EARLS CROOME

Descriptive Notes:
Ecclesiastical spelling is usually Earl's Croome

Directories:
CROOM (EARL'S), a parish in the lower division of the hundred of OSWALDSLOW, county of WORCESTER, 2 miles (N.E. by E.) from Upton upon Severn, containing 186 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £7. 8. 1½ and in the patronage of the Rev. Charles Dunne. The church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, is an old building in the Norman style. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

Status:
Ancient Parish [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO870420
1½ miles N.E. of Upton on Severn along the A4104

Parish Church:
St. Nicholas, Church Lane, Earls Croome

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester [1]

Hundred:
Lower Oswaldslow [11] [25] [28]

Poor Law Union:
Upton-upon-Severn [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Severn Stoke; Defford; Hill Croome; Ripple; Hanley Castle [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1644-1986	[5]
	Marriages	1659-1986	[5]
	Burials	1658-1983	[5]
	Banns	1754-1811, 1823-1978	[5]
Originals at WRO	Burials	B1658-1993	[12]
	Banns	[1754-97], 1823-[19]78	[12]

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

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1702-1875
	Marriages	1644-1836
Bishops' Transcripts	Births / Christenings	1612-1701 (61%)

Register Copies:
Christenings & Burials 1660-1812, Marriages 1660-1836 [Microfilm.] - Genealogical Society of Utah, 1982 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 1658-1850 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Manorial Records:
Worcestershire Record Office [50]
Earl's Croome: Account rolls and court rolls [1400]-1854
Crome Semond: Court roll [1466-1557]
Erles Crombe: Court roll [1505-64]
Crome Symonds otherwise Erles Crome: Court roll [1551-61]
Crome Symond: Court roll [1559-60] and [1560-1]

Schools Records:
The following school records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff at Worcestershire Record Office:
Earls Croome and Hill Croome School
Admission registers - 1877-1980 - Ref: BA 9888/3(i)

Earls Croome C E Primary School
Log books with various other papers - 1875-1981 - Ref: BA 8820/1-2

A handlist of other records of schools and of other educational establishments held by Worcestershire Record Office for this parish can be found here

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Last updated on 28th March 2008

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