CHURCH LENCH

Descriptive Notes:

Status:
Ancient Parish [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SP024513
Near the Warwickshire border of the county, 5 miles north of Evesham
Ab Lench is a hamlet of Church Lench, formerly a chapelry to Fladbury. Atch Lench, 1 mile S.E. & Sheriff's Lench 1½ miles S.W. are hamlets [57]

Parish Church:
All Saints

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester [1]

Hundred:
Church Lench in Upper Halfshire; Atch Lench & Sherriff's Lench in Lower Blackenhurst [28]

Poor Law Union:
Evesham [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Rous Lench; Salford Priors (Warwickshire); Harvington; Norton; Fladbury; Bishampton; Abberton [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1692-1987	[5]
	Marriages	1702-1988	[5]
	Burials	1702-1965	[5]
	Banns	1755-98, 1824-1903	[5]
Transcripts at WLHC	Marriages	1707-1812	[27] [20]
Originals at WRO	Banns	1823-1972	[12]

Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1615 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Bishops' Transcripts	Births / Christenings	1615-1700 (70%)

Register Copies:
Marriages 1702-1812: Phillimore's parish register series, vol. 22 - Worcestershire, vol. 1 [CD-ROM] - Published London : Phillimore & Co Ltd, 1901 - Authors: Phillimore, W P W ed. & Carter, W F ed. Society of Genealogists [68]
Marriages 1702-1812 Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Records Office [71]

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
All Saints BMSGH microfiche [53]
All Saints Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]

At Society of Genealogists [59] :-
Bloom's Worcestershire Monumental Inscriptions, part 1 [Manuscript.] - Author Bloom, J Harvey (trans.)
All Saints: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 10- Published : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1989 - Authors: Bushell, L C & Farmer, G R

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:
1841-1901 at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [14]

Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent:
Burial 1702-1951 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Manorial Records:
Worcestershire Record Office [50]
Atch Lench: Proceedings of manorial court of Acche lenche (in Evesham Abbey Court Book) 1543; Court roll 1664-1701

Schools Records:
A handlist of the 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 27th March 2008

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