at 7.30pm, includes a cutting of a review of the concert in a newspaper, by Morley Pooley Summer Concert by the Abbey Choir and Orchestra, Saturday June 28th 1975, includes a cutting of a review of the concert in a newspaper, by Nicolas Thorne Treorchy Male Voice Choir and the Silver Ring Choir of Bath, with guest artist Dudley Holroyd, Saturday 4th October 1975, at 7.30pm Family Service, Easter Day [18th April] 1976, at 11am A Concert by Wells Cathedral School Chamber Orchestra and Choir, Wednesday 19th May 1976, at 7.30pm The Creation, by Franz Joseph Haydn, the Abbey Choir and Orchestra, 26th June 1976, includes a cutting of a review of the concert in a newspaper, by Morley Pooley A Recital by the Choir of Cheadle Grammar School for Girls with the Orrishmere Singers, 31st July 1976

BATH ABBEY ARCHIVES

Family Service, Easter Day [10th April] 1977, at 11am Programme for a Concert to Commemorate the Silver Jubilee of Her Majesty the Queen by the Bath Abbey Special Choir and Orchestra led by Vivian Thomas and conducted by Dudley Holroyd, Saturday 4th June 1977 (two copies) A Civic Service of Thanksgiving on the Occasion of the Silver Jubilee of our Sovereign Lady Queen Elizabeth the Second, Sunday 5th June 1977 (four copies). 1 file

BA/2/WOR/6/8 1999/6/2, 1998/1/26/7

Orders of service: 1980s. An Act of Worship on the occasion of the Triennial Conference of the Institute of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Sunday 7th September 1980, at 3.15pm Barbara Crozier-Cole (1911-1981), 7th April 1981 Bath College of Higher Education, Saturday 13th June 1981 Choral Evensong in Thanksgiving for the 800th Anniversary of the Building of the Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew at Wells, Wednesday 30th June 1982 (four copies) Service of Thanksgiving for the Life and Work of Charles James Robertson (1901-1983), Wednesday 6th April 1983 (two copies) Service in Memory of Kathleen Agnes Mabel Harper O.B.E., J.P., Wednesday 4th May 1983 Service in Memory of Cicely Margaret Edmunds (1911-1983), Monday 7th November 1983 St. Michael with St. Paul's Church, Bath, Institution by The Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells (The Rt. Rev. J. M. Bickersteth, M.A.), and Induction by the Venerable the Archdeacon of Bath of the Reverend Alastair Robert Wallace, M.A., B.D. as Rector of St. Michael with St. Paul, Bath, Wednesday 21st December 1983, at 7pm Morning Service, Christmas Day, 1983 Matins, Easter Day [22nd April] 1984 (two copies) Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, Christmas Eve 1985 Matins, Christmas Day 1985 Bath and West Ex-Far East Prisoners of War Club, Order of Service, on the Occasion of the Laying up of a Standard in Bath Abbey, Sunday 11th May 1986, at 4.30pm Remembrance Service, Royal British Legion, Sunday 9th November 1986, at 3.30pm King Edward's School Bath 1552-1987, Founder's Day Service, Wednesday 8th July 1987, at 11am Service of Thanksgiving, on the Occasion of the 250th Birthday Celebrations of the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, in the presence of Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, 7th July 1988, at 12pm Marriage service for Catherine Shergold and Jan, Tuesday 20th December 1988 Wedding - Phyllis & Norman, Saturday 8th April 1989 Wedding - K.E.H. & F.G.W.B., Saturday 8th April 1989 Civic Service, 4th June 1989 (three copies) Commemorative Service to Celebrate 50 years of Ministry of Defence

1980-1989

BATH ABBEY ARCHIVES

Presence in Bath (1939-1989), Friday 20th October 1989 (three copies) Memorial Service for Honorary Alderman Alleyne W. S. Berry, OBE, MA (1904-1989), 30th October 1989 Remembrance Service, Sunday 12th November 1989, at 3pm 1 file

BA/2/WOR/6/9 1999/6/2, 1998/1/26/7

Orders of service: 1990s. In Loving Memory of Joan Elizabeth Davis (1930-1989), 9th January 1990 Choral Concert, Thursday 18th January, 1990 (two copies) Service of Institution and Induction of the Reverend Canon Richard Askew M.A. to the Benefice of Bath Abbey with Saint James, Friday 23rd March 1990 (two copies) Stonar School Commemoration Service, Saturday 5th May 1990 Kingswood School Founder's Day, 26th May 1990, 10.30am-4pm Wedding - Mary & Jonathan, Saturday 9th June 1990 A Service of Thanksgiving and Celebration on the occasion of the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the University of Bath, Charter Day Friday 25th October 1991, at 11am Songs of Praise, Bath Abbey, 30th October-13th November 1991 A Service of Thanksgiving and Launch of the Community Stage of Bath Abbey 2000 in the presence of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Thursday 4th June 1992 (two copies) Volunteer stewards and their duties - Advent Candlelight Carol Service, Sunday 29th November 1992 Service of Advent Carols by Candlelight 'From Darkness to Light', 29th November 1992 In Loving Memory of Marie Therese Stratton 1939-1993, Thursday 22nd April 1993, at 2.30pm Festival Service, Sunday 23rd May 1993, at 11am Civic Service, Sunday 6th June 1993 Wedding - Gillian & John, Saturday 19th June 1993 Wedding - Rebecca & Peter, Saturday 21st August 1993 Marriage of Joan & Terence, 16th October 1993, at 3.30pm Stewards and their duties - Advent Candlelight Carol Service, Sunday 28th November 1993 An Advent Procession by Candlelight 'From Darkness to Light', 28th November 1993 A Service of Blessing of the Heritage Vaults, Friday 21st January 1994, at 7pm Order of Service for the Marriage of Jeremy and Alison, Saturday 18th June 1994 Wedding - Emily & Dominic, Saturday 23rd July 1994 Wedding - Lucy & Marcus, Saturday 23rd July 1994, at 2.30pm Evening Service 'For the Healing of the Nations', Sunday 9th October 1994 at 6.30pm Evening Service 'For the Healing of the Nations', Sunday 16th October 1994 at 6.30pm Evening Service 'For the Healing of the Nations', Printed version for Sunday 16th October 1994 at 6.30pm, used as a draft copy with handwritten changes to hymns etc. planning the service for Sunday 23rd October 1994.

