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Birmingham & Midland Society
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ALFRICK

Descriptive Notes:

Directories:
St Mary Magdalene Alfrick ALFRICK, a chapelry in the parish of SUCKLEY, upper division of the hundred of DODDINGTREE, county of WORCESTER, 7 miles (W. by S.) from Worcester, containing 445 inhabitants. The chapel is dedicated to St. Mary. Here is a free school, with an endowment of £10 per annum. [Typographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

Status:
Chapelry in Suckley Ancient Parish. Separate Civil Parish in 1866. Ecclesiastically severed 1912 to help create Alfrick & Lulsley Ecclesiastical Parish [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO748529
About 7 miles west of Worcester along the A4103 & unclassified roads via Leigh

Parish Church:

St. Mary Magdalene

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester [1]

Hundred:
Upper Doddingtree [11] [25]

Poor Law Union:
Martley [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Lulsley
; Broadwas; Leigh; Cradley (Herefordshire); Suckley [1]

Parish Registers:
Coverage Source
Microform at WLHC Christenings 1656-1964 [5]
Marriages 1656-1963 [5]
Burials 1656-1964 [5]
Banns 1882-1965 [5]
Originals at WRO Christenings 1656-1967 [12]
Banns 1754-1809 [12]


Volume1 is a joint register with Lulsley. Suckley parish registers also include some entries relating to this parish.[5]

Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1622 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

For Alfrick Coverage
Parish Registers Births / Christenings 1813-67
Bishops' Transcripts Births / Christenings 1622-40 (100%)

For Alfrick and Lulsley Coverage
Parish Registers Births / Christenings 1656-61; 1684-1812
Marriages 1696-1755; 1813-76
Bishops' Transcripts Marriages 1622-40


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 1656-1862 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Parish Records on microform at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [13]
Churchwardens accounts & vestry minutes 1713-1928

Schools Records:
The following school records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff at Worcestershire Record Office:
Alfrick C P School
Admission Register - 1882 - 1936 - Ref: BA 9102/9 (i); 1936 - 83 - Ref: BA 9102/9 (ii)
Log book - 1919 - 54 - Ref: BA 9102/9 (v); 1954 - 81 - Ref: BA 9102/9 (vi); 1981 - 83 - Ref: BA 9102/9 (vii)
Pre-School Age Admission Register - 1945 - 47 - Ref: BA 9102/9 (iii)
Punishment Book - 1946 - 59 - Ref: BA 9102/9 (xi)
Summary (Attendance) Register - 1937, 1942 - Ref: BA 9102/9 (iv)

Alfrick School
Note: Alfrick School was part of the Alfrick, Lulsley, and Suckley School Board and has also been called Alfrick Board School, Alfrick and Lulsley School and Alfrick Council School
Log books - 1876 - 1919 - Ref: BA 1040/1Plan of school lands - 1831- Ref: BA 1784/2 (iii)

Alfrick and Suckley (Grouped) Council School
School Managers' attendance book - 1922-50 - Ref: BA 5703

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


© Arthur Lewis and contributors 2008
Comments, additions, corrections etc to Arthur Lewis
Last updated on 19th March 2008