CRABBS CROSS

Status:
Crabbs Cross was a mission church licensed in 1896 & came within Feckenham. A parish of Astwood Bank with Crabbs Cross was formed c1950.[5]
Now forms part of the parish of Redditch.[5]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SP042644
About 3 miles S.W. of Redditch town centre on the A441

Parish Church:
St. Peter, Littlewoods, Crabbs Cross, Redditch - a daughter church in Astwood Bank parish

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Diocese of Worcester

Poor Law Union:
Alcester

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1906-74	[5]
	Marriages	1951-69	[5]
Originals at WRO	Banns	1950-1962	[12]

Nonconformist: See Redditch Nonconformists

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
At BMSGH Shop
Redditch (St. George), Headless Cross (St. Luke) & Crabbs Cross (St. Peter)

At BMSGH Reference Library [7]
Redditch (St. George), Headless Cross (St. Luke) & Crabbs Cross (St. Peter)

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

At Society of Genealogists [59]
Redditch (St. George), Headless Cross (St. Luke) & Crabbs Cross (St. Peter) : Worcestershire monumental inscriptions vol. 13 [Typescript.] - Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry - Author: Farmer, G R

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:
1851 at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [14]
1851-81 Stratford Upon Avon Library

Schools Records:
The following school records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff at Worcestershire Record Office:
Crabbs Cross C P School
Log book Boys' (later mixed school) - 1901 - 35 - Ref: BA 5189
Log book Girls - 1908 - 29 - Ref: BA 5189

Crabbs Cross Council School (later known as Crabbs Cross Junior and Infants' School)
Log book - Infants' Dept - 1903 - 68 - Ref: BA 8203
Log book - Mixed Dept(later known as Junior Dept) - 1935 - 68 - Ref: BA 8203
Note This school is now called Harry Taylor First School

Crabbs Cross Evening Continuation School
Log book - 1894 - 1906 - Ref: BA 931/10

Crabbs Cross Infants School
Log book - 1880 - 1903 - Ref: BA 931/7

Crabbs Cross Mixed School
Log book - Boys - 1878 - 1901 - Ref: BA 931/9
Log book - Girls - 1877 - 1908 - Ref: BA 931/8

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 15th December 2011

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