CHURCH LENCH

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:
At BMSGH Reference Library [7]
Worcestershire Parish Registers Marriages Vol.1 - Church Lench 1702-1812, Rous Lench 1539-1811, Elmbridge 1570-1812

At Society of Genealogists [68]
CHURCH LENCH : Marriages 1702-1812: Phillimore's parish register series, vol. 22 - Worcestershire, vol. 1 [CD-ROM]   IN: Phillimore's parish register series, vol. 22 - Worcestershire, vol. 1   Published London : Phillimore & Co Ltd, 1901   Author Phillimore, W P W ed.   Author Carter, W F ed. 

Marriages 1702-1812 Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Records Office [71]

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
At  BMSGH Shop
All Saints

At BMSGH Reference Library [7]
All Saints

At Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
All Saints

At Society of Genealogists [59] :-
CHURCH LENCH : Monumental Inscriptions: in Bloom's Worcestershire Monumental Inscriptions, part 1 [Manuscript.]   IN: Bloom's Worcestershire Monumental Inscriptions, part 1   Published , Nd.   Author Bloom, J Harvey (transcriptions) 

CHURCH LENCH (All Saints) : Monumental Inscriptions: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 10   IN: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 10   Published : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1989   Author Bushell, L C (transcriptions)   Author Farmer, G R (transcriptions) ed. Source D: Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry

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 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.

Other Sources:
Other days, other ways; being some reminiscences of the late G F Bomford [1837-1933] of Atch Lench : in Family history tracts, vol. 42   IN: Family history tracts, vol. 42   Published Evesham : The Journal Press, 1934   Author Bomford, Frances E   Author Barnard, E A B ed. Source D: J T Whitley  Society of Genealogists   

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