EARLS CROOME

Descriptive Notes:
Ecclesiastical spelling is usually Earl's Croome

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:
At BMSGH Reference Library [7]
Baptisms 1644-1812 Marriages 1644-1836 Burials 1644-1812

At Society of Genealogists [68]
EARLS CROOME : Christenings & Burials 1660-1812, Marriages 1660-1836 [Microfilm.]   Published Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of Utah, 1982

War Memorials:
For the names of those commemorated on Earls Croome War Memorial see:
http://www.rememberthefallen.co.uk/Casualties/ListByMemorial/Earls Croome War Memorial

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 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

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]

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Last updated on 4th December 2011

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