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 Society of Genealogists [68] :-
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
Christenings, Marriages & Burials(Index) 1557-1717 (list of surnames): in List of parish registers & other genealogical works - Author: Crisp, Frederick Arthur
Marriages(Index) 1557-1751: Boyd's marriage index [Typescript.] - Published , 1925-55 - Author Boyd, Percival ed.

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
St. Michael BMSGH microfiche [53]
St. Michael Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
St. Michael: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 7 [Typescript.] - Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1988 - Authors: Bushell, L & Farmer, G 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:
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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