BENGEWORTH

Descriptive Notes:

Sometimes called 'Evesham St. Peter, Bengeworth' [25]

Directories:
BENGWORTH (ST. PETER), a parish within the jurisdiction of the borough of EVESHAM, locally in the lower division of the hundred of Blackenhurst, county of WORCESTER, ½ a mile (S.S.E.) from Evesham, containing 853 inhabitants. It is situated on the southern side of the navigable river Avon, opposite the town of Evesham, with which it was incorporated in the reign of James I. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the peculiar jurisdiction of the Bishop of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £7.10.10, endowed with £200 private benefaction, and £400 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the Rev. W. Alies. The church, which has a handsome tower and spire, is dedicated to St. Peter: it stands on the site of a castle which belonged to the abbey of Evesham, and which was destroyed by William D'Andeville, one of the abbots, who recovered it from William de Beauchamp, hereditary sheriff of the county, by whom it had been held, in contravention of the abbot's rights. John Deacle, alderman of London, who was born here, left £2000 for the endowment of a free school for thirty boys, who are clothed, educated, and apprenticed. See EVESHAM. [Typographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

Status:
Ancient Parish [25]
Originally a chapel to Evesham Abbey but a separate parish early. Abolished civilly in 1924 to help create Evesham Civil Parish [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SP045436
Bengeworth is a suburb of Evesham

Parish Church:
St. Peter, Port St., Bengeworth, Evesham

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester [1] [25]

Hundred:
Lower Blackenhurst [15] [44]

Poor Law Union:
Evesham (1836-1924)[ [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Evesham All Saints; Badsey ; Wickhamford; Childs Wickham (Gloucestershire); Hinton on the Green (Gloucestershire); Great Hampton [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1538-1964	[5]
	Marriages	1538-1964	[5]
	Burials	1538-1966	[5]
	Banns	1754-1802, 1824-1950, 1944-59	[5]
Originals at WRO	Banns	1824-1965	[12]

Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1615 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Bishops' Transcripts	Births	1611-1700; 1838-1867
	Marriages	1611-1700

Register Copies:
At Society of Genealogists [68] :
Christenings, Marriages & Burials 1611-1700 (BTs) [Micxrofilm] - Published: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1960
Births/Christenings1838-67 (BTs) [Micxrofilm] - Published: Genealogical Society of Utah (trans)
Christenings 1538-1623, 1653-55, 1661-1964 M1538-1622, 1653-55, 1661-1964 B1538-1620, 1653-55, 1661-1966 - Published Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of Utah, 1964
Banns: 1754-1802, 1824-1950 - Published: Genealogical Society of Utah

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
St. Peter Church & Cemetery BMSGH microfiche [53]
St Peter Worcestershire Library and History Centre
Transcripts of register of burials: Jul1857-Dec1869 & Jan1869-Dec1906 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
Old Church, Bloom's Worcestershire MIs, Part 1 (Manuscript) - Author Bloom, J Harvey (trans.) Society of Genealogists [59]
St. Peter: MIs in the church, churchyard & cemetery: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 9 [Typescript.] - Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1991 - Authors: Bushell, L (trans.) & Farmer, G R (trans.) 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.
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:
1841-1901 at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [14]

Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent:
Burial 1668-1851 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Manorial Records:
Worcestershire Record Office [50]
Court roll 1552; Proceedings of manorial court of Bengeworth (in Evesham Abbey Court Book) 1542, 1544

Parish Records on microform at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [13]
Parish records 1698-1844

Schools Records:
A handlist of the records of schools and of other educational establishments held by Worcestershire Record Office for this parish can be found here.

Other Sources:
Churchwardens accounts 1681-1739; poor law certificates, bonds, indentures, settlements & removals 1698-1794; overseers of the poor accounts 1720-27; vestry minutes 1788-1844 [Microfilm.] - Published Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of Utah, 1964 Society of Genealogists
The Edens of Honeybourne, Gloucestershire; an old time correspondence, 1785-1839 : reprinted from the Evesham journal, April - August 1928: in Family history tracts, vol. 47 Society of Genealogists

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