1990-1999

BATH ABBEY ARCHIVES

Evening Service 'For the Healing of the Nations', Sunday 23rd October 1994 at 6.30pm Evening Service 'For the Healing of the Nations', Printed version for Sunday 30th October 1994 at 6.30pm, used as a draft copy with handwritten changes to hymns etc. planning the service for Sunday 13th November 1994. Evening Service 'For the Healing of the Nations', Sunday 13th November 1994 at 6.30pm Stewards and their duties - Advent Candlelight Carol Service, Sunday 27th November 1994 'From Darkness to Light' An Advent procession by Candlelight, 27th November 1994 Printed version of Evening Service 'For the Healing of the Nations' 13th November 1994 at 6.30pm, used as a draft copy with handwritten changes to hymns etc. planning the service: 'Bible Sunday' 'The Word which Stands Forever', Sunday 4th December 1994 Evening Service 'Bible Sunday' 'The Word which Stands Forever', 4th December 1994 at 6.30pm Printed version of Evening Service 'Bible Sunday' 'The Word Which Stands Forever', 4th December 1994 at 6.30pm, used as a draft copy with handwritten changes to hymns etc. planning the service: 'Get Ready' A Reflection for Advent, Sunday 11th December 1994 Evening Service 'New Year! New Life!' Sunday 1st January 1995 at 6.30pm Evening Service, Sunday 8th January 1995 at 6.30pm Evening Service Koinonia Communion with God and with one another, preached by The Revd Michael Chester, Sunday 15th January 1995 at 6.30pm Evening Service 'Signs of Glory' preached by Prebendary Richard Askew, Sunday 22nd January 1995 at 6.30pm Evening Service 'Signs of Glory - The New Temple' preached by the Revd Penny West, Sunday 29th January 1995 at 6.30pm Evening Service 'Signs of Glory - The Wisdom of God' preached by the Revd Charles Roberts, Sunday 5th February 1995 at 6.30pm Evening Service 'Evening Sunday', 12th February 1995 at 6.30pm (two copies) Congregational Songs of Praise, Sunday 26th February 1995 at 6.30pm Evening Service 'The Churches' Banquet' 'Prayer and Praise' preached by the Revd Charles Roberts Sunday 5th March 1995 at 6.30pm Evening Service 'The Churches' Banquet' 'Prayer- Try this Way', Sunday 26th March 1995 at 6.30pm Printed version of Evening Service 'The Churches' Banquet' 'Prayer- Try this Way', Sunday 26th March 1995 at 6.30pm, used as a draft copy with handwritten changes to hymns etc. planning the service 'The Churches' Banquet' 'Prayer and Forgiveness', Sunday 2nd April 1995 at 6.30pm Printed version of Evening Service 'The Churches' Banquet' 'Prayer and Forgiveness', Sunday 2nd April 1995 at 6.30pm, used as a draft copy with handwritten changes to hymns etc. planning the service: 'The Churches' Banquet' 'Prayer and the Cross' preached by the Rector, Richard Askew, Sunday 9th April 1995 at 6.30pm Evening Service 'The Churches' Banquet' 'Prayer and the Cross' preached by the Rector, Richard Askew, Sunday 9th April 1995 at 6.30pm

