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a close up of the Haresfield Parish Register, in which it is written that an earthquake occurred on Christmas.

Christmas 1675 - Haresfield Parish Register (P163/In/1/3)

Although parish registers typically record the mundane day-to-day ceremonies of baptisms, marriages and burials, on occasion, the incumbent might add a little more information about something that happened or affected the parish. The parish register of Haresfield records one of the most unusual Christmases in Gloucestershire and one that was probably not forgotten for a long time!

"+ this year reigned a mortal ffever in most part of England: as also ther happened in these lower parts of Gloucestershire: a great earthquake in the Xmas."

Last reviewed: 16/06/2023

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