ABBOTS MORTON

Descriptive Notes:

Status: 
Ancient Parish [25] 
Abolished ecclesiastically in 1957 to help create Rous Lench & Abbots Morton Ecclesiastical Parish [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SP026550
On the Warwickshire border of the county some 5 miles W.S.W. of Alcester

Parish Church:
St. Peter

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

Hundred:
Lower Blackenhurst [11] [25] [28]

Poor Law Union:
Alcester [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Inkberrow; Weethley (Warwickshire); Salford Priors (Warwickshire); Rous Lench [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1728-1965	[5]
	Marriages	1728-1963	[5]
	Burials	1728-1964	[5]
	Banns	1754-1811, 1826-1964	[5]
Originals at WRO	Banns	1826-1969 (See also entry for Rous Lench)	[12]

The earliest register seems to be 1728 though the bishops' transcripts date back to 1611 [5]

Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1611 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]

International Genealogical Index (IGI): [19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1611
Bishops' Transcripts	Births / Christenings	1611-41 (71%)
	Marriages	1611-41; 1660-1700

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
St.Peter BMSGH microfiche [53]
St.Peter WorcestershireLibrary and History Centre [51]
Blooms Worcestershire MIs,pt.1 Society of Genealogists [59]
St. Peter: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 9 - Published Birmingham: Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1991 [Typescript.] - Author: Farmer, G R (trans.) 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 51 1901 at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [14]
1891 Warwickshire County Record Office
Warwickshire 1891 census returns: Alcester registration district RG 12/2480-2483 [Microfilm.] - Published London Public Record Office 2003 Society of Genealogists

Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent:
Burial 1728-1964 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Schools Records:
The following school records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff at Worcestershire Record Office:
Abbots Morton School
Log Book -1911-28 - Ref: BA 531

A handlist of other 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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