BATH ABBEY ARCHIVES

Evening Service 'To be read before the service', Sunday 23rd April Sermon in Bath Abbey on the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the war, Congregational worship 9.15am, May 7th 1995 The Healing of the Nations, A Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the end of the War in Europe, Sunday 7th May 1995, at 11am Sermon, Bath Abbey 50th Anniversary of the End of the Second World War, 7th May 1995, 11am 'Towards a Better World', an Ecumenical Service Celebrating 50 years of Peace in Europe, Sunday 7th May 1995, at 6.30pm Sermon in the Ecumenical Worship, 7th May 1995, 6.30pm Evening Service 'Going to the Father' preached by the Rector Richard Askew, Sunday 21st May 1995 at 6.30pm Evening Service 'The Ascended Christ' preached b Mr Michael Walker, Sunday 28th May 1995 at 6.30pm Evening Service 'The first fruits of the Spirit' preached by the Revd Charles Roberts, Sunday 4th June 1995 Evening Service 'God is One' preached by the Revd Charles Roberts, Sunday 11th June 1995 Printed version of Evening Service 'God is One' preached by the Revd Charles Roberts, Sunday 11th June 1995, used as a draft copy with handwritten changes to hymns etc. planning the service: 'As the Father sent me, for I send you' preached by the Revd the Rector Richard Askew, Sunday 18th June 1995 at 6.30pm Printed version of Evening Service 'God calls us to adventurous living' preached by Mrs Sheila Hurley, Sunday 25th June 1995 at 6.30pm, used as a draft copy with handwritten changes to hymns etc. planning the service: 'Revelation and Conversion' preached by Rev Charles Roberts, Sunday 2nd July 1995 at 6.30pm Evening Service 'Revelation and Conversion' preached by Rev Charles Roberts, Sunday 2nd July 1995 at 6.30pm Printed version of Evening Service 'Strict Training' preached by Rev Henry Andrewes Uthwatt, Sunday 9th July 1995 at 6.30pm, used as a draft copy with handwritten changes to hymns etc. planning the service: 'Putting on Christ' preached by Rev Charles Roberts, Sunday 16th July 1995 at 6.30pm Evening Service 'Putting on Christ' preached by Rev Charles Roberts, Sunday 16th July 1995 at 6.30pm Evening Service 'Many parts, one body' preached by the Revd Nina Coulthard, Sunday 30th July 1995 Printed version of Evening Service 'The whole armour of God' preached by Dr Sam Weller, Sunday 6th August 1995, used as a draft copy with handwritten changes to hymns etc. planning the service: 'The Mind of Christ' preached by the Revd Nina Coulthard, Sunday 13th August 1995 Evening Service 'The Mind of Christ' preached by the Revd Nina Coulthard, Sunday 13th August 1995 Order of Service, Marriage of Amanda May Waterson and Christopher Timbrell, Saturday 19th August 1995, at 1.30pm 'A Celebration of Peace' preached by the Revd John Rackley, Sunday 20th August 1995 Evening Service 'Zambia Link' preached by Bishop Bernard of Zambia, Sunday 27th August 1995

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Wedding - Ailsa & Simon, Saturday 2nd September 1995 Order of Service, Marriage of Charlotte Sarah Wallace Crombie with Antoine Richard West, 8th September 1995 Evening Service 'God's Harvest' preached by Rev Charles Robert, Sunday 17th September 1995 at 6.30pm Evening Service 'Jesus' Third Way' preached by Rev Charles Roberts, Sunday 24th September 1995 at 6.30pm Bath Abbey P C C - Braunschweiger Domkirchenvorstand, Jeremy Key-Pugh, 3rd October 1995 Evening Service 'Can you believe it?' preached by the Rector Richard Askew, Sunday 15th October 1995 at 6.30pm Marriage Blessing of Ruth and Stephen, Saturday 21st October 1995 Evening Service 'What hope for the world?' preached by the Rector Richard Askew with Hugh Dawson, Sunday 22nd October 1995 at 6.30pm Holy Communion with Ministry of Healing 'Does God Heal Today?' preached by the Rev Nina Coulthard, Sunday 29th October 1995 at 6.30pm Stewards and their duties - Advent Candlelight Carol Service, Sunday 3rd December 1995 'Light for the World' an Advent Procession by Candlelight, Sunday 3rd December 1995 Stewards and their duties - Advent Candlelight Carol Service, Sunday 1st December 1996 'Light for the World' An Advent Procession by Candlelight, Sunday 1st December 1996 A Service of Remembrance for Diana Princess of Wales, Friday 5th September 1997, at 7.30pm Bath and North East Somerset Council's Civic Service, Sunday 28th September 1997 at 11am (two copies) BBC Songs of Praise - Healing - from Bath Abbey. 30th September-6th October 1997 (two copies, one A5, one A4) Festal Evensong and Dedication of the Organ, Saturday 4th October 1997 at 4.30pm (four copies, only three with accession numbers) Choral Matins and Re-Dedication of Bath Abbey by the Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells, Sunday 5th October 1997 at 11am (two copies) Stewards and their duties - Advent Candlelight Carol Service, Sunday 30th November 1997 'Light for the World' An Advent Procession by Candlelight, Sunday 30th November 1997 'The Servant King' Palm Sunday Procession, Sunday 5th April 1998, 6.30pm BBC Songs of Praise from Bath Abbey, Bath City. October 1998 (two copies, one A5, one A4) Stewards and their duties - Advent Candlelight Carol Service, Sunday 29th November 1998 'Light for the World' An Advent Procession by Candlelight, Sunday 29th November 1998 (two copies) Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, Christmas Eve 1998 (two copies) Choral Matins Christmas Day 1998, 11am (two copies) 'The Servant King' - A procession of Readings and Music for Palm Sunday, Sunday 28th March 1999, 6.30pm (two copies)

