DORMSTON

Descriptive Notes:
Otherwise Domeston

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]

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 Society of Genealogists [68] :
Marriages(Index) 1612-1736: Boyd's marriage index [Typescript.] -Published , 1925-55 - Author Boyd, Percival ed.
Christenings 1613-39, 1663-1739, Marriages 1612-39, 1683-1710, 1730-36, Burials 1633-39, 1664, 1675-1708, 1730-35 [Manuscript.]
Christenings, Marriages & Burials 1612-1700 (BTs) [Microfilm.] - Published: Genealogical Society of Utah

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
St.Nicholas BMSGH microfiche [53]
St.Nicholas Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
St.Nicholas (Churchyard): Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 8 [Typescript.] - Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1989 - Authors: Farmer, G R & Bushell, L 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.
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 1731-1965 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

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

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