ACTON BEAUCHAMP

Status: Acton Beauchamp St Giles
Ancient Parish [25]
Transferred from Worcestershire to Herefordshire in 1897 [5] [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO680503
3½ miles S.S.E. of Bromyard

Parish Church:
St.Giles

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Acton Beauchamp was in the jurisdiction of the Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester but transferred to the Diocese of Hereford in 1919.[1] [5] [25]

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

Poor Law Union:
Bromyard [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Stanford Bishop (Herefordshire); Suckley; Cradley (Herefordshire); Evesbatch (Herefordshire); Bishops Frome (Herefordshire) [1]

Parish Registers:
None held at Worcestershire Record Office. Original registers are at Herefordshire Record Office

Banns:
1878-1950 Herefordshire Record Office

Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1613 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]

International Genealogical Index (IGI): [19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1577-1612; 1641-1700; 1700-1885
	Marriages	1577-1835
Bishops' Transcripts	Births / Christenings	1613-40 (75%)

Register Copies:
Christenings1577-1803, 1813-1980 Marriages1577-1812, 1816-35, 1841-1950 Burials1577-1803, 1813-1993 Herefordshire Record Office
Christenings 1577-1803, 1813-1980 Marriages1577-1835 Burials1577-1803 - Published: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1981 Society of Genealogists [68]

Christenings, Marriages & Burials (Bishops' Transcripts) 1613-40/41, 1661-1813, 1819-37 (gaps & years out of order) [Microfilm] Published Salt Lake City Genealogical Society of Utah 2007 Society of Genealogists [68]

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
St.Giles: Herefordshire monumental inscriptions, Vol.7 (transcript)1991 Published Herefordshire FHS
Herefordshire monumental inscriptions index, Version 4 [CD-ROM.] 2005 Published Herefordshire FHS

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.
The findmypast.co.uk website offers access to the 1911 census. This is a Subscription or PayAsYouGo site.
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 at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [14]
1851 61 71 81 Herefordshire Record Office

At Society of Genealogists :-
Herefordshire 1851 Census Index: Bromyard Registration District [Worcestershire part] [Microfiche.] Herefordshire FHS 1998
Herefordshire 1851 Census Returns : Bromyard registration district HO 107/1980 [Microfilm.] London Public Record Office 2003
Herefordshire 1891 Census Returns: Bromyard registration district RG 12/2069-2071 [Microfilm.] Published London Public Record Office 2003

Worcester Branch of the Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry

ACTON BEAUCHAMP

Worcester Branch
of the
Birmingham & Midland Society
for Genealogy and Heraldry