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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:
At BMSGH Shop
Christenings & Marriages 1538-1812; Burials 1538-1680, 1696-1812
At BMSGH Reference Library [7]
Bushley Christenings & Marriages 1538-1812. Worcester Parish Record Society
At Dudley Archives & Local History Service
Transcript: 1538-1812
At Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Record Office [71]
Christenings 1538-1812; Marriages 1539-1812 & 1539-1837; Burials 1538-1678, 1679-95 &1696-1812
At Society of Genealogists [68] :
BUSHLEY : Christenings, Marriages & Burials 1538-1812 [Microfilm.] Published Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972
BUSHLEY : Marriages
1539-1643, 1653-1837: Phillimore's parish register series, vol. 100 -
Worcestershire, vol. 2 [CD-ROM] IN: Phillimore's
parish register series, vol. 100 - Worcestershire, vol. 2 Published London : Phillimore & Co Ltd, 1910 Author Phillimore, W P W ed.
BUSHLEY : Marriages(I)
1651-75: Boyd's marriage index [Typescript.] IN: Boyd's
marriage index Published , 1925-55 Author Boyd, Percival ed. Source D:
P Boyd.
BUSHLEY (St. Peter)
: Christenings and Burials 1538-1812, Marriages 1539-1643, 1653-88, 1694-1812
[Microfiche.] Published : Birmingham &
Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, Nd. Author
Rusling, J (trans.)
BUSHLEY (St. Peter) :
Christenings and Burials 1538-1812, Marriages 1539-1643, 1653-88, 1694-1812;
briefs 1670-92; misc notes BUSHLEY (Upton Deanery) : Christenings and
Burials 1538-1812, Marriages 1539-1643, 1653-88, 1694-1812; briefs 1670-92;
misc notes Published : Worcestershire Parish
Register Society, 1913 Author Rusling, J
(trans.) Edition Privately
printed
At BMSGH Shop
St.Peter
At BMSGH Reference Library [7]
St.Peter
At Worcestershire Library and History Centre
St.Peter [51]
Transcript: MIs 1889 (indexed) [27]
At Society of Genealogists [59]
BUSHLEY (St. Peter) : Monumental Inscriptions: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 2 [Typescript.] IN: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 2 Published , 1983 Author Elms, Lucilie (trans.)
Census Records:
All the censuses between 1841 and 1901 are now available on a number of fee-paying (Subscription or PayAsYouGo) sites including Ancestry.co.uk, FindMyPast.co.uk, thegenealogist.co.uk and genesreunited.co.uk. The 1911 census is available in full or in part on some of these sites. We are unable to advise on the choice of site since researchers' personal preferences will be influenced by the content and search facilities offered by each site. Some sites offer a free trial.
Access to the library edition of Ancestry.co.uk is widely available at most record offices, including Worcestershire Library and History Centre, and some libraries. You are advised to book time on their computers before making a visit.
A free-to-view site is being developed at freecen.org.uk for the 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871 and 1891 censuses. Coverage of Worcestershire parishes is rather sparse at this time.
Census returns can usually be viewed at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints' Family History Centres.
Some repositories offer census details on microform, disc or printed copy. These include: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]
© Arthur Lewis and contributors 2008
Comments, additions, corrections etc to Arthur Lewis
Last updated on 11th December 2011