ABBERTON

Descriptive Notes:

Directories:
ABBERTON, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of PERSHORE, county of WORCESTER, 7 miles (N. E. by N.) from Pershore, containing 82 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £5. 8. 1½ endowed with £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage of Mrs. Sheldon. Here is a mineral spring, the water of which is bitter and cathartic, being somewhat similar to that at Cheltenham. [Typographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

Status:
Ancient Parish [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO994535
7 miles N.N.E. of Pershore

Parish Church:
St. Edburgha

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester [1] [25]

Hundred:
Upper Pershore [11] [25] [28]

Poor Law Union:
Pershore [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Kington; Rous Lench; Church Lench; Bishampton; Flyford Flavell [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1661-1963	[5]
	Marriages	1661-1954	[5]
	Burials	1661-1962	[5]
Transcripts at WLHC	Christenings	1813-40	[27]
	Marriages	1759-1812; 1812-35	[27]
	Burials	1813-37	[27]
	General	1661-1729; 1730-1812	[27]
Originals at WRO	Christenings	1661-1993	[12]
	Burials	1661-1992	[12]
	Banns	1896-1992	[12]

Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1608 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]

International Genealogical Index (IGI): [19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1661-1875
Bishops' Transcripts	Births / Christenings	1608-41

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
St.Edburgha BMSGH microfiche [53]
St.Edburgha Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
St.Edburgha: Worcestershire MIs,vol.5: 1659-1957 - Published Birmingham: Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1986 - Author: Boaz, J & M.
Society of Genealogists [59]

Census Records:
Access to all the censuses between 1841 and 1901 is now widely available on the library edition of Ancestry.co.uk at most record offices. You are strongly advised to book time on their computers before making a visit.

Many commercial organisations have issued CDs and DVDs covering all the censuses from 1841 to 1901. Some repositories offer census details on microfiche as listed below:
1841-1901 at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [14]

Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent:
Burial 1661-1840 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Parish Records on microform at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [13]
Churchwardens accounts 1841-1931

Schools Records:
A handlist of the records of schools and of other educational establishments held by Worcestershire Record Office for this parish can be found here.

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Last updated on 18th March 2008

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