COTHERIDGE

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:
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 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]

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]

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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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