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Worcester Branch
of the
Birmingham & Midland Society
for Genealogy and Heraldry

COWLEIGH

Index
St Peter CowleighStatus
Location
Parish Church
Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction
Hundred
Poor Law Union
Parish Registers at Worcestershire Record Office
Bishops' Transcripts
International Genealogical Index (IGI)
Register Copies
Schools Records

Status:
Ecclesiastical Parish [25]
Created in 1876 from Mathon St James Ecclesiastical Parish. Abolished in 1973 to help create Malvern Link with Cowleigh Ecclesiastical Parish.[25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO770475
1 mile N.E. of West Malvern

Parish Church:
St. Peter, Jct Cowleigh Bank & St.Peter's Rd., Cowleigh, Malvern

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Diocese of Worcester [10]

Hundred:
Lower Pershore [11]

Poor Law Union:
Ledbury (?)

Parish Registers at Worcestershire Record Office:
Coverage Source
Microform at WLHC Christenings 1866-1935 [5]
Marriages 1871-1973 [5]
Burials 1866-1964 [5]

Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1912 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]
Coverage
Parish Registers Marriages 1871-1885

Register Copies:
At BMSGH Reference Library [7]
Cowleigh in Malvern Link Marriages 1871-1973, Burials 1866-1964

Schools Records:
The following school records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff at Worcestershire Record Office:

Cowleigh C E Primary School
Admission registers infants - 1886 - 1906 - Ref: BA 10902
Admission registers infants - 1946 - 48 - Ref: BA 10902
Admission registers mixed - 1886 - 1970 - Ref: BA 10902
Attendance registers - 1989 - 91 - Ref: BA 10902
Log books - 1887 - 1991 - Ref: BA 10902
Summary register - 1886 - 88 & 1912 - 20 - Ref: BA 10902

Cowleigh National Schools
List of Subscribers - 1885 - Ref: BA 9229/5 (iv)
List of Subscribers - 1901 - Ref: BA 9229/5 (iv)

A handlist of other records of schools and of other educational establishments held by Worcestershire Record Office for this parish can be found here.


© Arthur Lewis and contributors 2008
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Last updated on 19th February 2012