Count of baptisms for each year in the register of St Michaels, Bishopwearmouth

compiled by Ken Coleman

Years	1567	1568	1569	1570	1571	1572	1573	1574	1575	1576	1577	1578	1579	1580	1581	1582	1583	1584	1585	1586	1587	1588	1589	1590
	19	-	8	10	20	24	27	20	21	12	34	30	18	33	22	31	28	22	36	37	27	27	26	39

Years	1591	1592	1593	1594	1595	1596	1597	1598	1599	1600	1601	1602	1603	1604	1605	1606	1607	1608	1609	1610	1611	1612	1613	1614
	39	33	36	39	33	21	19	31	31	27	24	40	26	42	30	37	46	40	38	40	36	43	29	44

Years	1615	1616	1617	1618	1619	1620	1621	1622	1623	1624	1625	1626	1627	1628	1629	1630	1631	1632	1633	1634	1635	1636	1637	1638
	48	41	49	52	42	51	50	71	33	41	65	63	62	62	64	71	68	79	101	90	101	84	94	106

Years	1639	1640	1641	1642	1643	1644	1645	1646	1647	1648	1649	1650	1651	1652	1653	1654	1655	1656	1657	1658	1659	1660	1661	1662
	90	52	35	136	163	95	141	163	136	130	134	110	88	90	78	117	121	125	114	117	90	91	78	76

Years	1663	1664	1665	1666	1667	1668	1669	1670	1671	1672	1673	1674	1675	1676	1677	1678	1679	1680	1681	1682	1683	1684	1685	1686
	130	127	142	136	138	140	167	133	160	146	153	136	132	110	162	146	138	160	157	145	175	160	165	156

Years	1687	1688	1689	1690	1691	1692	1693	1694	1695	1696	1697	1698	1699	1700	1701	1702	1703	1704	1705	1706	1707	1708	1709	1710
	178	154	174	154	148	174	161	126	151	175	126	127	97	87	121	147	129	165	183	180	198	165	221	182

Years	1711	1712	1713	1714	1715	1716	1717	1718	1719	1720	1721	1722	1723	1724	1725	1726	1727	1728	1729	1730	1731	1732	1733	1734
	203	216	222	216	250	269	288	287	219	130	117	128	94	92	73	82	121	100	109	95	92	114	85	103

Years	1735	1736	1737	1738	1739	1740	1741	1742	1743	1744	1745	1746	1747	1748	1749	1750	1751	1752	1753	1754	1755	1756	1757	1758
	91	113	112	120	106	89	88	82	94	78	88	69	92	80	85	101	75	100	86	94	78	95	73	95

Years	1759	1760	1761	1762	1763	1764	1765	1766	1767	1768	1769	1770	1771	1772	1773	1774	1775	1776	1777	1778	1779	1780	1781	1782
	89	80	102	93	98	123	116	118	100	100	113	82	110	84	112	79	125	94	107	116	94	110	101	105

Years	1783	1784	1785	1786	1787	1788	1789	1790	1791	1792	1793	1794	1795	1796	1797	1798	1799	1800	1801	1802	1803	1804	1805	1806
	100	92	114	94	105	123	107	101	107	108	132	123	133	157	149	170	166

Notes

1) Fertility declined in the late 1550’s, and again between 1566 and 1571. See also note in ‘Burials’ on localized starvation resulting from poor harvests.

2) The period 1569-1642 is the longest period of domestic peace that England has enjoyed. At the height of the Civil War there were probably 150,000 men in arms; one in eight of the adult male population. By the late 1640’s this had fallen to 25,000.

3) In the Interregnum period many people refused to baptise their children and waited until after the Restoration in 1660.

4) By the second decade of the eighteenth century, the population of Sunderland had risen to nearly 6,000 and the Bishopwearmouth church was totally inadequate to contain the parishioners. In 1719, Holy Trinity church was consecrated.