ABBERTON

Index
Status
Location
Parish Church
Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction
Hundred
Poor Law Union
Adjoining Parishes
Parish Registers
Bishops' Transcripts
International Genealogical Index (IGI)
Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents
Census Records
Search Services (Fee paying)
Parish Records on microfilm
Schools Records
Directories

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:
At BMSGH Shop
St.Edburgha

At BMSGH Reference Library [7]
St Edburgha

At Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
St.Edburgha 

At Society of Genealogists [59]
St.Edburgha: Worcestershire MIs 1659-1957: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 5 [Typescript.]   IN: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 5   Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1986   Author Boaz, J & M (trans.)

Census Records:
All the censuses between 1841 and 1901 are now available on a number of fee-paying (Subscription or PayAsYouGo) sites including Ancestry.co.uk, FindMyPast.co.uk, thegenealogist.co.uk and genesreunited.co.uk. The 1911 census is available in full or in part on some of these sites. We are unable to advise on the choice of site since researchers' personal preferences will be influenced by the content and search facilities offered by each site. Some sites offer a free trial.

Access to the library edition of Ancestry.co.uk is widely available at most record offices, including Worcestershire Library and History Centre, and some libraries. You are advised to book time on their computers before making a visit. 

A free-to-view site is being developed at freecen.org.uk for the 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871 and 1891 censuses.  Coverage of Worcestershire parishes is rather sparse at this time.

Census returns can usually be viewed at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints' Family History Centres.

Some repositories offer census details on microform, disc or printed copy. These include:
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.

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]

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Last updated on 1st February 2012

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