CROWN EAST

Status:
A licence for the performance of divine service in the chapel at Crown East was recorded on 26 Oct 1876. [2]
(The chapel) came within Worcester, St John [5]
See also Cotheridge with Crown East

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO813547
2½ miles west of Worcester on the A44

Parish Church:
St Thomas, at the junction of the A44 and Crown East Lane, 
[Approval of Church Commissioners to the church of St Thomas, Crown East being a parish church.- 3 Feb 1977] [2]

St Thomas currently serves the parish of Crown East and Rushwick.
[Copy Order in Council creating the new parish of Cotheridge and altering the name of the parish of Cotheridge with Crown East to 'Crown East and Rushwick'. - 16 Feb 1977] [2]

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester [25]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	C1882-1990	[5]

Baptisms administered in Crown East Chapel before 1 July 1882 were recorded at Worcester St John.[5] [2]

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 see Rushwick Worcestershire Library and History Centre [14]
1851 see Worcester St. John Worcestershire Library and History Centre [14]

Manorial Records:
Worcestershire Record Office [50]
Crown East: Court roll [1356-7] Wick Episcopi: Reserved and chief rents 1742-1834
Accounts and receipts 1832-6, 1839
Compotus roll [1524-5]

Schools Records:
A handlist of the 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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