BISHAMPTON

Descriptive Notes:

Directories:
BISHAMPTON, a parish in the middle division of the hundred of OSWALDSLOW, county of WORCESTER, 5½ miles (N.E. by N.) from Pershore, containing 374 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £7. 9. 9½ endowed with £400 private benefaction, and £400 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the Bishop of Worcester. The church is dedicated to St. Peter. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

Status:
Ancient Parish [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO990518
5 miles N.E. of Pershore

Parish Church:
St. James

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester [1]

Hundred:
Middle Oswaldslow [11] [25] [28]

Poor Law Union:
Pershore [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Flyford Flavell; Abberton; Church Lench; Fladbury; Throckmorton; Naunton Beauchamp [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1599-1962	[5]
	Marriages	1629-1962	[5]
	Burials	1600-1963	[5]
	Banns	1825-83	[5]
Transcripts at WLHC	Christenings	1599-1949	[27]
	Marriages	1603-1949	[27]
	Burials	1600-1949	[27]
Originals at WRO	Banns	1884-1982	[12]

Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1616 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1738-1875
	Marriages	1754-1880
Bishops' Transcripts	Births / Christenings	1616-1700 (62%)
	Marriages

Register Copies:
Christenings1599-1949; Marriages1603-1949; Burials1600-1949; memorandum 1870 [Typescript] Society of Genealogists [68]
Christenings, Marriages & Burials1616-1700 (BTs) [Microfilm] - Published: Genealogical Society of Utah Society of Genealogists [68]

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
St.James BMSGH microfiche [53]
MIs at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
St. James: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 7 [Typescript.] - Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1989 - Author: Bushell, L & Farmer, G R 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]

Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent:
Burial 1660-1884 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Parish Records on microform at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [13]
Churchwardens accounts 1731-1934
Overseers accounts 1777-1819, 1829-39
Overseers receipt & payment book 1859, 1883, 1885
Valuation list (late 19th cent)

Schools Records:
The following school records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff at Worcestershire Record Office:
Bishampton School
Log book - 1868 - 1901 - Ref: BA 3854/2
Log book - 1918 - 29 - Ref: BA 531/2

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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Last updated on 19th March 2008

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