CROPTHORNE

Status:
Ancient Parish [25]
Including hamlet at Netherton, which was a separate Civil Parish in 1866 and a hamlet at Charlton, which was a separate Civil Parish in 1866 and a separate Ecclesiastical Parish in 1882 [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SP000452
3 miles N.W. of Evesham along the A44

Parish Church:
St. Michael

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

Hundred:
Middle Oswaldslow [11] [25] [28]

Poor Law Union:
Pershore [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Fladbury; Norton; Evesham St Lawrence; Great Hampton; Hinton on the Green (Gloucestershire); Netherton; Elmley Castle; Bricklehampton [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1557-1982	[5]
	Marriages	1557-1976	[5]
	Burials	1557-1992	[5]
	Banns	1755-1801	[5]
Transcripts at WLHC	General	1557-1753	[27]
Originals at WRO	Banns	1824-[1932]	[12]

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

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1577-1717; 1752-1753; 1852-1875
	Marriages	1837-1885

Register Copies:
At BMSGH Reference Library [7]
Baptisms 1852-1982 Marriages 1837-1936, 1954-1976

At Society of Genealogists [68] :-
CROPTHORNE : Christenings, Marriages & Burials(Index) 1557-1717 (list of surnames): in List of parish registers & other genealogical works   IN: List of parish registers & other genealogical works   Published London, Nd.   Author Crisp, Frederick Arthur (comp.)

CROPTHORNE : Christenings 1558-1717, 1752-53, Marriages 1557-1717, Burials 1557-1645, 1653, 1661-1717, 1752-53   Published London : Frederick Arthur Crisp, 1896   Author Crisp, Frederick Arthur (comp.) 

CROPTHORNE : Marriages(Index) 1557-1751: Boyd's marriage index [Typescript.]   IN: Boyd's marriage index   Published , 1925-55   Author Boyd, Percival ed. Source D: P Boyd.

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
At BMSGH Shop
St. Michael

At BMSGH Reference Library [7]
St. Michael

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

At  Society of Genealogists [59]
CROPTHORNE (St. Michael) : Monumental Inscriptions: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 7 [Typescript.]   IN: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 7   Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1988   Author Bushell, L (transcriptions)   Author Farmer, G (transcriptions) Source D: BMSGH

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 1661-1851 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Manorial Records:
Worcestershire Record Office [50]
Manor Court Books (draft) 1812-1907; Manor books 18th and 19th cents

Schools Records:
The following school records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff at Worcestershire Record Office:
Cropthorne C E School
Admission registers - [1883]-1915 - Ref: BA 12178
Log books - 1894-1989 - Ref: BA 12178

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

Directories:
CROPTHORN, a parish in the middle division of the hundred of OSWALDSLOW, county of. WORCESTER, 4¼ miles (E. by S.) from Pershore, containing, with the chapelry of Netherton, and the hamlet of Charlton, 687 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £ 14. 17. 3½ and in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Worcester. The church is dedicated to St. Michael. A school is endowed with about £10 per annum, bequeathed by Mary Holland, in 1740. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

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