BMSGH HomeCASTLEMORTON
Status:
A chapel in Longdon Ancient Parish. It had separate civil identity early. It became a separate Ecclesiastical Parish 1880 as 'Castle Morton'.[25]
Location:
O.S. Ref: SO795372
4 miles south of Malvern Wells
Parish Church:
St. Gregory
Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester [1] [25]
Hundred:
Lower Pershore [11] [25] [28]
Poor Law Union:
Upton-upon-Severn [3] [25]
Adjoining Parishes:
Little Malvern; Welland; Longdon; Berrow; Birtsmorton; Eastnor (Herefordshire); Ledbury (Herefordshire) [1]
Parish Registers:
| Coverage | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Microform at WLHC | Christenings | 1558-1878 | [5] |
| Marriages | 1651-1953 | [5] | |
| Burials | 1558-1931 | [5] | |
| Banns | 1754-96 c30 marriage licences and banns certificates 1916-69 |
[5] | |
| Originals at WRO | Banns | 1867-19[41] | [12] |
Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1609 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]
International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]
| Coverage | ||
|---|---|---|
| Parish Registers | Births / Christenings | 1558-1878 |
| Marriages | 1654-1753 | |
| Bishops' Transcripts | Births / Christenings | 1609-1641; 1660-1700 (74%) |
| Marriages | 1609-1700 (92%) |
Register Copies:
CASTLE MORTON : Marriages(Index) 1609-41: Boyd's marriage index [Typescript.] IN: Boyd's marriage index Published , 1925-55 Author Boyd, Percival ed. Source D: P Boyd. Society of Genealogists [68]
War Memorials:
For the names of those commemorated on a War Memorial at St. Gregory's Church see:
http://www.rememberthefallen.co.uk/Casualties/ListByMemorial/Castlemorton St Gregory's Church
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
Parish Records on microform at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [13]
Visitors book 1932-77
Assessment for the relief of the poor, Rate book Oct 1877
The Winbury Dole List of recipients of gifts of bread, 1869-1911
Letter book of correspondence between trustees of Castlemorton Church & Poor Lands with the Charity Commissioners 1868-73
Letter book of correspondence between trustees of Castlemorton Church & Poor lands & the Poor Law board 1869-73
C15 deeds re Castlemorton & Castlemorton School 1692-1920
C10 faculties & associated documents 2oth cent.
Inventory of ornaments & other goods 1870
C30 Insurance papers & letters mainly re Castlemorton Church, 20th cent.
C100 letters, accounts, receipts etc, re restoration of Castlemorton Church, Castlemorton School & the creation of Holly Bush parish 1871-1972
C25 letters, wayleave agreements etc. re Vicarage 1955-58
Schools Records:
The following school
records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff
at Worcestershire
Record Office:
Castlemorton School
Log book - 1870-1914 - Ref: BA 1037/1
A handlist of other records of schools and of other
educational establishments held by Worcestershire
Record Office
for this parish can be found here.
A number of local history books relating to the Malvern area are listed by the Malvern Family History Society on their website. More details can be found at (www.mfhs.org.uk). The list includes:
CASTLEMORTON FARMER John Rayner Lane 1798 – 1871. ISBN 0 9529366 0 7 - Author & publisher, Pamela Hurle. Illustrations by Charles Grant
Directories:
CASTLE-MORTON, a parish in the lower division of the hundred of PERSHORE, county of WORCESTER, 5 miles (W. S. \V.) from Upton upon Severn, containing 788 inhabitants. The living is a discharged perpetual curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Longdon, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £ 5. 8. 6 ½ . The church, dedicated to St. Gregory, is a very ancient structure, with a fine old tower and steeple: opposite to it is an artificial mound, fifty feet high, surrounded by a moat, or ditch, supposed to have been thrown up to protect the church during the civil war in the reign of Charles I. There are charitable bequests for the poor amounting to about £30 per annum. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]
© Arthur Lewis and contributors 2008
Comments, additions, corrections etc to Arthur Lewis
Last updated on 25th June 2011