BROOM

Descriptive Notes:
Ecclesiastical spelling is usually Broome.[25]
St Peter, a small red brick church, was built in 1780, restored and enlarged in 1861.

Directories:
BROOM, a parish in the southern division of the hundred of SEISDON, county of STAFFORD, though locally in the county of Worcester, 4 miles (S.) from Stourbridge, containing 134 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and. diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £5. 3. 4 and in the patronage of the Earl of Dudley. The church is dedicated to St. Peter. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

Status:
Ancient Parish [25]
Clent manor which included Broome, was originally in Worcestershire but was seized by the Sheriff of Staffordshire around 1016 and became administratively a detached part of Staffordshire surrounded by Worcestershire. For civil purposes, it was transferred back to Worcestershire in 1844. It has always been in the Diocese of Worcester. It was reconstituted in 1953 as 'Broome' civil parish.

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO902785
Just south of the border with the West Midlands, 1½ miles south of Hagley

Parish Church:
St. Peter

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester [1]

Hundred: S. Seisdon, Staffordshire until 1844, Lower Halfshire, Worcestershire thereafter [11] [25]

Poor Law Union:
Kidderminster [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Clent; Belbroughton; Chaddesley Corbett; Churchill (Broom) [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1664-1972	[5]
	Marriages	1664-1972	[5]
	Burials	1664-1972	[5]

Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1613 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1616-1877
	Marriages	1616-1753; 1755-1799; 1809-1876

Register Copies:
Microform: Christenings 1664-1972; Marriages 1664-1972; Burials 1664-1972 Dudley Archives & Local History Service
Christenings & Burials 1666-1972; Marriages 1666-1809, 1816-36, 1938-72; Banns 1755-1809, 1824-1946 - Published Worcester : Worcestershire Record Office, 1999 Society of Genealogists [68]
Burials 1613; Christenings, Marriages & Burials 1619, 1625-40, 1660-1785, Christenings & Burials 1785-1850; Marriages 1786-99, 1809, 1816-37, 1844-49; banns 1824-48 Published: Staffordshire Parish Registers Society 2004 Society of Genealogists [68]

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
St.Peter BMSGH microfiche [53]
St.Peter Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
St. Peter : Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 1 [Typescript.] - Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry - Author: Antrobus, D J & Harris, Pauline

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:
1851-1901 at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [14]

1851 census Worcestershire, vol. 2 Kidderminster : transcript & surname index: Chaddesley Corbett, Rushock, Stone, Broom, Churchill, Wolverley - Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1992 - Author: Friend, A F Society of Genealogists

Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent:
Burial 1666-1865 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Schools Records:
The following school records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff at Worcestershire Record Office:
Broom[e] School
Log books, (2 vols.) - 1880-1933 - Ref: BA 531/4
Black and white picture of the school and some of its pupils. Note: on the reverse of the postcard is a note saying that Annie Elizabeth Morris attended the school when she was ten years old - [late 19th cent] - Ref: BA 11147(ii)

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

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Last updated on 19th March 2008

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