BISHAMPTON

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:
BISHAMPTON : Christenings 1599-1949, Marriages 1603-1949, Burials 1600-1949; memorandum 1870 [Typescript.]   Published , Nd.  Society of Genealogists [68]

BISHAMPTON : Christenings, Marriages & Burials 1616-1700 (BTs) [Microfilm.]   Published Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of Utah, Nd. Society of Genealogists [68]

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
At BMSGH Shop
St.James 

At BMSGH Reference Library [7]
St James

At Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
St James 

At Society of Genealogists [59]
BISHAMPTON (St. James) : Monumental Inscriptions: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 7 [Typescript.]   IN: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 7   Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1989   Author Bushell, L (trans.)   Author Farmer, G R (trans.)  Source D: BMSGH 

War Memorials:
For the names of those commemorated on a War Memorial at  St. James's Church see:
http://www.rememberthefallen.co.uk/Casualties/ListByMemorial/Bishampton St James's Church

For the names of those included on Bishampton War Memorial see:
http://www.rememberthefallen.co.uk/Casualties/ListByMemorial/Bishampton War Memorial

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 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.

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]

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