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'The journey of the Cross', Good Friday 1999, at 10.30am (two copies) Good Friday - Stabat Mater by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, 2nd April 1999 at 7pm (two copies) Matins, Easter Day [4th April] 1999 (two copies) Festival of Flowers - Celebrating the Abbey's 500th Anniversary, 26th-29th June 1999 Ticket for the Service of Celebration and Thanksgiving for 500 years of Bath Abbey's life on St. Peter and St. Paul's Day, Tuesday 29th June 1999 at 10.45am (two copies) A Service of Thanksgiving and Commemoration: Marking the 500th Anniversary of the present Abbey and the successful completion of 'Bath Abbey 2000', Tuesday 29th June 1999 at 10.45am (two copies) Minidisc - Bath Abbey 500, A Service of Thanksgiving and Commemoration, Tuesday 29th June 1999, in the presence of HRH the Prince of Wales, with accompanying note from David Falconer to Lucy Rutherford dated 28th October 1999 Festival Mattins and the Dedication of the Gethsemane Chapel, Preacher the Rt Rev James Thompson Bishop of Bath and Wells, 3rd October 1999, 11am, in an envelope with a cassette tape recording of the service Service of Remembrance, Sunday 14th November 1999, 3pm Stewards and their duties - 'A light for the Millennium' An Advent Procession by Candlelight, Sunday 28th November 1999 Advent Candlelight Carol Service, Sunday 28th November 1999 (three copies) 'Christmas Unwrapped' Carol Service, Guest speaker J. John, Wednesday 15th December 1999, at 8pm (two copies) Family Carol Service, Sunday 19th December 1999 (three copies) A Service of Thanksgiving to celebrate Douglas and Mary's Golden Wedding, 20th December 1999, 11am (two copies) Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, Christmas Eve 1999, 7pm (two copies) Choral Matins, Christmas Day 1999, 11am 1 file

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Orders of service: 2000-2004. A Service for Millennium Sunday ‘A New Start’, Preached by the Venerable Bob Evans, Sunday 2nd January 2000, 11am ‘The King and the Kingdom’ - A Procession of Readings and Music for Palm Sunday, Sunday 16th April 2000, 6.30pm (two copies) 'The Journey to the Cross', Good Friday 2000, at 10.30am (two copies) Three Hours at the Cross, led by the Revd Jonathan Lloyd, Good Friday 2000 (two copies) Matins, Easter Day 2000 (two copies) Service of Confirmation, Thursday 4th May 2000, at 7pm (two copies) Festival Service, Sunday 21st May 2000, at 11am (two copies) Charter Service, Sunday 4th June 2000, at 11am (two copies) Patronal Festival Choral Evensong, A Service of Thanksgiving for the ministry of Prebendary Richard Askew to mark his retirement as Rector of Bath Abbey 1990-2000, The Feast of St Peter and St Paul, Thursday 29th June 2000, 7pm (two copies) Envelope containing – Order of service for Patronal Festival Choral

2000-2004

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Evensong, A Service of Thanksgiving for the ministry of Prebendary Richard Askew to mark his retirement as Rector of Bath Abbey 1990-2000, The Feast of St Peter and St Paul, Thursday 29th June 2000, 7pm; as well as Abbey News July 2000, and Abbey News August 2000 Family Communion Service and Licensing of Vicki Gale, Youth Co-ordinator, 30th July 2000 (two copies) Family Communion Service, 8th October 2000 (two copies) A Service of Remembrance and Thanksgiving, 'God Calls us to hope', Sunday 8th October 2000, 6.30pm (two copies) The Bach Festival Service, Sunday 22nd October 2000, at 6.30pm (two copies) Service of Remembrance, Sunday 12th November 2000, 3pm Stewards and their duties - Advent Candlelight Carol Service, Sunday 3rd December 2000 'From Darkness into Light' An Advent Procession by Candlelight, Sunday 3rd December 2000 (two copies) Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, Christmas Eve 2000, 7pm (two copies) Holy Communion for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, 2000 (two copies) Choral Matins, Christmas Day 2000, 11am (two copies) An Evening Service for Epiphanytide and Candlemas, 'My eyes have seen your salvation', Sunday 28th January 2001, 6.30pm (two copies) Holy Communion Order One, Ash Wednesday, 28th February 2001 (two copies) Family Communion Service, Mothering Sunday (The Fourth Sunday of Lent), 25th March 2001 (two copies) Parish Communion, Palm Sunday, 8th April 2001, 9.15am (two copies) A Procession of Readings and Music for Palm Sunday, Sunday 8th April 2001, 6.30pm (two copies) 'The Journey to the Cross', Good Friday 2001, 10.30am (two copies) Good Friday 13th April 2001, 7.30pm (two copies) The Easter Liturgy in Bath Abbey at dawn on Easter Morning, 2001 (two copies) Choral Matins Easter Day, 15th April 2001, 11am (two copies) Service of Confirmation, Thursday 26th April 2001, 7pm (two copies) Festival Service, Sunday 20th May 2001, 11am (two copies) Charter Service, Sunday 10th June 2001, 11am (two copies) The Institution and Induction of the Reverend Simon Julian Oberst MA Dip Th as rector of Bath Abbey with St James, Tuesday 11th September 2001, at 7pm (nine copies). 2002/8 – these two copies contain the inserts: Notes to Accompany Induction Service, 2002/54 – of these four copies in an envelope, 3 are annotated. 'An anecdotal and not very reverent remembrance of the Institution, Induction & Installation of the Reverend Simon Oberst as Rector of Bath Abbey on 11 September 2001' by Jeremy Key-Pugh, September 2001 Dedication Festival Service in the company of the Braunschweiger Domchor and their hosts, Preached by the Revd Simon Oberst, 7th October 2001, 11am (two copies) Sung Eucharist for All Souls’ Day, Sunday 4th November 2001, 6.30pm (two copies) Letter to Councillor Mrs Marian McNeir from the Revd Simon Oberst

