CROWLE

Descriptive Notes:

Directories:
CROWLE, a parish partly in the upper division of the hundred of HALFSHIRE, but chiefly in the middle division of the hundred of OSWALDSLOW, county of WORCESTER, 65 miles (S. by E.) from Droitwich, containing 461 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £16, and in the patronage of the Rev. R. Harrison, M.A. The church is dedicated to St. Peter. On entering the parish from Worcester, there is a beautiful range of hills, forming an amphitheatre, and commanding extensive prospects. Crowle Court, the interior of which clearly shews it to have been a religious house, is a very ancient edifice, surrounded by a deep moat. In the neighbourhood, are considerable quarries of a blue stone, which burns into excellent lime. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

Status:
Ancient Parish [25]
Including a chapel at Huddington. (Huddington was originally a chapel in Worcester St Helen Ancient Parish but early considered a chapel in Crowle. Huddington was a separate parish from Crowle probably in 1570.) [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO922559
5 miles east of Worcester & 6 miles S.E. from Droitwich

Parish Church:
St. John the Baptist (formerly dedicated to St. Peter [15])

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester until 1921, Archdeaconry of Dudley & Diocese of Worcester (1921 - *) [1] [25]

Hundred:
Partly in Upper Halfshire, but chiefly in Middle Oswaldslow [44]

Poor Law Union:
Droitwich [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Oddingley; Huddington; Upton Snodsbury; Broughton Hackett; Bredicot; Tibberton [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1539-1998	[5]
	Marriages	1539-1992	[5]
	Burials	1539-1963	[5]
	Banns	1911-63	[5]
Originals at WRO	Banns	1825-55, 1911-65	[12]

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

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Bishops' Transcripts	Births / Christenings	C:1539-1875 (93%)

Register Copies:
St. John the Baptist: Christenings 1539-1855 Marriages 1539-1885 Burials 1539-1890 BMSGH microfiche [9]

St. John the Baptist: Christenings 1539-1855, Marriages 1539-1645, 1659, 1662, 1665-1885, Burials 1539-1640, 1663-1890 [Microfiche.] - Published : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry,1997 - Author: Somerton, K et al. Society of Genealogists [68]

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
St. John the Baptist BMSGH microfiche [53]
St. John the Baptist Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
St. John the Baptist: MIs; baptismal roll 1953-70: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 6 [Typescript.] - Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1987 - Author Somerton, K W 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.
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 1539-1925 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

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

Parish Records on microform at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [13]
Crowle inclosure award accompanying plan 1808

Schools Records:
The following school records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff at Worcestershire Record Office:
Crowle C E School
Log books - 1864-1925 - Ref: BA 1827

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

Other Sources:
A brief history of the parish church of Saint John the Baptist, Crowle, Worcestershire - Published 1990 - Author: McMullon, S J Society of Genealogists

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