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Descriptive Notes:Birlingham is situated on a loop in the River Avon which surrounds it to the north, east and south.
Directories:
BIRLINGHAM, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of PERSHORE, county of WORCESTER, 3 miles (S. S.W.) from Pershore, containing 327 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £9. 17.11 and in the patronage of A. Luders, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. James. The navigable river Avon forms a boundary to the parish. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]
NAFFORD, formerly a parish, but now in the parish of ECKINGTON, upper division of the hundred of PERSHORE, county of WORCESTER. The church, which was dedicated to St. James, has been demolished, and the living consolidated with that of Eckington. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis] (But see Status as defined by Youngs)
Status:
Ancient
Parish [25]
Location:
O.S. Ref: SO932431
2 miles south of Pershore along the A4104.
Parish Church:
St. James the Great
Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester [1]
Hundred:
Upper Pershore [11] [25] [28]
Poor Law Union:
Pershore [3] [25]
Adjoining Parishes:
Besford; Pershore St Andrew; Great Comberton; Eckington; Defford [1]
Parish Registers:
| Coverage | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Microform at WLHC | Christenings | 1566-1894 | [5] |
| Marriages | 1566-1959 | [5] | |
| Burials | 1566-1907 | [5] | |
| Transcripts at WLHC | General | 1566-1812 | [27] |
| Originals at WRO | Banns | [1754]-89, 1918-[86] | [12] |
Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1611 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]
International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]
| Coverage | ||
|---|---|---|
| Parish Registers | Births / Christenings | 1566-1835 |
| Marriages | 1566-1895 | |
| Bishops' Transcripts | Births / Christenings | 1602-1702 |
Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
St. James BMSGH microfiche [53]
St. James Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
Notes of monuments, brasses etc in church & churchyard (c 1950) Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
St. James: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions vol. 13 [Typescript.] - Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1994 - Author: 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]
Manorial Records:
Worcestershire Record Office [50]
Court rolls 1448, 1551, 1554[/55]; Recognizances of tenants 1454[/55];
Birlingham with Defford: Court roll with view of frankpledge and court baron 1714
Parish Records on microform at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [13]
Inclosures plan 1774
Schools Records:
The following school records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff at Worcestershire Record Office:
Birlingham C E School
Admission register - 1912 - 62 - Ref: BA 3985/2
Log books (2 vols) - 1897 - 1963 - Ref: BA 3985/1
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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Last updated on 19th March 2008