BROADWAS

Status:
Ancient Parish [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO755551
On the north bank of the River Teme, 5½ miles west of Worcester along the A44

Parish Church:
St. Mary Magdalene, Church Lane

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Peculiar jurisdiction of the Prior & Chapter of Worcester (until 1851), Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester (1851 - *) [1] [25]

Hundred:
In Lower Oswaldslow, though locally in Upper Doddingtree [11] [25] [44] [28]

Poor Law Union:
Martley [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Martley; Wichenford; Cotheridge; Leigh; Alfrick; Lulsley; Doddenham [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1676-1963	[5]
	Marriages	1676-1963	[5]
	Burials	1676-1975	[5]
	Banns	1824-1966	[5]
Transcripts at WLHC	General	1676-1812	[27]
Originals at WRO	Marriages	M1679-1992	[12]
	Banns	1755-1811	[12]

Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1612 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Bishops' Transcripts	Births / Christenings	1612-1700 (55%)

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
At BMSGH Shop
St.Mary Magdalene

At BMSGH Reference Library [7]
St Mary Magdalene

At Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
St.Mary Magdalene 

At Society of Genealogists [59]
BROADWAS ON TEME (St. Mary Magdalen) : Monumental Inscriptions: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions vol. 13 [Typescript.]   IN: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions vol. 13   Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1994   Author Broadwas on Teme Womens Institute (trans.) Source D: Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry 

War Memorials:
For the names of those commemorated on a War Memorial at  St.Mary Magdalene Church see:
http://www.rememberthefallen.co.uk/Casualties/ListByMemorial/Broadwas St Mary Magdalene Church

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 1676-1851 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Manorial Records:
Worcestershire Record Office [50]
Manor books 18th and 19th cents; Broadwas and Doddenham: Manor court books (draft) 1812-1907

Parish Records on microform at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [13]
Rate books 1836-37, 1850, 1852-58
Valuation list 1894
Tithe commutation books 1881-1918
Overseers receipt & payment books 1836-48
Vestry minute book 1833-53

Schools Records:
A handlist of the records of schools and of other educational establishments held by Worcestershire Record Office for this parish can be found here.

Other Sources:
The Sheldons; being some account of the Sheldon family of Worcestershire & Warwickshire - Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1936 - Author: Barnard, E A B Society of Genealogists

Directories:
BROADWAS, a parish in the lower division of the hundred of OSWALDSLOW, though locally in the upper division of the hundred of Doddingtree, county of WORCESTER, 6½ miles (W.) from Worcester, containing 272 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £ 10. 9.2 and in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Worcester. The church is dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene. The river Teme runs through the parish. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

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