BENTLEY PAUNCEFOOT

Descriptive Notes:

Also known as Upper & Lower Bentley [11]

Status:
Township in Tardebigge Ancient Parish. A separate Civil Parish in 1866 [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref:
Upper Bentley SO995664;
Lower Bentley SO982660

Parish Church:
St. Mary, Lower Bentley, 5 miles S.E. of Bromsgrove

Hundred:
Upper Halfshire [11]

Poor Law Union:
Bromsgrove (soon after 1836-1930) [3]

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]

Schools Records:
The following school records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff at Worcestershire Record Office:
Bentley Pauncefoot C E School
Admission register - 1912 - 58 - Ref: BA 3763
Log book - 1882 - 1919 - Ref: BA 929
Log books (2 vols) - 1919 - 58 - Ref: BA 2279

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

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© Arthur Lewis and contributors 2008
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Last updated on 19th March 2008

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