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Descriptive Notes:Broadway, with its wide main street, is often referred to as the 'Jewel of the Cotswolds'. It lies beneath Fish Hill on the western Cotswold escarpment.
Directories:
BROADWAY, a parish in the upper division
of the hundred of PERSHORE, being the southern extremity of the county
of
WORCESTER, 5 miles (S. E.) from Evesham, containing 1382 inhabitants.
The
living is a discharged vicarage, in the peculiar jurisdiction of .the
Bishop of
Worcester, rated in the king's books at £ 10.17. 6, endowed
with £200 royal
bounty, and in the patronage of Miss Eliz. Mills. The church is
dedicated to
St. Eadburgh. There are places of worship for Independents, Wesleyan
Methodists, and Roman Catholics. Thomas Hodges, in 1686, gave land for
the instruction
of poor boys, directing the overplus to be applied in purchasing books
and
clothes, or in apprenticing; them. In the neighbourhood are quarries of
good
freestone. [Topographical Dictionary of
England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]
Ancient Parish [25]
Location:
O.S. Ref: SP097362
Broadway is nearly surrounded by the county of Gloucestershire & is 5½ miles S.E. of Evesham
Parish Church:
St. Eadburgha, Snowshill Road, which dates back to the 12th century and St.Michael & All Angels, Church Street built during the 1830s
Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Gloucester until circa1840, Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester (circa 1840 - *) [25]
Hundred:
Upper Pershore [11] [25] [28]
Poor Law Union:
Evesham [3] [25]
Adjoining Parishes:
Wickhamford; Badsey; Willersey (Gloucestershire); Saintbury (Gloucestershire); Weston sub Edge (Gloucestershire); Chipping Campden (Gloucestershire); Blockley; Snowshill (Gloucestershire); Buckland (Gloucestershire); Childs Wickham (Gloucestershire) [1]
Parish Registers:
| Coverage | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Microform at WLHC | Christenings | 1541-1970 | [5] |
| Marriages | 1539-1966 | [5] | |
| Burials | 1539-1966 | [5] | |
| Banns | 1772-1928 | [5] | |
| Originals at WRO | Marriages | 1539-1992 | [12] |
| Banns | 1772-1959 | [12] |
Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1608 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]
International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]
| Coverage | ||
|---|---|---|
| Parish Registers | Births / Christenings | 1541-1609; 1701-1875 |
| Marriages | 1539-1880 | |
| Bishops' Transcripts | Births / Christenings | 1608-1700 (80%) |
| Independent or Congregational | Births | 1801-1837 |
Register Copies:
Marriages 1539-1812 Shakespeare
Birthplace Trust Records Office
At Society of Genealogists
[68]
:-
Christenings 1541-1704; Marriages1539-1547, 1555-67
1574-1812; Burials1539-1704 - Authors: Price, R
& Bramwell, D (trans.)
St.Michaels & All Angels: Christenings
1541-1966; Marriages & Burials 1539-1966,
Banns
1772-1928, Confirmations 1955-65- Published: Genealogical Society of
Utah, 1994
Christenings 1680-1704, 1718-50 (extracts); Burials
1691-1704, 1714-97 (extracts): in
"Wills etc": Documents relating to lands in the possession of the
Phillips family of Wiltshire - Author: Phillips, Thomas
Nonconformist:
At Worcestershire
Library and History Centre :
Independent: Births 1801-1837; Christenings1801-1837
St Saviours RC: Christenings 1830-1994; Marriages1833-1994;
Deaths 1828-1994. Communicants
1831-1837 Confirmations 1836
Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
Churchyard:
BMSGH
microfiche [53]
MIs at Worcestershire
Library and History Centre [51]
Worcestershire MIs, Vol.13 [Typescript] - Published
Birmingham : Birmingham &
Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1994 -
Authors: Bushell, L & Farmer, G R (trans) Society of Genealogists
[59]
St.Michael & All Angels:
BMSGH microfiche [53]
MIs atWorcestershire
Library and History Centre [51]MIs in the church:
Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 11 [Typescript.] -
Published Birmingham : Birmingham &
Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1991-
Authors: Farmer, G R & Bushell, L G Society of Genealogists
[59]
United Reform Church:
BMSGH
microfiche [53]
MIs at Worcestershire
Library and History Centre [51]
Worcestershire MIs, Vol.14[ Typescript] - Published Birmingham : Birmingham
& Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry -
Authors: Bushell, L & Farmer Society of Genealogists
[59]
St.Saviour Roman Catholic:
BMSGH
microfiche [53]
MIs at Worcestershire
Library and History Centre [51]
Worcestershire MIs, Vols.11 & 14 [Typescript] - Published
Birmingham : Birmingham &
Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry- Authors:
Bushell, L & Farmer, G R Society of Genealogists
[59]
Inscriptions on tombstones & memorials, United Reformed Church (1978, transcript) Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
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 1539-1851 Worcestershire
Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire
Marriage Index
Parish Records on microform at Worcestershire Library and
History Centre [13]
Notes of parish church 1864-65
Overseer of the poor account book 1648-95, 1694-1777, 1799-1825
Constable accounts 1696-1723
Churchwardens accounts 1798-1817, 1802-40
Poor rate book 1801
Offertory account book 1862-1908
Surveyors highway account book 1836-7, 1840-3
Rate, private & general account book 1836-49
Confirmation register 1955-65
Terrier & inventory c1932-54, c1933
Settlement certificates, removal order, examinations, population
enquiry forms & other papers 1700-1842
Removal orders, examinations, bastardy certificates & other
papers 1700-1823
Settlement certificates, bonds of indemnity. Workhouse & other
papers from 1651. Examinations, removal orders, bastardy certificates,
magistrates orders & other papers 1766-1878
Removal orders, receipts, examinations, powers of attorney &
other papers c 1700-1817
Bond of indemnity, bills, examinations & other papers c1739-1873
Bastardy certificates, examinations, removal orders & other
papers c1764-1827
Bastardy certificates, examinations, powers of attorney & other
papers c1763-1851
Schools Records:
The following school records are original documents. Note reference
number and contact staff at Worcestershire Record Office:
Broadway Infants' C P School
Log book - 1928 - 55 - Ref: BA 4348
Broadway National School - 3rd Division.
Class register - 1861 - 62 -
Ref: BA 7907
Broadway Wesley Sabbath School
Register of teachers & scholars - 1865 - 73 - Ref: BA 8608/24
(vi)
A handlist of other records of schools and of other educational
establishments held by Worcestershire Record Office
for this parish can be found here.
Other Sources:
Settlement certificates, removal orders, examinations, bastardy
certificates, bonds of indemnity, workhouse & other papers etc.
1651-1842, Overseers' account books 1648-1824, Constables' account book
1696-1723, Churchwardens' account books 1798-1840 etc. [Microfilm.] -
Published: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1994 Society of Genealogists
A history of Broadway (1972?) - Published 1972? -Author: C C Houghton Society
of Genealogists
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Last updated on 19th March 2008