Just been browsing the PR's of Christ Church, Southwark and came across 105 christenings on the same day
(17 June 1886)!!
Is this a record?
* Record number of Christenings on same day
Record number of Christenings on same day
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Re: Record number of Christenings on same day
Quite possibly. I noted 62 Christenings on 18 April 1797 at St Andrew Halstead Essex (D/P 96/1/6 images 73 and 74) one of which was a gx3 grandfather
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Re: Record number of Christenings on same day
Often bulked out by families doing a batch — I had one family get five baptised the same day, which quickly taught me not to confuse baptism date too closely to birth date as two of them were teenagers!
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Re: Record number of Christenings on same day
Also sometimes happens when there's a new vicar/minister. Perhaps people stopped going to church because they didn't like the last vicar, so they have some catching up to do.