BRADLEY

Descriptive Notes:

Directories:
BRADLEY, a chapelry in the parish of FLADBURY, middle division of the hundred of OSWALDSLOW, county of WORCESTER, 6¾ miles (E.S.E.) from Droitwich, containing, with the hamlet of Stock, 208 inhabitants. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

Status:
Ecclesiastical Parish [25]
Bradley was formerly a chapelry annexed to Fladbury. An ecclesiastical parish was formed with Stock in 1866 and is known as Stock and Bradley. It was a separate Civil Parish in 1866. [5]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO986602
6½ miles east of Droitwich along the B4090 & 5 miles S.W. of Redditch

Parish Church:
St. John Baptist

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Peculiar of the incumbent [1] Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester [1] [25]

Hundred:
Middle Oswaldslow [11] [25]

Poor Law Union:
Droitwich [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Hanbury; Feckenham; Inkberrow; Dormston [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1562-1963	[5]
	Marriages	1565-1962	[5]
	Burials	1564-1963	[5]
	Banns	1895-1963	[5]
Transcripts at WLHC	Marriages	1630-1812	[27] [20]
Originals at WRO	Christenings	1562-1991	[12]
	Marriages	1562-1993	[12]
	Burials	1564-1992	[12]
	Banns	1754-94	[12]

Bishops' Transcripts:
See Feckenham

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1719-1875
Bishops' Transcripts	Births / Christenings	1612-1640; 1660-1700 (75%)

Register Copies:
Marriages 1630-1812 Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Record Office [71]

At Society of Genealogists [68] :
Marriages 1630-40 (BTs), 1645, 1656-1812: Phillimore's parish register series, vol. 22 - Worcestershire, vol. 1 [CD-ROM] - Published London : Phillimore & Co Ltd, 1901 - Authors: Phillimore, W P W ed. Carter, W F ed
Marriages(Index) 1645-1754: Boyd's marriage index [Typescript.] - Published , 1925-55 - Author: Boyd, Percival ed.
Bradley Green : Christenings, Marriages & Burials 1562-1812 [Manuscript.] - Author: Bowman, F Louise


Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
St.John the Baptist BMSGH microfiche [53]
St.John the Baptist Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
St. John the Baptist / Stock Green Chapel: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 5 [Typescript.] - Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1986 - Authors: Farmer, G R & Bushell, L (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]

Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent:
Burial1813-40 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Manorial Records:
Worcestershire Record Office [50]
Compotus rolls 1524-5

Parish Records on microform at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [13]
Bradley - Churchwardens & church fund accounts 1843-1903;
Vestry minutes 1863-1912
Stock & Bradley- Inclosure award 2 Jul 1830

Schools Records:
The following school records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff at Worcestershire Record Office:
Priest Bridge Council School
Admission register - 1876 - 1913 - Ref: BA 3751/14
Attendance Sub-Committee, signed minutes - 1904 - 36 - Ref: BA 931/16
Log book - 1943 - 67 - Ref: BA 5128
Log books (3 vols) - 1876 - 1943 - Ref: BA 3751/1 - 3
School reports and other papers - 1881 - 1936 - Ref: BA 3751/15 - 16
Summary registers (3 vols) - 1932 - 46 - Ref: BA 3751/11 - 13

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

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