COTHERIDGE

Descriptive Notes:

Directories:
COTHERIDGE a parish in the upper division of the hundred of DODDINGTREE, county of WORCESTER, 3¾ miles (W.) from Worcester, containing 277 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £5. 16. 8., and in the patronage of the Rev. H. R. Berkeley. The church is dedicated to St. Leonard. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

Status:
Ancient Parish [25]
Abolished ecclesiastically in 1924 to help create Cotheridge with Crown East Ecclesiastical Parish.[25]

See also Crown East.

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO787547
4½ miles west of Worcester along the A44

Parish Church:
St. Leonard

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

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

Poor Law Union:
Martley [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Wichenford; Worcester St John Bedwardine; Bransford; Leigh; Broadwas [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1653-1812	[5]
	Marriages	1669-1947	[5]
	Burials	1653-1812	[5]
	Banns	1755-1822	[5]

Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1611 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1653-1660; 1701-1812
	Marriages	1653-1659; 1669-1672; 1690-1882
Bishops' Transcripts	Births / Christenings	1611-1636; 1660-1700 (63%)

Census Records:
Access to all the censuses between 1841 and 1901 is now widely available on the library edition of Ancestry.co.uk at most record offices. You are strongly advised to book time on their computers before making a visit.
Many commercial organisations have issued CDs and DVDs covering all the censuses from 1841 to 1901.

Some repositories offer census details on microfiche as listed below:
1841-1901 at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [14]

Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent:
Burial 1669-1812 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Manorial Records:
Worcestershire Record Office [50]
Court rolls [1536]-1658 (gaps)
Accounts [30 Nov 1392 - 16 Oct 1393] & [4 Mar 1386-Michaelmas 1387];
Account roll [15th century]

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© Arthur Lewis and contributors 2008
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Last updated on 9th June 2008

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