BAYTON
Status:
Ancient Parish [25]
Abolished ecclesiastically in 1669 to help create Mamble with Bayton Ecclesiastical Parish [25]
Location:
O.S. Ref: SO692733
On the Shropshire border of the county, 9 miles west of Kidderminster
Clows Top is a hamlet 1 mile S.E. of Bayton, partly in this parish & partly in Mamble. [57]
Parish Church:
St. Bartholomew, Bayton
Also Clows Top Mission Rooms at O.S. Ref: SO713713
Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry of Salop, Diocese of Hereford. Bayton was transferred from the Diocese of Hereford to the Diocese of Worcester in 1919 [5] [25]
Hundred:
Lower Doddingtree [11]
Poor Law Union:
Cleobury Mortimer [3]
Adjoining Parishes:
Cleobury Mortimer (Shropshire); Rock; Mamble; Neen Sollars (Shropshire) [1]
Parish Registers:
| Coverage | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Microform at WLHC | Christenings | 1564-1964 | [5] |
| Marriages | 1564-1964 | [5] | |
| Burials | 1591-1965 | [5] | |
| Banns | 1754-1823, 1824-1964 | [5] | |
| Transcripts at WLHC | General | 1564-1812 | [27] |
| Originals at WRO | Marriages | 1564-1995 | [12] |
Bishops' Transcripts:
At Herefordshire Record Office
International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]
| Coverage | ||
|---|---|---|
| Parish Registers | Births / Christenings | 1564-1877 |
| Marriages | 1564-1885 | |
| Bishops' Transcripts | Births / Christenings | ? - 1638; 1661-1863 |
| Marriages | 1661-1843 |
Register Copies:
At BMSGH Reference Library [7]
Bayton (with Mamble) Early reg Baptisms Marriages and Burials 1564-1740, 1683-1711, Baptisms 1710-1812, Marriages 1712-1754, Burials 1710-1812, Marriages 1754-1812, Banns 1756-1823
Bayton Baptisms 1813-1965, Marriages 1813-1965, Burials 1813-1965, Banns 1824-1965,
At Society of Genealogists [68]
BAYTON : Christenings(I) 1710-1877 [Microfilm.] Published Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974 Author Genealogical Society of Utah (trans.)
Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
At BMSGH Shop
St.Bartholomew
At BMSGH Reference Library [7]
St Bartholomew
At Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
St Bartholomew
At Society of Genealogists :-
BAYTON : Monumental Inscriptions: in Bloom's Worcestershire Monumental Inscriptions, part 1 [Manuscript.] IN: Bloom's Worcestershire Monumental Inscriptions, part 1 Published , Nd. Author Bloom, J Harvey (trans.)
BAYTON (St. Bartholomew) : Monumental Inscriptions : Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 16 IN: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 16 Published Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry 1998 Author Bewdley Historical Research Group (trans.)
War Memorials:
For the names of those commemorated on a War Memorial at St. Bartholomew's Church see:
http://www.rememberthefallen.co.uk/Casualties/ListByMemorial/Bayton St Bartholomew's Church
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:1841 51 1901 at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [14]
1851-1901 Shropshire Archives
1851-1901 Ludlow Library
Shropshire 1891 census returns: Cleobury Mortimer registration district RG 12/2091-2092 [Microfilm.] - London Public Record Office 2003 Society of Genealogists
Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent:
Burial 1660-1899 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index
Manorial Records:
Worcestershire Record Office [50]
Chief rent roll 1731
Schools Records:
The following school records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff at Worcestershire Record Office:
Bayton School
Log book - 1871 - 1910 - Ref: BA 6136
A handlist of other records of schools and of other educational establishments held by Worcestershire Record Office for this parish can be found here.
Directories:
BAYTON, a parish in the lower division of the hundred of DODDINGTREE, county of WORCESTER, 1¾ mile (S.E. by S.) from Cleobury-Mortimer, containing 466 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, united to that of Mamble, in the archdeaconry of Salop, and diocese of Hereford, rated in the king's books at £5. 0. 2½ endowed with £200 private benefaction, and £200 royal bounty. The church is dedicated to St. Bartholomew. [Typographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]
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Last updated on 9th December 2011