BROADWAS

Descriptive Notes:

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]

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	1679-1963	[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:
St.Mary Magdalene BMSGH microfiche [53]
St.Mary Magdalene Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
St. Mary Magdalen : MIs: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions vol. 13 [Typescript.] Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1994 - Author: Broadwas on Teme Womens Institute (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 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

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