BUSHLEY

Status:
Originally a chaplery in Worcestershire (Pershore Hundred) but in Tewkesbury Ancient Parish, which otherwise was in Gloucestershire (Tewkesbury Hundred). A separate civil identity in Worcestershire. (Tewkesbury entirely Gloucestershire thereafter). Ecclesiastically donative. A separate parish no later than 1817.[25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO875343
On the Gloucestershire border of the County, 1½ miles N.W. of Tewkesbury along the A438

Parish Church:
St. Peter

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester [1] [25]

Hundred:
Lower Pershore [11] [25] [28]

Poor Law Union:
Upton-upon-Severn [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Queenhill; Ripple; Twyning (Gloucestershire); Tewkesbury (Gloucestershire); Forthampton (Gloucestershire); Longdon [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1538-1988	[5]
	Marriages	1538-1988	[5]
	Burials	1538-1987	[5]
	Banns	1813-46	[5]
Transcripts at WLHC	Marriages	1539-1837	[27] [21]
	General	G1538-1812	[27]
Originals at WRO	Banns	1797-1812 (Listed under LONGDON)	[12]

Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1611 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1812-1875
	Marriages	1548-1843
Bishops' Transcripts	Births / Christenings	1538-1812 (100%)

Register Copies:
Christenings & Marriages 1538-1812; Burials 1538-1680, 1696-1812 BMSGH microfiche [9]
Transcript: 1538-1812 Dudley Archives & Local History Service
Christenings 1538-1812; Marriages 1539-1812 & 1539-1837; Burials 1538-1678, 1679-95 &1696-1812 Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Record Office [71]

At Society of Genealogists [68] :
Christenings, Marriages & Burials 1538-1812 - Published: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972
Marriages 1539-1643, 1653-1837: Phillimore's parish register series, vol. 100 - Worcestershire, vol. 2 [CD-ROM] - Published London : Phillimore & Co Ltd, 1910
Marriages(Index) 1651-75: Boyd's marriage index [Typescript.] - Published , 1925-55 - Author: Boyd, Percival ed.
St. Peter: Christenings & Burials 1538-1812, Marriages 1539-1643, 1653-88, 1694-1812 [Microfiche.] - Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry - Author: Rusling,J
St. Peter : Christenings & Burials 1538-1812; Marriages 1539-1643, 1653-88, 1694-1812; briefs 1670-92; misc notes - Published : Worcestershire Parish Register Society, 1913 - Author: Rusling, J (transcript.)
Upton Deanery: Christenings & Burials 1538-1812; Marriages 1539-1643, 1653-88, 1694-1812; briefs 1670-92; misc notes - Published : Worcestershire Parish Register Society - Author: Rusling, J (transcript.)

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
St.Peter BMSGH microfiche [53]
St.Peter Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
Transcript: MIs 1889 (indexed) Worcestershire Library and History Centre [27]
St. Peter: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 2 [Typescript.] - Published , 1983 - Author Elms, Lucilie (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.
The findmypast.co.uk website offers access to the 1911 census. This is a Subscription or PayAsYouGo site. 
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 1660-1851 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:
Bushley School
Lists of scholars, diary and accounts of schoolmaster - 1761-1806 - Ref: BA 9107/4(iv)
Log book - 1916-48 - Ref: BA 797

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:
The Bushley, Longdon, Queenhill & Holdfast parochial almanack & year book 1888, 1897, 1901, 1903, 1905, 1906, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912 (in 10 parts), with Tewkesbury directory for 1910   IN: Dowdswell family (spine)   Published Tewkesbury : William North, Nd. Society of Genealogists  

Directories:
BUSHLEY, a parish in the lower division of the hundred of PERSHORE, county of WORCESTER, 2¼ miles (N. W.) from Tewkesbury, containing 366 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, endowed with £400 royal bounty, and £200 parliamentary grant, and in the patronage of T. Dowdeswell, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Peter. Here is a small charity school, supported by Miss Dowdeswell. The eastern boundary of this parish is formed by the river Severn, into which the Avon falls from the opposite side, below Tewkesbury, in Gloucestershire. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

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Last updated on 5th February 2010

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