LITTLE COMBERTON 

Descriptive Notes:
Also known as Comberton Parva

Status:
Ancient Parish [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO967427
2½ miles S.E. of Pershore

Parish Church:
St. Peter

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester [1] [25]

Hundred:
Upper Pershore [11] [25] [28]

Poor Law Union:
Pershore [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Wick; Bricklehampton; Elmley Castle; Great Comberton [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1542-1964	[5]
	Marriages	1540-1964	[5]
	Burials	1585-1964	[5]
	Banns	1755-1812 (some)	[5]
Transcripts at WLHC	Marriages	1540-1627	[27]
		1540-1812	[27] [21]
Originals at WRO	Banns	1824-[1919]	[12]

Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1612 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1757-1875
	Marriages	1754-1885

Register Copies:
At Shakespeare Birthplace Trust record Office [71]
Marriages 1540-1812

At Society of Genealogists [68] :
COMBERTON, LITTLE : Christenings 1543-56, 1565-69, 1591-1964, Marriages 1540-1690, 1755-1964, banns 1755-1806, Burials 1586-1728, 1737-1964; overseers of the poor 1652-1807, vestry minutes & accounts 1774-1827 [Microfilm.]   Published Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of Utah, Nd. 

COMBERTON, LITTLE : Marriages 1540-49, 1560-1705, 1715-16, 1726, 1736-1812: Phillimore's parish register series, vol. 100 - Worcestershire, vol. 2 [CD-ROM]   IN: Phillimore's parish register series, vol. 100 - Worcestershire, vol. 2   Published London : Phillimore & Co Ltd, 1910   Author Phillimore, W P W ed. 

COMBERTON, LITTLE : Marriages(Index) 1651-75: Boyd's marriage index [Typescript.]   IN: Boyd's marriage index   Published , 1925-55   Author Boyd, Percival ed. Source D: P Boyd.

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
At BMSGH Shop
St.Peter

At BMSGH Reference Library [7]
St.Peter 

At Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
St.Peter

At Society of Genealogists [59]
COMBERTON, LITTLE (St. Peter) : Monumental Inscriptions: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 10   IN: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 10   Published : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1990   Author Hemsley-Hall, H S (transcriptions) Source D: Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry

War Memorials:
For the names of those commemorated on a War Memorial at St. Peter's Church see:
http://www.rememberthefallen.co.uk/Casualties/ListByMemorial/Little Comberton St Peter's Church

For the names of those commemorated on Little Comberton War Memorial see:
http://www.rememberthefallen.co.uk/Casualties/ListByMemorial/Little Comberton War Memorial

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 1586-1866 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Parish Records on microform at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [13]
Overseers accounts 1695-1757
Vestry minutes & accounts 1774-1916
and
Overseers of the poor 1652-1807, vestry minutes & accounts 1774-1827 [Microfilm.] Society of Genealogists

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.

Directories:
COMBERTON (LITTLE), a parish in the upper division of the hundred of PERSHORE, county of WORCESTER, 2½ miles (S.E. by S.) from Pershore, containing 172 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £9. 0. 2½ and in the patronage of Col. Davies. The church is dedicated to St. Peter. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

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Last updated on 13th December 2011

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