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Status:
Ancient Parish [25]
A Gloucestershire parish transferred in 1931 to Worcestershire.
Included a chapel at Ashton under Hill, which had separate civil identity early but no separate ecclesiastic identity, hence this parish known ecclesiastically as "Beckford with Ashton under Hill". [25]
Location:
O.S. Ref: SO976358
On the Gloucestershire border of the county, 7 miles S.W. of Evesham on the A46
Parish Church:
St. John the Baptist
Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Diocese of Gloucester.[5] [25]
Hundred:
Tibblestone [15] [28]
Poor Law Union:
Winchcombe [3] [25]
Adjoining Parishes:
Elmley Castle; Ashton under Hill (Gloucestershire); Dumbleton (Gloucestershire); Alderton (Gloucestershire); Great Washbourne (Gloucestershire); Little Washbourne (Gloucestershire); Alstone (Gloucestershire); Oxenton (Gloucestershire); Teddington; Overbury [1]
Parish Registers:
| Coverage | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Microform at WLHC | Christenings | 1549-1883 | [5] |
| Marriages | 1573-1973 | [5] | |
| Burials | 1538-1925 | [5] | |
| Banns | 1768-1812, 1799-1822, 1823-91 | [5] | |
| Originals at WRO | Banns | 1891-1982 | [12] |
Bishops' Transcripts:
1600-1812, 1813-59 Gloucestershire Archives
International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]
| Coverage | ||
|---|---|---|
| Parish Registers | Births / Christenings | 1600-1812 |
| Marriages | 1608-1812 |
Register Copies:
At Gloucestershire Archives [64] :
Christenings, Marriages & Burials1538-1861(extracts) Transcript:
1814-36 Marriages(Index): Gloucestershire FHS
At Society of Genealogists [68] :
BECKFORD : Christenings & Burials 1600, 1607, 1620, 1660, 1675 extracts: Collections for Gloucestershire IN: Collections for Gloucestershire Published : Thomas Payne, 1861 Author Payne, T
BECKFORD :
Christenings, Marriages & Burials 1600-97 (BT extracts): in "Wills
etc": Documents relating to lands in the possession of the Phillips family
of Wiltshire IN: "Wills etc": Documents
relating to lands in the possession of the Phillips family of Wiltshire Published , Nd. Author Phillips,
Thomas
BECKFORD :
Marriages 1814-36: Gloucestershire marriages, vol. 18 [Typescript.] IN: Gloucestershire marriages, vol. 18 Published , 1986 Author Gloucestershire
FHS (trans.) Source D: Gloucestershire FHS
BECKFORD :
Marriages(I) 1607-1700 (BTs): 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.
Nonconformist:
Methodist Circuit Records Christenings1907- 65 Gloucestershire Archives
Roman Catholic Chapel Christenings1817-50 (Manuscript) - Published , 1919 -Author: Henson, E (trans.) Society of Genealogists [68]
Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
-1719 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 & 1901 at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [14]
1841- 1901 Gloucestershire Archives
Gloucestershire 1851 Census index & transcription, vol. 14 : HO 107/1971 - [Winchcombe registration district] Guiting & Cleeve sub-districts: Index to the 1851 Census for Gloucestershire [Microfiche.] - Published Gloucestershire FHS, 1998 - Author: Gloucestershire FHS Society of Genealogists
Manorial Records:
Worcestershire Record Office [50]
Court rolls - scattered dates 1474-1824 Extract of fines and amercements [c.1618], [c.1627], [c.1632]; Rental for the manor, belonging to the college at [Fotheringhay, Northants [1528/29]; Rentals: Lands in Beckford and Grafton and [Bangrove both in Beckford [1455],1624,1631; Terrier: 'A true note conteyning all the acres of arrable land, medows, pastures, commons within the Lordshippe of Beckford' [1542]
Schools Records:
The following school records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff at Worcestershire Record Office:
Beckford C E Primary School
Admission register - 1876 - 1912 - Ref: BA 4243; 1913 - 65 - Ref: BA 4549
Log Book - 1944 - 65 - Ref: BA 4549
Log books (2 Vols) - 1892 - 1944 - Ref: BA 4243
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:
BECKFORD, a parish in the hundred of TIBALDSTONE, county of GLOUCESTER, 6 miles (E. N.-E.) from Tewkesbury, containing, with the hamlets of Bengrave and Grafton, 442 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, with the perpetual curacy of Ashton under Hill annexed, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Gloucester, rated in the king's books at £16. 16. l0½ , and in the patronage of the Rev. John Timbrill, D.D. The church, a very ancient structure, is dedicated to St. John the Baptist. Freestone abounds in the parish. Here was an Alien priory of Augustine canons, the revenue of which, at the dissolution, was £53. 6. 8. [Typographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]
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Last updated on 22nd June 2011