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:
Redditch (St. George), Headless Cross (St. Luke) & Crabbs Cross (St. Peter) BMSGH microfiche [53]
St.Peter Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
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 Society of Genealogists [59]

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.
The findmypast.co.uk website offers access to the 1911 census. This is a Subscription or PayAsYouGo site. 
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:
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 5th February 2010

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