BIRTSMORTON

Descriptive Notes:
Also Birts Morton [57] [44]

Birtsmorton contains one of Worcestershire's most beautiful manors, Birtsmorton Court, nestling in the Malvern foothills. It is a stunning double moated manor house first built in 1241. It is privately owned and used as a venue for weddings, conferences and special events.

Status:
Ancient Parish [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO801354
6 to 7 miles east of Ledbury on the A438

Parish Church:
St. Peter & St. Paul, Birtsmorton Court Estate

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester [1]

Hundred:
Lower Pershore [11] [25] [28]

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

Adjoining Parishes:
Castle Morton; Longdon; Pendock; Berrow [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1539-1941	[5]
	Marriages	1539-1960	[5]
	Burials	1539-1983	[5]
Transcripts at WLHC	Marriages	1539-1812	[27] [21]
Originals at WRO	Banns	1841-1987	[12]

Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1609 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1539-1812
	Marriages	1539-1837

Register Copies:
Marriages1539-1812 Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Records Office

At Society of Genealogists [68] :
BIRTSMORTON : Marriages 1539-1754, 1763-86, 1797-1804: Phillimore's parish register series, vol. 100 - Worcestershire, vol. 2 [CD-ROM]   IN: Phillimore's parish register series, vol. 100 - Worcestershire, vol. 2   Published London : Phillimore & Co Ltd, 1910   Author Phillimore, W P W ed.

BIRTSMORTON : Christenings, Marriages & Burials 1609-1700 (BTs) [Microfilm.]   Published Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of Utah, Nd.

BIRTS MORTON : Marriage (Index) 1651-75: Boyd's marriage index [Typescript.]   IN: Boyd's marriage index   Published , 1925-55   Author Boyd, Percival ed. Source D: P Boyd.

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 1650-1812 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Parish Records on microform at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [13]
Service register 1943-(57)

Schools Records:
The following school records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff at Worcestershire Record Office:
Birtsmorton C E School
Admission register - 1922 - 62 - Ref: BA 3826/2
Log books (3 vols) - 1895 - 1962 - Ref: BA 3826/1

Birtsmorton Sunday School
Class register - [20th cent] - Ref: BA 9977/3 (vi)

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

Directories:
BIRTS-MORTON, a parish in the lower division of the hundred of PERSHORE, county of WORCESTER, 5¼ miles (S. W.) from Upton upon Severn, containing 230 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king’s books at £7. 8. 1½ and in the patronage of J.Thackwell, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul. A charity school was endowed by Samuel Juice, in 1703, for the instruction of boys, a few of whom are clothed by means of a separate fund. The manor-house is an ancient edifice, surrounded by a moat still very perfect. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

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Last updated on 22nd June 2011

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