DORMSTON

Descriptive Notes:
Otherwise Domeston

Status:
Ancient Parish [25]
Originally a chapel to Studley Priory but a separate parish at the Dissolution [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO987576
6½ miles S.E. of Droitwich & 10 miles east of Worcester along the A422

Parish Church:
St. Nicholas

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

Hundred:
In Upper Pershore, though locally in Middle Oswaldslow [11] [25] [28] [44]

Poor Law Union:
Pershore [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Hanbury; Bradley; Inkberrow; Rous Lench; Kington [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1716-1966	[5]
	Marriages	1731-1966	[5]
	Burials	1731-1965	[5]
	Banns	1880-1966	[5]
Originals at WRO	Banns	1871 - 1998	[12]

Earlier registers are said to be missing. Bishops' transcripts date back to 1607. Some burials are said to have been conducted at Inkberrow.[5]

Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1607 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1813-1862
Bishops' Transcripts	Births / Christenings	1613-1700 (58%)

Register Copies:
At BMSGH Reference Library [7]
Baptisms 1613-1700 and 1813-1862 Marriages 1731-1811 Burials 1731-1965

At Society of Genealogists [68] :
DORMSTON : Marriages(I) 1612-1736: Boyd's marriage index [Typescript.]   IN: Boyd's marriage index   Published , 1925-55   Author Boyd, Percival ed. Source D: P Boyd.

DORMSTONE : Christenings 1613-39, 1663-1739, Marriages 1612-39, 1683-1710, 1730-36, Burials 1633-39, 1664, 1675-1708, 1730-35 [Manuscript.]   Published , Nd.       

DORMSTONE : Christenings,  Marriages & Burials 1612-1700 (BTs) [Microfilm.]   Published Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of Utah, Nd.

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

At BMSGH Reference Library [7]
St.Nicholas

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

At Society of Genealogists [59]
DORMSTON (St. Nicholas) : Monumental Inscriptions in the churchyard: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 8 [Typescript.]   IN: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 8   Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1989   Author Bushell, L (transcription.)   Author Farmer, G R (transcription.) 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 1731-1965 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Manorial Records:
Worcestershire Record Office [50]
Extent [c.1550]

Directories:
DORMSTON, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of PERSHORE, though locally in the middle division of the hundred of Oswaldslow, county of WORCESTER, 7 miles (W. by N.) from Alcester, containing 113 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy exonerated, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, endowed with £400 royal bounty, and £400 parliamentary grant, and in the patronage of Thomas Taylor Vernon, Esq. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

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