BERROW

Status:
Ancient Parish [25]
Originally a chapelry in Overbury Ancient Parish. A separate parish by 1535. [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO794342
5 miles S.W. of Upton-upon-Severn, near the Gloucestershire border

Parish Church:
St. Faith

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Peculiar of the Dean & Chapter of Worcester [1] [25]

Hundred:
A detached part of Lower Oswaldslow, locally in Lower Pershore [11] [25] [28]

Poor Law Union:
Upton-upon-Severn [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Castlemorton; Birtsmorton; Longdon; Pendock; Eldersfleld; Redmarley D'Abitot, Bromsberrow (GLS); Eastnor (HEF) [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1698-1871	[5]
	Marriages	1698-1973	[5]
	Burials	1698-1972	[5]
	Banns	1754-1812	[5]
Originals at WRO	Banns	1823-48	[12]

Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1611 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1611-1700 (66%)

Register Copies:
Christenings, Marriages & Burials 1611-1700 (Bishops' Transcripts) [Microfilm] - Published: Genealogical Society of Utah Society of Genealogists [68]

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]

Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent:
Burial 1698-1900 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Manorial Records:
Worcestershire Record Office [50]
Presentments and other papers 17th-18th cent

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:
Transcriptions of Parish Registers made by William Good & Kari Svedin Kruger at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wrag44/berrow/berrow.htm
Email: williamr@bigpond.com

Directories:
BERROW, a parish in a detached part of the lower division of the hundred of OSWALDSLOW, locally in the lower division of the hundred of Pershore, county of WORCESTER, 6 miles (S. W.) from Upton upon Severn, containing 464 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the peculiar jurisdiction and patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £7.18.4 and endowed with £1200 parliamentary grant. The church is dedicated to St. Faith. [Typographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

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Last updated on 8th June 2011

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