COOKLEY

Index
Descriptive Notes
Status
Location
Parish Church
Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction
Hundred
Poor Law Union
Parish Registers at Worcestershire Record Office
Bishops' Transcripts
International Genealogical Index (IGI)
Register Copies
Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents
Census Records
Schools Records

Descriptive Notes:
The Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal passes through the centre of the village. The Cookley Tunnel, built by James Brindley (c.1770) for the canal traffic, is 65 yards long and is the oldest in Worcestershire. It passes under Bridge Road in Cookley Village

Status:
Ecclesiastical Parish [25]
Created in 1849 from Wolverely Ancient Parish [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO842802
2½ miles north of Kidderminster along the A449

Parish Church:
St. Peter

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester until 1921, Archdeaconry of Dudley & Diocese of Worcester (1921 - *) [25]

Hundred:
Lower Oswaldslow [11]

Poor Law Union:
Kidderminster [25]

Parish Registers at Worcestershire Record Office:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1849-1975	[5]
	Marriages	1849-1975	[5]
	Burials	1849-1975	[5]
	Banns	1849-1966	[5]

Bishops' Transcripts:
'A scattered few' Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1849-1885
	Marriages	1849-1895

Register Copies:
COOKLEY (St. Peter): an index created from The Cookley Parochial Magazine [including Christenings, Marriages & Burials 1877-86, 1890-1903, details of prizes, donations etc.]: Yesterday's names [CD-ROM]   IN: Yesterday's names: St. Peter's Cookley (near Kidderminster), Worcestershire, 1877-86, 1891-1903 [CD-ROM]   Published Chichester Yvonne Graves 2005 Source D: E Probert.
 Society of Genealogists [68]

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
List of headstones in churchyard Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]

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:
See Wolverley at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [14]

Schools Records:
The following school records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff at Worcestershire Record Office:
Cookley Methodist Church Sunday School
Roll book and Summaries - 1890-99 - Ref: BA 11789/2(ii)

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 18th February 2012

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