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about the Advent Procession by Candlelight, 16th November 2001 Service of Welcome to mark the Inauguration of Professor Glynis Breakwell as Vice-Chancellor of the University [of Bath], Tuesday 27th November 2001, 11am Parish Communion, the First Sunday of Advent, 2nd December 2001 (two copies) Stewards and their duties - Advent Candlelight Carol Service, Sunday 2nd December 2001 'From Darkness into Light' An Advent Procession by Candlelight, Sunday 2nd December 2001 (two copies) Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, Christmas Eve 2001, 7pm Holy Communion for Christmas, Christmas Eve, 11.15pm; with the insert: Holy Communion for Christmas Night and Christmas Day 2001 (two copies) Christmas Day 9.15am Parish Communion; with the insert: Holy Communion for Christmas Night and Christmas Day 2001 (two copies) Choral Matins Christmas Day 2001, 11am (two copies) A Service of Thanksgiving for the Life of David Dunbar Falconer, Saturday 26th January 2002, 11.30am Service of Choral Evensong incorporating an Act of Thanksgiving for Battle of Britain Sunday, 15th September 2002 Sung Eucharist for All Souls’ Day, Sunday 3rd November 2002, 6.30pm Service of Remembrance, Sunday 10th November 2002, 3pm Stewards and their duties - Advent Candlelight Service, Sunday 1st December 2002 'From Darkness into Light' An Advent Procession by Candlelight, Sunday 1st December 2002 'Bath Abbey 2003, Balancing the budget – is it a challenge or an opportunity?' - Leaflet by Robin H. Kirkland, January 2003 An Evening Service for Epiphanytide and Candlemas, 'My eyes have seen your salvation', Sunday 2nd February 2003, 6.30pm (two copies) A procession of Readings and Music for Palm Sunday, Sunday 13th April 2003, 6.30pm Holy Communion for Ascension Day, 29th May 2003, 7.30pm Charter Service, Sunday 1st June 2003, 11am Service of Confirmation, Thursday 19th June 2003, 7pm (two copies formatted slightly differently) Service of Choral Evensong incorporating an Act of Thanksgiving for Battle of Britain Sunday, 21st September 2003 Holy Eucharist, The Feast day of St Matthew, Apostle & Evangelist, 22nd September 2003, 11.30am Church of England Guild of Vergers Canterbury Province Rally, Choral Evensong and Admission Service, The Feast day of St Matthew, Apostle & Evangelist, 22nd September 2003 Sung Eucharist for All Souls’ Day. Sunday 2nd November 2003, 6.30pm Remembrance Sunday Choral Matins, Sunday 9th November 2003, 10.50am Service of Remembrance, Sunday 9th November 2003, 3pm Stewards and their duties - Advent Candlelight Service, Sunday 30th November 2003 'From Darkness into Light' An Advent Procession by Candlelight, 30th

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November 2003 The Mayor’s Call to Prayer for the City in 2004, the Guildhall Bath, Monday 5th January, 7.30pm An Evening Service for Epiphanytide and Candlemas, 'My eyes have seen your salvation', Sunday 1st February 2004, 6.30pm Festival Service, Sunday 23rd May 2004, 11am Service of Confirmation, Thursday 1st July 2004, 7pm (three copies) Print out: 'News from the Diocese of Bath and Wells – New Rector for Bath Abbey Announced', by John Andrews, Communications Office, Diocese of Bath and Wells, 12 July 2004 Print out (by Cheri Bragg) of an email sent from Rob Hopegood to Karen Chana, asking for the Abbey’s website to be updated to include a message about Edward Mason becoming the new Rector, with a copy of an update on the website of Edward’s previous church (St Andrews, Churchdown) included, 15th July 2004. Induction and Installation of Revd Edward Mason, Sunday 3rd October 2004 The Celebration of a New Ministry of the Reverend Edward Mason as Rector of Bath Abbey with St James, Sunday 3rd October 2004, 3pm (four copies) Itinerary for Sunday 3rd October 2004, as well as the procession plans and seating plan for the Induction and Installation of Revd Edward Mason, Sunday 3rd October 2004 Itinerary for Sunday 3rd October 2004; the procession plan, seating plan, and a list of stewards and their duties, for the Induction and Installation of Revd Edward Mason, Sunday 3rd October 2004; and 'The Diocese of Bath and Wells Bishop’s Confirmation Guidelines' Remembrance Sunday Choral Matins, Sunday 14th November 2004, 10.50am Service of Remembrance, Sunday 14th November 2004, 3pm All Age Worship – Christ the King, Sunday 21st November 2004, 9.15am Christmas at Bath Abbey 2004 'Peace on Earth and Goodwill to All People', November-January Stewards and their duties - Advent Candlelight Service, Sunday 28th November 2004 'From Darkness into Light' An Advent Procession by Candlelight, Sunday 28th November 2004 Service of Thanksgiving for the birth of Hannah Grendon, Sunday 12th December 2004, 9.15am 1 file

BA/2/WOR/6/11 Orders of service: 2005-2009. An Evening Service for Epiphanytide and Candlemas, 'My eyes have seen your salvation', Sunday 30th January 2005, 6.30pm Festival Service, Sunday 22nd May 2005, 11am Charter Service, Sunday 5th June 2005, 11am Service of Confirmation, Thursday 30th June 2005, 7pm, (with attached printouts: 'Confirmation in the Diocese of Bath and Wells'; 'Notes for Clergy'; blank Confirmation Forms for the Diocese; 'Bible Readings and Psalms for Confirmation'; seating plan etc.) Envelope containing: 'Sunday 9.15 Service Evaluation' c.June 2005, and

