CHURCHILL NR KIDDERMINSTER
Descriptive Notes:Sometimes 'Churchill in Halfshire'
Directories:
CHURCHILL, a parish in the lower division of the
hundred of HALFSHIRE, county of WORCESTER, 3½ miles (N. E.
by E.) from
Kidderminster, containing 141 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
rectory,
in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's books
at £5.
6. 8, and in the patronage of Lord Lyttelton. The church is dedicated
to St.
James. Here is a chalybeate spring, which was formerly much frequented.
[Topographical
Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]
Ancient Parish [25]
Abolished civilly in 1933 to help create Churchill & Blakedown Civil Parish [25]
Blakedown, formerly in the parish of Hagley, was in 1888 transferred for ecclesiastical purposes only to Churchill in Halfshire.[5]
Location:
O.S. Ref: SO879793
About 3½ miles N.E. of Kidderminster along the A456
Ismere is ½ mile N.W.; Wannerton 1 mile S.W. [57]
Parish Church:
St. James the Great
Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester until 1921, Archdeaconry of Dudley & Diocese of Worcester (1921 - *) [25]
Hundred:
Lower Halfshire [15] [25] [28]
Poor Law Union:
Kidderminster [3] [25]
Adjoining Parishes:
Kinver (STS); Hagley; Clent; Broom; Chaddesley Corbett, Kidderminster; Wolverley [1]
Parish Registers:
| Churchill
& Blakedown |
Coverage | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microform at WLHC | Christenings | 1540-1965 | [5] |
| Marriages | 1541-1965 | [5] | |
| Burials | 1540-1965 | [5] |
| Blakedown |
Coverage | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microform at WLHC | Christenings | 1872-1965 | [5] |
| Marriages | 1882-1965 | [5] | |
| Burials | 1872-1965 | [5] | |
| Banns | 1905-65 | [5] | |
| Originals at WRO | Christenings | 1882-1978 | [12] |
| Churchill |
Coverage | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microform at WLHC | Banns | 1754-1924 | [5] |
Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1612 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]
International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]
| Coverage | ||
|---|---|---|
| Bishops' Transcripts | Births / Christenings | 1612-1640; 1660-1700 (70%) |
Register Copies:
Marriages 1564-1812 Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Record Office [71]
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Last updated on 27th March 2008