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BAPTIST
Bromsgrove Baptist Church
Founded 1666
Registers:
Births 1671-1710 (gaps); Christenings 1684-1862 (gaps); Marriages 1692-1841 (gaps); Deaths 1684-1857 (gaps) Worcestershire Library & History Centre [30]
Bromsgrove Independent, Baptist and Wesleyan register up to 1837 - BMSGH microfiche
Other sources
Church Books Nos 1-6: 1671-1862 Worcestershire Library & History Centre [30]
List of members: 1863 Worcestershire Library & History Centre [30]
Transcript: Baptist Church record book 1670-1715 Worcestershire Library & History Centre [27]
Worcester Street Independent & Baptist Church
Registers:
Bromsgrove Independent, Baptist and Wesleyan register up to 1837 - BMSGH microfiche [53]
Births 1785-1836; Christenings1788-1804 Worcestershire Library & History Centre [30]
Original: General 1670-1966 (scattered) Worcestershire Record Office [12] . Transcript available at Worcestershire Library & History Centre [27]
Transcript: Independent, Baptist & Wesleyan: up to 1837 Worcestershire Library & History Centre [27]
Independent & Baptist chapel : Christenings 1788-96, 1803-33 Published: Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry - Author: Partington, E V (trans.) - Society of Genealogists
IGI [19]
PRs: Baptist (births) 1828-1837
INDEPENDENT / CONGREGATIONAL
Chapel Lane, High St. Independent
The Congregational Chapel in Chapel Lane was built on the site of the Old Meeting House in 1833. It was formerly known as Upper Meeting House.
Registers:
Births 1732-1837 (gaps); Christenings1739-1837 (gaps); Burials 1772-1837 (gaps). Worcestershire Library & History Centre [30]
Christenings 1739-1837; Deaths (extracts) 1740-93, Burials 1772-1837; members 1739-72 Published: Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1988 - Society of Genealogists
IGI (PRs): [19]
Christenings: Independent 1739-1768;
Independent & Baptists (births) 1785-1836
MIs & associated documents:
Bromsgrove
United Reform Church, formerly Chapel Street Independent Upper Meeting
House BMSGH
microfiche [53]Worcestershire Library & History Centre [51]
United Reformed church formerly Chapel Street Independent Upper Meeting House) : MIs: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 2 [Typescript.] Published: Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1984 - Author: Townshend, Jenny (trans.) - Society of Genealogists
METHODIST
Hepzibah Primitive Methodist
This chapel was built in 1861 & was on Birmingham Road. It is now closed. Marriages 1947-1976 are subject to a 30 year access restriction. Worcestershire Library & History Centre
Registers:
Marriages 1906-1946 & 1947-1976. Worcestershire Library & History Centre [30]
Primitive Methodist Circuit
Bromsgrove Primitive Methodist circuit amalgamated with Bromsgrove Wesleyan Methodist circuit in September 1955. The register of baptism for the period 1837-1932 is labelled 'Belbroughton Chapel book transferred to Bromsgrove 1878'. Worcestershire Library & History Centre
Registers:
Christenings 1837-1932 Worcestershire Library & History Centre [30]
Wesleyan Methodist
Bromsgrove Wesleyan Methodist circuit amalgamated with Bromsgrove Primitive Methodist circuit in September 1955. The marriage register for 1900-1903 is a copy made before the minister was authorised to solemnize marriages.
Registers:
Bromsgrove Independent, Baptist and Wesleyan register up to 1837 - BMSGH microfiche [53]
Christenings1837-1941; Marriages 1900-1953 Worcestershire Library & History Centre [30]
IGI [19]
PRs: Wesleyan 1815-1837
Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent:
Burial Wesleyan: 1772-1837 Worcestershire Burial Index
Wesleyan Chapel
Registers:
Births1818-1837; Christenings 1815-1837; Burials 1835-1837 Worcestershire Library & History Centre [30]
Christenings 1815-37; Burials 1836-37 Published: Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1988 - Author: Partington, E V (trans.) - Society of Genealogists
Methodist Circuit, Ebenezer Chapel
Registers:
Original: Christenings 1926-1990 Worcestershire Record Office [12]
ROMAN CATHOLIC
St Peter's Roman Catholic
St Peter's RC church was built in 1860. Prior to then many catholics had used Grafton Manor Chapel. Confirmations 1864-1968.Worcestershire Library & History Centre [30]
MIs & associated documents:
St.Peter Roman Catholic BMSGH microfiche [53]
Worcestershire Library & History Centre [51]
St. Peter RC Church: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions vol. 13 [Typescript.] - Published: Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry Society of Genealogists
SOCIETY OF FRIENDS
Chadwick Quakers
Registers:
Marriages 1698-1808 Warwickshire County Record Office
Transcript: Bromsgrove & Chadwick Quakers 1635-1797 (extracts) Worcestershire Library & History Centre [27]
Chadwick Quaker meeting: Births 1635, 1652-56, 1664-94, 1701-76, M 1658, 1666, 1674, 1693-95, 1702-05, 1753-67 Published: Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1990 Society of Genealogists
Bromsgrove Quakers
Registers:
Bromsgrove Quaker meeting : Births 1655-1778; Burials 1676-1769, 1779 Published: Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1990 Society of Genealogists
Transcript: Bromsgrove & Chadwick Quakers 1635-1797 (extracts) Worcestershire Library & History Centre [27]
BROMSGROVE CEMETERY
Notes: The Bromsgrove Cemetery registers of burial contain the following information - number, name, description (i.e marital status / occupation), residence, place of death, age, date of burial, by whom ceremony performed, number of grave, whether in consecrated ground or not and signature of registrar.
The registers of graves show the number and situation of grave or vault, name and age of persons buried, dated of interment, fee and number in register of burials etc. Worcestershire Library & History Centre [52] Register of burials 1858-1984, Register of graves 1933-93, Various registers of purchased, public & private graves between 1933 & 1994, Register of internments 1951-94, Scattering of ashes register 1962-94, Sections register & exclusive burial rights 1972-95, Plan of graves Worcestershire Library & History Centre [52]
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