BREDICOT

Descriptive Notes:

Directories:
BREDICOT, a parish in the lower division of the hundred of OSWALDSLOW, county of WORCESTER, 3¾ miles (E.) from Worcester, containing 37 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £3. 18. 1½ and in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Worcester. The church is dedicated to St. James.[Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

Status:
Ancient Parish [25]
Abolished ecclesiastically in 1927 to help create Tibberton with Bredicot Ecclesiastical Parish [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO905550
Off the A4538, 4 miles east of Worcester, 6 miles south of Droitwich and 2 miles south of Tibberton

Parish Church:
St. James the Less

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester [1]

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

Poor Law Union:
Pershore [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Tibberton; Crowle; Broughton Hackett; Churchill; Spetchley [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1702-1991	[5]
	Marriages	1713-1962	[5]
	Burials	1702-1988	[5]

Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1609 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1702-1877

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
St.James the Less BMSGH microfiche [53]
St.James the Less Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
St. James the Less: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 5 [Typescript.] - Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1986 - Authors: Bushell, L & Farmer, G (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:
Burial 1660-1840 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Manorial Records:
Worcestershire Record Office [50]
Manor books 18th and 19th cents; Crowle and Bredicot: Manor Court books (draft) 1812-1907

Parish Records on microform at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [13]
Parish notebook c1930

Schools Records:
The following school records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff at Worcestershire Record Office:
Bredicot C E School
Admission register - 1912 - 55 - Ref: BA 3765
Log book - 1911 - 57 - Ref: BA 2168

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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