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.

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]

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] :
Marriages(Index) 1651-75: Boyd's marriage index [Typescript.] - Published , 1925-55 - Author Boyd, Percival ed.
Marriages 1539-1754, 1763-86, 1797-1804: Phillimore's parish register series, vol. 100 - Worcestershire, vol. 2 [CD-ROM] - Published London : Phillimore & Co Ltd, 1910 - Author: Phillimore, W P W ed.
Christenings, Marriages & Burials 1609-1700 (BTs) [Microfilm.] - Published: Genealogical Society of Utah

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 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.

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© Arthur Lewis and contributors 2008
Comments, additions, corrections etc to Arthur Lewis
Last updated on 19th March 2008

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