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Thanks guys, I didn't read it as an asterix, but a square and 4 dots which I know is symbol for certain things (vinegar!) but if it is an asterix it makes perfect sense as you say.

No, it's to prove or disprove an old family story that's all! Thank you.

Many thanks to both of you and I hope I'm not breaking any rules, that was never my intention and I apologise if I have. Yes. The issue is I'm wanting a list, if indeed there are any at all, of the baptisms that took place on that specific day at that specific church. FreeReg only works with the first 3 names of the surname or first name so there's too many variants. But thank you for the Gray information.

Many thanks for the responses. Unfortunately it's the baptismal records (if there are any) that I need, specifically in the 1880's. Many of the family I know to be peculiar people have baptism records in C of E churches, but some branches do not. Some also just stop at the start of the 1880's. Anecdotal family history states that baptisms were being done during this period, but whether these 'baptisms' were more unlogged family get togethers for blessings or whether they had a formal record of the service I open to debate. Thank you all anyway.

Hello, does anyone know if / how the Peculiar People of Essex kept baptismal and marriage records? Specifically in the late Victorian period? For anyone not familiar they were an evangelical branch of methodism who split and formed their own church. Eventually they split themselves into old and new Peculiars. They were linked to the Oxford Movement and are now part of the evangelical Church movement. Any information gladly received.  Thank you.