2006-2009

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'Results from the 9.15 Service Questionnaire July 2005' Evening Service, Sunday 25th September 2005, at 6.30pm (two copies) Stewards and their duties - Advent Candlelight Service, Sunday 27th November 2005 An Advent Procession by Candlelight, Sunday 27th November 2005 Radio 4 Sunday Worship Live Transmission preached by the Rector, the Revd Edward Mason, 12th February 2006, at 8.10am Holy Communion Sermon Series, Spring 2006 A procession of Readings and Music for Passion Sunday, Sunday 2nd April 2006 Choral Evensong with the Installation of Mark Woods as Head Verger, Sunday 7th May 2006 (fourth Sunday of Easter) Celebration of New Ministry ‘The Licensing and Installation of Revd Dr Alan Garrow as Vicar Theologian and Designation of Revd Debbie Dewes as Vicar Precentor’, Saturday 9th September 2006 (two copies) Envelope ends. Leaflet – God’s Spirit in our Age, Finding God in the Modern World: Lent Series – Mondays at Bath Abbey, Monday March 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th, April 3rd, 6.15pm-7.15pm (2006) Lent, Holy Week, Easter 2006 A Procession of Readings and Music for Passion Sunday, Sunday 2nd April 2006, 6.30pm Ascension Day 2006, Sung Eucharist Service of Confirmation, Tuesday 27 June 2006, 7pm All Age Communion, Sunday 2nd July 2006, 9.15am Celebration of New Ministry: The Licensing and Installation of Revd Dr Alan Garrow as Vicar Theologian, and Designation of Revd Debbie Dewes as Vicar Precentor, Saturday 9th September 2006, 6.30pm Leaflet - Bath Abbey Harvest, 24th September 2006 Choral Matins, Preached by Dom Richard Yeo, Abbot President of the English Benedictines, 1st October 2006, 11am CMS Link Letter – Geoff and Gill Kimber: CMS Mission Partners serving in Romania, Letter no.17, November 2006 Sung Eucharist for All Souls’ Day, Sunday 5th November 2006, 6.30pm Morning Prayer for Remembrance Sunday, Sunday 12th November 2006, 10.50am Stewards and their duties - Advent Candlelight Service, Sunday 3rd December 2006 An Advent Procession by Candlelight, Sunday 3rd December 2006 (two copies) Holy Communion, 'Come, whoever is thirsty!' The Fourth Sunday in Advent, 24th December 2006, 10.30am Print out of Radio 4 Sermon for Morning Service, Preached by Prebendary Edward Mason, Sunday 16th September 2007 In one envelope: Bath and North East Somerset Council Civic Service, Sunday 25th November 2007, at 11am Leaflet for the Shoppers’ Carol Services, 1st, 8th and 15th December 2007 (10 copies) Christmas at Bath Abbey 2007 'Peace on Earth and Goodwill to All People', December- February (four copies)

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An Advent Procession by Candlelight, Sunday 2nd December 2007 Christmas Day 2007 Family Communion ‘Emmanuel- God is with us’, 25th December 2007 (three copies) Envelope ends. Leaflet – Our Harvest Giving at Bath Abbey, ‘The Big Five’, Sunday 23rd September 2007 Service to celebrate the Dedication of the Abbey, 7th October 2007, 11am Flyer – 'One Man’s Journey to Heaven', by Sue Symons, The LIFE OF Christ in decorated texts and needlework, October 18th – November 25th 2001 10am-4pm Information leaflet - 'One Man’s Journey to Heaven', by Sue Symons, The LIFE OF Christ in decorated texts and needlework, October 18th – November 25th 2001 10am-4pm Bath and North East Somerset Council Civic Service, Sunday 25th November 2007, 11am Family Carol Service, Sunday 16 December 2007 In one envelope: Dedication of the Quire Screen Carved Angels by the Right Reverend Peter Price, Bishop of Bath and Wells, Saturday 26th January 2008, 5pm (3 copies) Organ Recital by Peter King to Mark the Dedication of 12 Carved Angles on the Geoffrey Lester Quire Screens, 26th January 2008, 2pm (two copies) An Evening Service for Epiphanytide and Candlemas 'My eyes have seen your salvation', Sunday 3rd February 2008, 6.30pm All Age Communion for Mothering Sunday ‘The Wedding at Cana’, 2nd March 2008, 9.15am (two copies) A Procession of Readings and Music for Palm Sunday, 16th March 2008, 6.30pm Maundy Thursday ‘The Commemoration of the Last Supper’, Thursday 20th March 2008, 7pm Music and Readings for Good Friday, 21st March 2008, 7pm Good Friday 'The Way of the Cross', 21st March 2008, 10.30am Easter Day Family Communion with Renewal of Baptismal Vows, Sunday 23rd March 2008, 9.15am (two copies) Funeral service for Air Chief Marshal Sir John Barraclough KCB, CBE, DFC, AFC, FRAes, Thursday 22nd May 2008, 12.30pm Bath Festival and Charter Service preached by Canon David Winter, 1st June 2008, 11am The Ordination of Priests Also Called Presbyters, Saturday 28th June 2008 Order of Service for the Marriage of Louise Fildes and Ben Mason, Saturday 6th September 2008, 4pm Parish Communion, 14th September to 12th October, 9.15am (two copies) Service to Celebrate the Dedication of the Abbey, 5th October 2008, 11am Service of Remembrance, Sunday 9th November 2008, 3pm An Advent Procession by Candlelight, Sunday 30th November 2008 (two copies) Welcome leaflet, Sunday 7th December 2008

