BROMSGROVE NONCONFORMISTS

Index

Nonconformist Registers
Baptist & Independent
Independent & Congregationalist
Methodist
Society of Friends

International Genealogical Index (IGI)

Monumental Inscriptions & Associated Documents
Search Services
Other Sources

Nonconformist Registers

Baptist & Independent Registers
At BMSGH Shop
Bromsgrove Independent, Baptist and Wesleyan register up to 1837
Worcester Street Independent & Baptist Church
Bromsgrove Independent, Baptist and Wesleyan register up to 1837

At BMSGH Reference Library [7]
Indepdent Baptist and Wesleyan Registers up to 1837

At Worcestershire Library & History Centre [30] 
Bromsgrove Baptist Church - Founded 1666
Births 1671-1710 (gaps); Christenings 1684-1862 (gaps); Marriages 1692-1841 (gaps); Deaths 1684-1857 (gaps)
Births 1785-1836; Christenings1788-1804 
Transcript: General 1670-1966 (scattered). Original available at Worcestershire Record Office [12]
Transcript: Independent, Baptist & Wesleyan: up to 1837

At Society of Genealogists
BROMSGROVE (Independent & Baptist chapel) : Christenings 1788-96, 1803-33 [Microfiche.]   Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1988   Author Partington, E V (trans.)       Acc. no. 58503b, 126894b   Source D: BMSGH & M R Babar

Independent / Congregationalist Registers
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.
Births 1732-1837 (gaps); Christenings1739-1837 (gaps); Burials 1772-1837 (gaps). Worcestershire Library & History Centre [30]
BROMSGROVE (Chapel Lane, formerly Upper Meeting Independent) : Christenings 1739-1837, D (extracts) 1740-93, Burials 1772-1837; members 1739-72 [Microfiche.]   Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1988   Author Partington, E V (trans.)       Acc. no. 58503a, 126894a   Source D: BMSGH & M R Babar. Society of Genealogists

Methodist Registers 
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
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.
Bromsgrove Independent, Baptist and Wesleyan register up to 1837 - BMSGH Shop

Christenings1837-1941; Marriages 1900-1953 Worcestershire Library & History Centre [30]

Wesleyan Chapel
Bromsgrove Wesleyan Methodis Circuit - Baptisms 1815-1941, marriages 1900-1920 - Book - BMSGH Shop

Births1818-1837; Christenings 1815-1837; Burials 1835-1837 Worcestershire Library & History Centre [30]

BROMSGROVE (Wesleyan Methodist circuit) : Births & Christenings 1815-1941, Marriages 1900-03, 1910-20 : Worcestershire registers, vol. 3   IN: Worcestershire registers, vol. 3   Published Stoke Mandeville: The EurekA Partnership 2010   Author Bartlett, Eileen & John (trans.)   Author Hillier, Angela (trans.)  Society of Genealogists

BROMSGROVE (Wesleyan chapel) : Christenings 1815-37, Burials 1836-37 [Microfiche.]   Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1988   Author Partington, E V (trans.) Source D: BMSGH & M R Babar. Society of Genealogists

Methodist Circuit, Ebenezer Chapel
Original: Christenings 1926-1990 Worcestershire Record Office [12]

Society of Friends Registers 
Chadwick Quakers
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
BROMSGROVE (Bromsgrove Quaker meeting) : Births 1655-1778, Burials 1676-1769, 1779; (Chadwick Quaker meeting): Births 1635, 1652-56, 1664-94, 1701-76, Marriages 1658, 1666, 1674, 1693-95, 1702-05, 1753-67   Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1990   Author Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry (comp.) Source D: BMSGH Society of Genealogists

At BMSGH Reference Library [7]
Bromsgrove and Chadwick Meetings, Extracts from the Registers of the Society of Friends 1635-1797

Transcript: Bromsgrove & Chadwick Quakers 1635-1797 (extracts) Worcestershire Library & History Centre [27]

International Genealogical Index (IGI)  [19]
Baptist & Independent
PRs: Baptist (births) 1828-1837
Christenings: Independent 1739-1768;
Independent & Baptists (births) 1785-1836

Methodist
PRs: Wesleyan 1815-1837

Monumental Inscriptions & Associated Documents:
Bromsgrove Cemetery
At Worcestershire Library & History Centre [52]
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. 

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

United Reform Church
Bromsgrove United Reform Church, formerly Chapel Street Independent Upper Meeting House BMSGH Shop

BROMSGROVE (United Reformed church formerly Chapel Street Independent Upper Meeting House) : Monumental Inscriptions [Microfiche.]   Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, Nd.   Author Townshend, Jenny (trans.) Source D: Quemby bequest. Society of Genealogists

BROMSGROVE (United Reformed church formerly Chapel Street Independent Upper Meeting House) : Monumental Inscriptions: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 2 [Typescript.]   IN: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 2   Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1984   Author Townshend, Jenny (trans.)  Society of Genealogists

Roman Catholic
BMSGH Shop
St.Peter Roman Catholic

At BMSGH Reference Library [7]
St Peter’s Roman Catholic 

At Worcestershire Library & History Centre [30]
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.

At Society of Genealogists
BROMSGROVE (St. Peter RC Church) : Monumental Inscriptions: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions vol. 13 [Typescript.]   IN: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions vol. 13   Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1994   Author Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry (trans.) Source D: Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry 

Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent:
Burial Wesleyan: 1772-1837 Worcestershire Burial Index

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]

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