DOVERDALE

Descriptive Notes:

Directories:
DOVERDALE, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of HALFSHIRE, county of WORCESTER, 3¼ miles (N.W. by W.) from Droitwich, containing 60 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £5. 3. 6 ½, endowed with £200 private benefaction, and £200 royal bounty. The Rev. George Thomas was patron in 1807. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

Status:
Ancient Parish [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO860661
About 4 miles N.W. of Droitwich, off the A442 turning west at Hampton Lovett

Parish Church:
St. Mary

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

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

Poor Law Union:
Droitwich [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Elmley Lovett; Hampton Lovett; Westwood Park; Ombersley [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	C1704-1966	[5]
	Marriages	M1704-1965	[5]
	Burials	B1704-1966	[5]
	Banns	1755-1907	[5]
Originals at WRO	Banns	1824-1928	[12]

Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1612 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1704-1875
	Marriages	1704-1872
Bishops' Transcripts	Births / Christenings	1615-1700 (54%)

Register Copies:
Christenings(Index) 1704-1875 [Microfilm.] - Published: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1973 Society of Genealogists [68]

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 1704-1966 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Other Sources:
Through changing scenes of life : a millennium of history in Ombersley & Doverdale -Published Leominster : Orphans Press, 1999 - Author: Roelofsz, Eugene - Society of Genealogists

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