ASTON MAGNA

Status:
Ecclesiastical Parish
A hamlet in Blockley Ancient Parish. Blockley was in Worcestershire until 1931 and Gloucestershire thereafter. (See separate entry for Blockley). Aston Magna was a separate Ecclesiastical Parish in 1847 [79]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SP202357
About 3 miles north of Moreton-in-Marsh

Parish Church:
St. John the Evangelist
The church was declared redundant on 23 May 1979 and sold for residential use. [80]

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester until 1919 when transferred to the Archdeaconry & Diocese of Gloucester.[25]

Hundred:
Upper Kiftsgate [35]

Poor Law Union:
Shipston on Stour [3]

Bishop's Transcripts:
Begin 1876 [22]

Register copies:
Christenings1847-1978; Marriages1848-1973; Burials1847-1979 Gloucestershire Archives [64]
Transcript: Marriages1848-1973 Gloucestershire Archives [64]

MIs & associated documents:
St. John: Gloucestershire MIs, Vol.8 Author: Allom, Vincent M (transcription) 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.
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:
1861 81 Gloucestershire Archives
1851 Stratford Upon Avon Library

Directories:
ASTON (MAGNA), a hamlet in the parish of BLOCKLEY; upper division of the hundred of OSWALDSLOW, county of WORCESTER, 2¾ miles (N.) from Moreton in the Marsh, containing 254 inhabitants. [Typographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

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© Arthur Lewis and contributors 2008
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Last updated on 5th February 2010

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