BRADLEY

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:
At BMSGH Reference Library [7]
Baptisms 1613-1874 Burials 1826-1840
Worcestershire Parish Registers Marriages Vol.1 - Shipston on Stour 1571-1812, Tidmington 1693-1812, Bradley 1630-1812

At Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Record Office [71]
Marriages 1630-1812 

At Society of Genealogists [68] :
BRADLEY : Marriages 1630-40 (BTs), 1645, 1656-1812: Phillimore's parish register series, vol. 22 - Worcestershire, vol. 1 [CD-ROM]   IN: Phillimore's parish register series, vol. 22 - Worcestershire, vol. 1   Published London : Phillimore & Co Ltd, 1901   Author Phillimore, W P W ed.   Author Carter, W F ed.

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
At BMSGH Shop
St.John the Baptist

At BMSGH Reference Library [7]
St John the Baptist
St John the Baptist and Stock Green Baptist Chapel

At Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
St.John the Baptist 

At Society of Genealogists [59]
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.) 

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:
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.

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]

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Last updated on 10th December 2011

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