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Status:
Ancient Parish [25]
Batsford was partly in Gloucestershire (Kiftsgate Hundred) and partly in Worcestershire (Oswaldslow Hundred). In 1896 the civil parish was made entirely Gloucestershire. In 1887, Batsford gained Moreton in Marsh chapel from Bourton on the Hill Ancient Parish, hence thereafter it was called "Batsford with Moreton in Marsh" Ecclesiastical Parish.
Location:
O.S. Ref: SP187339
About 1½ miles N.W. of Moreton-in-Marsh
Parish Church:
St.Mary
Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry and Diocese of Worcester until 1847, Diocese of Gloucester thereafter. [25]
Hundred: Partly Kiftsgate and partly Oswaldslow [25]
Poor Law Union:
Shipston on Stour [3] [25]
Adjoining Parishes:
Bishops' Transcripts:
1599-1859 Gloucestershire Archives
International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]
| Coverage | ||
|---|---|---|
| Parish Registers | Births / Christenings | 1599-1812 |
Register Copies:
At Gloucestershire Archives :-
Christenings1562-1996 Marriages1565-1981 B1562-1998
Transcript: Marriages1562-1812 Phillimore Gloucestershire Parish Registers; Marriages
Marriages1565-1812 Roe Marriage Index
Marriages1813-32 Gloucestershire FHS
At Society of Genealogists :-
BATSFORD : Marriages 1565-1812: Phillimore's parish register series, vol. 17 - Gloucestershire, vol. 6 [CD-ROM] IN: Phillimore's parish register series, vol. 17 - Gloucestershire, vol. 6
BATSFORD :
Marriages(I) 1565-1812: Boyd's marriage index [Typescript.] IN: Boyd's marriage index Published
, 1925-55 Author Roe, E A Author Boyd, Percival ed. Source D: P Boyd.
BATSFORD (St. Mary) : Christenings 1562-1756,
Marriages 1565-1750, Burials 1696-1754 [Typescript.] Published
, 1968 Author Stapleton, Guy (trans.)
Source : G Stapleton & A Noble
BATSFORD (St. Mary) :
Marriages 1813-32: Gloucestershire marriages, vol. 18 [Typescript.] IN: Gloucestershire marriages, vol. 18 Published , 1986 Author Gloucestershire
FHS (trans.) Source D: Gloucestershire FHS
- 1791 Bigland Gloucestershire Archives
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:1851 at Gloucestershire Archives
At Society of Genealogists :
Gloucestershire 1851 Census index & transcription, vol. 24 : HO 107/2044; HO 107/2074; HO 107/2076 (parts) - North East Gloucestershire [parishes in cross county districts - Evesham, Stratford on Avon & Shipston on Stour registration districts]: Index to the 1851 Census for Gloucestershire [Microfiche.] - Published Gloucestershire FHS, 1999
Warwickshire 1891 census returns: Shipston on Stour registration district RG 12/2484-2486 [Microfilm.] Published London Public Record Office 2003
Directories:
BATSFORD, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of KIFTSGATE, county of GLOUCESTER, 2 miles (N. W.) from Moreton in the Marsh, containing 108 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Gloucester, rated in the king's books at £13. 3. 9, and in the patronage of the Dean and Canons of Christ Church, Oxford. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, was rebuilt and enlarged in 1822, at the expense of Lord Redesdale. This parish enjoys the benefit of an endowed school at Moreton in the Marsh. [Typographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]
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Last updated on 22nd June 2011