CHURCHILL & BLAKEDOWN

Status:
Civil Parish [25]
Created in 1933 by the union of Churchill Ancient Parish, parts of Hagley Ancient Parish & Kidderminster Foreign Civil Parish.[25]

Location:
Churchill
O.S. Ref: SO879793
Blakedown
O.S. Ref: SO881785
About 3½ miles N.E. of Kidderminster along the A456

Parish Church:
St. James the Great Churchill and
St. James the Great Blakedown

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:
Churchill & Blakedown
1841 1861-91 1901Worcestershire Library and History Centre [14]
Blakedown
1881 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [14]
1851 census Worcestershire, vol. 2 Kidderminster : transcript & surname index: Chaddesley Corbett, Rushock, Stone, Broom, Churchill, Wolverley - Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1992 - Author: Friend, A F Society of Genealogists

Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent:
Burial 1540-1901 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Parish Records on microform at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [13]
Blakedown - Graves & burials 1933-65; Offertory account book 1860-72, 1868-73; Preachers book 1872-85
Register of services 1920-30
Vestry meeting minute book 1849-1922
Tithe rent charge book 1842-88

Schools Records:
The following school records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff at Worcestershire Record Office:
Churchill C E School
Log book - 1926-61 - 3543
Log books - 1881-1926 - Ref: BA 3536
Pre-school age admission register - 1945-48 - 3766/2

A handlist of other records of schools and of other educational establishments held by Worcestershire Record Office for this parish can be found here.

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© Arthur Lewis and contributors 2008
Comments, additions, corrections etc to Arthur Lewis
Last updated on 9th June 2011

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