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Holy Cross Plymouth

Posted by Marion on 29/7/2023, 9:47 pm

I found a baptism in 1810 on Find my Past and it says it in is Plymouth Holy Cross England Roman Catholic Baptisms. I thought the Holy Cross Church was built after this date please could someone explain?

Re: Holy Cross Plymouth

Posted by Karen Newman on 30/7/2023, 11:14 am, in reply to "Holy Cross Plymouth"

The second image of the volume shows a handwritten note, which states: Devonport, Holy Cross, Plymouth. There's nothing else that I can see to identify it as such.

The priest carrying out the baptisms is 'Guilbert', presumably Jean Louis Guilbert, mentioned:

https://www.plymouthcathedral.co.uk/st-josephs.html

https://oldplymouthsociety.net/the-roman-catholic-cathedral-st-mary-st-boniface-plymouth-some-of-its-pre-1858-and-its-early-history/

Re: Holy Cross Plymouth

Posted by Marion on 30/7/2023, 3:19 pm, in reply to "Re: Holy Cross Plymouth"

Thank you very much for your helpful reply Karen. The signature does appear to be j L Guilbert the j L are partially obscured by G.
So it seems likely that the baptism was in the Chapel of St Mary.

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