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BBC Radio 4 Christmas Morning Order of Service Congregation, 2008 (two copies) The Ordination of Priests also Called Presbyters, 2008 Envelope ends. Postcard – Bath Abbey – Coats of arms of benefactors to the 17th century restoration of the Abbey Church. Sponsored by the Bath Heraldic Society to commemorate its Diamond Jubilee in 2008 BBC Radio 4 Christmas Morning Service Bath Abbey, 14th December 2008` In one envelope: ‘A Celebration Eucharist’ preached by Bishop Peter Price, Saturday 10th January 2009 (two copies) Choral Evensong for the BBC, Wednesday 21st January 2009 Choral Evensong, Saturday 31st January 2009 (three copies) All age communion for Mothering Sunday, Sunday 22nd March 2009 Festival Service, Sunday 31st May 2009 (two copies) Sung Eucharist with Baptism ‘Patronal Festival’, Sunday 28th June 2009 Service of Confirmation, Thursday 9th July 2009 Celebration of New Ministry ‘The Licensing and Installation of the Revd Claire Robson as Vicar Pastor’, Wednesday 9th September 2009 Service to Celebrate the Dedication of the Abbey, 4th October 2009 Advent Sunday ‘An Advent Procession by Candlelight’, Sunday 29th November 2009 (two copies) Ticket for Candlelight Advent Service, Sunday 29th November 2009 (three copies) Family Carols, Sunday 20th December 2009 (two copies) Carol Praise, 24th December 2009 A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, 24th December 2009 Christmas Day 2009 ‘Unto us a child is born’ (two copies) Envelope ends. Print-out - BBC broadcast service from Bath Abbey, 23rd August 2009 1 file

BA/2/WOR/6/12 Orders of service: 2010s. Sung Eucharist with Renewable of Baptismal Vows, Easter Day, Sunday 4th April 2010, 11am Somerset Lieutenancy Visit of the Royal Highness the Duke of Kent to Bath Abbey, Bath, Tuesday 25th May 2010 (three copies) Festival Service, Sunday 6th June 2010, 11am Parish Communion ‘Faith Journey’, Sunday 4th July 2010 (three copies) A Celebration of the Eucharist with Baptism and Confirmation, Thursday 15th July 2010, 7pm A Service to Celebrate the Dedication of the Abbey, 3rd October 2010, 11am Harvest Festival, 10th October 2010, 9.15am Sung Eucharist for All Souls’ Day, Sunday 7th November 2010, 6.30pm Remembrance Sunday Morning Prayer, 14th November 2010, 10.50am Remembrance Sunday, Service of Remembrance, Sunday 14th November 2010, 3pm Advent Sunday ‘An Advent Procession by Candlelight’, 28th November 2010, 6.30pm

2010-2013

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Shoppers’ Carols, 2010 Family Carols, Sunday 19th December 2010, 3.30pm & 5pm Carol Praise, Christmas Eve 2010, 4pm Midnight Communion, Christmas Eve 2010, 11.15pm Family Communion, ‘Unto us a child is born’, Christmas Day 2010, 9.15am Sung Eucharist, Christmas Day 2010, 11am Annotated printout - Sunday Worship ‘Psalms for Life’ BBC Radio 4 Broadcast, 23rd January 2011 CD for the Funeral of David Boyce, December 2011 Royal High School Bath Carol Service, Thursday 15th December 2011, 7.30pm Family Carols, Sunday 18th December 2011, 3pm & 4.30pm Family Communion ‘Unto us a child is born’, Christmas Day 2011, 9.15am Choral Evensong, Saturday 28th January 2012, 5.15pm (Two copies) In Loving Memory of Barbara Shergold (23.05.1923- 31.01.2012), Tuesday 14th February 2012, 1.30pm Sung Eucharist with the Imposition of Ashes, Ash Wednesday, 22nd February 2012, 7.30pm A Procession of Readings and Music for Palm Sunday, 1st April 2012, 6.30pm The Commemoration of the Last Supper, Maundy Thursday, 5th April 2012, 7.30pm (two copies) Family Communion with Renewal of Baptismal Vows, Easter Day, Sunday 8th April 2012, 9.15am Charter Service, Sunday 22nd April 2012, 11am Festal Evensong for St Alphege, Sunday 22nd April 2012, 3.30pm Celebration of the Ministry of Volunteers, 9th May 2012, 5.30pm Parish Communion ‘Including the Baptism of Nicholas Hammer, We also Welcome Delegates from Braunschweig, Germany’, the 6th Sunday of Easter, (13th May 2012) Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Service, Sunday 3rd June 2012, 10am Parish Communion, Baptism of Sophie Jessica Giles, the 2nd Sunday after Trinity, notice sheet for 17th June 2012 inside Patronal Festival Choral Evensong, Friday 29th June 2012, 7pm Funeral service: Warrant Officer 2 Leonard Perran Thomas ‘Pez’ (8th August 1967- 1st July 2012), Friday 20th July 2012, 3pm BBC Radio 2 Morning Worship ‘Pearls of Wisdom’, Sunday 9th September 2012 Harvest Parish Communion, Sunday 16th September 2012 University of Bath ‘The Installation of HRH the Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, KG GCVO as Chancellor’, Thursday 7th November 2013 DVD of the Installation of HRH the Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex as Chancellor, Thursday 7th November 2013 (two copies) 1 file

