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Descriptive Notes:
Belbroughton once had an extensive manufactory for scythes, hay-knives, &c. and included the once internationally renowned scythe makers Nash & Waldron. Scythes were made in the village until 1968.
Status:
Ancient
Parish [25]
Fairfield
was a chapel
of
ease to Belbroughton (see below)
Ref: SO919769
On the B4188, 2½ miles South of Hagley, 5 miles east of Kidderminster & 4½ miles N.W. of Bromsgrove
Bell End & Fairfield are hamlets 1 mile N.E. and 3 miles S.E. respectively. Bell Heath and Maidley are 1 mile and ¾ mile east respectively. [57]
Parish Church:
Holy Trinity
Fairfield: St.Mark's is at SO948752
Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester until 1974, Archdeaconry of Dudley & Diocese of Worcester (1974 - *) [25]
Hundred:
Lower Halfshire [11] [25] [28]
Poor Law Union:
Bromsgrove [3] [25]
Adjoining Parishes:
Clent; Romsley; Bromsgrove; Chaddesley Corbett; Broom [1]
Parish Registers for Belbroughton:
| Coverage | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Microform at WLHC | Christenings | 1540-1969 | [5] |
| Marriages | 1540-1980 | [5] | |
| Burials | 1540-1967 | [5] | |
| Banns | 1754-1823, 1948-60 | [5] | |
| Originals at WRO | Banns | 1948-71 | [12] |
Parish Registers for Fairfield:
| Coverage | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Microform at WLHC | Christenings | 1898-1970 | [5] |
| Marriages | 1886-1981 | [5] | |
| Burials | 1897-1971 | [5] | |
| Originals at WRO | Burials | 1897-1996 | [12] |
| Banns | 1886-1955 | [12] |
Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1615 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]
International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]
| Coverage | ||
|---|---|---|
| Parish Registers | Births / Christenings | 1540-1877 |
| Marriages | 1540-1876 |
Register Copies:
At BMSGH Reference Library [7]
Belbroughton A-Z marriages 1739-1876; Baptisms 1852-1948 Marriages 1813-1904 Burials 1813-1897; Baptisms 1948-1967 Marriages 1904-1967 Burials 1897-1967; Baptisms A-Z 1728-1812; Marriages 1971-1981
Fairfield Baptisms 1898-1970 Marriages 1886-1964 Burials 1897-1971
Fairfield Marriages 1965-1981
At Society of Genealogists [68]
BELBROUGHTON : Christenings, Marriages & Burials 1615-1700 (BTs) [Microfilm.] Published Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of Utah, 1960
At BMSGH Shop
Holy Trinity
St.Mark, Fairfield
At BMSGH Reference Library [7]
Holy Trinity
Fairfield - St Mark
At Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
Monumental Inscriptions for Belbroughton and Fairfield
At Society of Genealogists [59] :
BELBROUGHTON (Holy Trinity) : Monumental Inscriptions: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions vol. 13 [Typescript.] IN: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions vol. 13 Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1993 Author Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry (trans.) Source D: Birmingham & Midland Soc. for Genealogy & Heraldry.
FAIRFIELD (St. Mark) : Monumental Inscriptions: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions vol. 13 [Typescript.] IN: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions vol. 13 Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1994 Author Wright, A J L et al. Source D: Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry
War Memorials:
For the names of those commemorated on a War Memorial at Holy Trinity Church see:
http://www.rememberthefallen.co.uk/Casualties/ListByMemorial/Belbroughton Holy Trinity 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:1841-1901 at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [14]
1851 Census Worcestershire, vol. 10 Bromsgrove transcript & surname index : part 1 Stoke Prior & Bromsgrove (part); part 2 Belbroughton, Clent, Hagley, Pedmore, Frankley, Hunnington, Romsley, Tutnall & Cobley, Bromsgrove (part); part 3 Tardebigg, Tutnal & Cobley, Bentley Pauncefoot, Webheath, Redditch & Alvechurch - Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1993-5 - Author: Friend, A F (trans.) Society of Genealogists
Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent:
Burial 1660-1897 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index
Manorial Records:
Worcestershire Record Office [50]
Parish Records on microform at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [13]
List of all the yard lands and half yard lands and nooks of land in the parish of Belbroughton 1620
Register of services 1945-51, 1959-68
Parochial church council and vestry meetings- signed minutes 1927-33, 1950-69
Vestry meeting order book 1741-69
Vestry meeting minute book, with lists of persons nominated to serve as Parish Officers and mention of apprentices and masters 1779-1818
Poor relief rate book with later notes 1802
Poor relief account book 1831-6
Schools Records:
The following school records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff at Worcestershire Record Office:
Fairfield Mixed School
Log book - 1905 - 60 - Ref: BA 7527
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:
BELBROUGHTON, a parish in the lower division of
the hundred of HALFSHIRE,
county of WORCESTER, 5 miles (N. W. by N.) from Bromsgrove, containing
1476 inhabitants. The
living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester,
rated in the
king's books at £19, and in the patronage of the President
and Fellows of St.
John's College, Oxford. The church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, has
recently
received an additional number of sittings, by means of a grant of
£ 100 from
the Incorporated Society for enlarging churches and chapels. Here is an
extensive manufactory for scythes, hay-knives, &c. Fairs are
held on the last
Monday in April, and the Monday before St. Luke's day. A sheriff's
court, for
the recovery of small debts, is held on the third Wednesday in every
month.
There is an endowment of about £10 per annum for the
instruction of poor
children. The parish is divided into four yields, viz., those
of
Belbroughton, Brian's Bell with Moor-Hall Bell, Forfield, and
Broomhill. [Typographical
Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]
© Arthur Lewis and contributors 2008
Comments, additions, corrections etc to Arthur Lewis
Last updated on 12th December 2011