CRUTCH

Descriptive Notes:

Directories:
CRUTCH, an extra-parochial district, in the upper division of the hundred of HALFSHIRE, county of WORCESTER, 2 miles (N.) from Droitwich. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

Status:
Extra-parochial place. A separate Civil Parish in 1858. Abolished civilly in 1933 entirely to Hampton Lovett Ancient Parish [25]
Crutch probably became extra-parochial in 1178, when the tithes were assigned to the nuns of Westwood in exchange for their claim on the church of Dodderhill and remained so until 1857, when it was formed into a civil parish.[15]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO903663
2 miles north of Droitwich

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Extra Parochial [1] [25]

Hundred:
Upper Halfshire [11] [25] [28]

Poor Law Union:
Droitwich (from 1858-1930) [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Elmbridge; Upton Warren; Dodderhill; Droitwich St Nicholas; Hampton Lovett [1]

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 see Hampton Lovett Worcestershire Library and History Centre [14]
1851 91 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [14]

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