BA/2/WOR/7 Prayers 1 file

[2000s]

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Bundle of leaflets, cards and diaries. Prayer trail leaflets including a map of the Abbey, and suggestions for prayers to be said at the locations on the prayer trail (the pulpit, chapels

nd [2000s]

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and font). Small card printed with two prayers: 'The Go for God prayer' and 'A Prayer for Stewards', nd [2000s] (2 copies). Small card printed with 'A Prayer for Dedication Sunday', nd [2000s]. Prayer Diary: leaflet listing groups at Bath Abbey, nd [2000s]. 1 file

BA/2/WOR/8 Planning services Papers of stewards, churchwardens, and others involved in planning services. 7 files

1960-2001

BA/2/WOR/8/1 Papers of Hugh White, Head Steward 2 files

1988-2002

BA/2/WOR/8/1/1 2011/07

File: Songs of Praise and Abbey 2000. Papers concerning the arrangements for a candle-lit service in Bath Abbey, filmed by BBC Songs of Praise on 12 August 1991; for a service held to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Abbey and to celebrate the completion of Abbey 2000 in the presence of the Prince of Wales on 29 June 1999; and for a Service of Thanksgiving held to celebrate the launch of the Community Stage of Abbey 2000 in the presence of the Prince of Wales on 4 June 1992. Includes guidelines for filming candle-lit outside broadcasts, instructions for making candleholders, notes giving advice on organising services, seating plans, tickets, and programmes. 1 file

1988-2002

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File: Songs of Praise, Advent. Papers relating to the organisation of an ecumenical Advent service, which was filmed by BBC Songs of Praise. Includes seating plans, instructions for filming outside broadcasts, instructions for volunteer stewards, minutes of a safety meeting, order of service, service booklet with ticket enclosed, and instructions for making candle-holders. 1 file

1991

BA/2/WOR/8/2 Induction of Geoffrey Lester 2 files

Nov 1960

BA/2/WOR/8/2/1 2000/11/85

File of lists and notes. Concerning the induction of the Very Rev. G. Lester, M.A., Rector of Bath Abbey, 17th November 1960, including an order of service. 2 documents

Nov 1960

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Letter about bellringing; list of bellringers. Letter from Eric Naylor, Tower Master, to Mr Holbrook concerning bell ringing for Geoffrey Lester’s induction, with a list of bell ringers at the abbey, 7th November 1960. 1 file

Nov 1960

BA/2/WOR/8/3 Papers of Jeremy Key-Pugh 1988-2001

BATH ABBEY ARCHIVES

Bundle of four large envelopes of paperwork collected by Jeremy Key-Pugh – 1: 'Interregnum to Induction etc of R.G.A. 1988-1990' [Richard Askew]; 2: 'Two Parties for Askew retiring' circa February 2000; 3: 'Appointment of Rector 2000-2001'; 4: 'Induction & Institution of S. J. O, 11th September 2001' [Simon Oberst], circa March-September 2001. 4 bundles

BA/2/WOR/8/3/1 2005/67

Interregnum and induction of Richard Askew. 1 bundle

1988-1990

BA/2/WOR/8/3/2 2005/67

Retirement of Richard Askew. 1 bundle

c. Feb 2000

BA/2/WOR/8/3/3 2005/67

Appointment of Simon Oberst. 1 file

2000-2001

BA/2/WOR/8/3/4 2005/67

Induction and institution of Simon Oberst. 1 file

Sep 2001

BA/2/WOR/8/4 Dedication of the Klais organ 1 file

1997

BA/2/WOR/8/4/1 File of letters, minutes, and notes. 1 file

1996-1997

BA/2/WOR/9 Leaflets and flyers 1 file

[2000s]

BA/2/WOR/9/1 2009/19

Flyers for 'By the Way' services. Small cards publicising the 'By the Way' service on Sundays at 6.30 pm. 2 documents

nd [2000s]

BA/2/WOR/10 Posters 23 rolls

2011-2014

BA/2/WOR/10/1 2015/3

Posters advertising 'By the Way' services. For Advent and Christmas. 2 rolls

nd [pre-2011]

BA/2/WOR/10/2 2015/17

Mission Links posters. 5 Mission Links Posters for Harvest Festival 2011. Supporting Wycliffe Bible Translators' Tunen project Cameroon; Supporting women-headed families Sri Lanka; Helping women and children in Northern Zambia; Supporting CMS partners Jane and Peter Nott Israel/Palestine; Helping the homeless in our city and beyond. Produced by Kerry Headen, Homelessness Initiative Manager. Part of a fundraising campaign, displayed in the Abbey. 5 rolls

2011

BA/2/WOR/10/3 2013/1

'A' Board posters. 15 rolls

2012

BATH ABBEY ARCHIVES

BA/2/WOR/10/4 2015/12

Poster publicising services on Remembrance Sunday. Morning prayer at 10.50 am. Remembrance Day Service at 3pm. 1 roll

9 Nov 2014

AR August 2017

bath abbey archives ba/2/bmd/5/10 books of forms for recording information about burials 1 volume...

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