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Baptism tradition
« on: Tuesday 31 May 11 14:10 BST (UK) »
Does anyone know if there was a tradition of baptisms on Boxing Day ? I've suddenly come across a crop of them in  Derbyshire families in the eighteenth century......but I don't know if the facts that they were in Derbyshire or  took place in the eighteenth century is just coincidence

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Re: Baptism tradition
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 31 May 11 20:52 BST (UK) »
In case anyone is interested, someone has contacted me to say that Boxing Day was usually a day off for servants & it was one of the days when a lot of churches waived baptism fees.......so that could explain it
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