ECKINGTON

Descriptive Notes:

Directories:
ECKINGTON, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of PERSHORE, county of WORCKSTER, 4 miles (S. S.W.) from Pershore, containing 668 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £5. 1. 8., endowed with £6 per annum and £100 private benefaction, and £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster. The church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity. There is a stone bridge over the Avon, which is here navigable. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

Status:
Ancient Parish [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO922413
9 miles south of Worcester, 3½ miles S.W. of Pershore and 6 miles north of Tewkesbury, on the B4080

Parish Church:
Holy Trinity

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

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

Poor Law Union:
Pershore [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Defford; Birlingham; Great Comberton; Kemerton (Gloucestershire); Bredon; Bredons Norton; Strensham [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1678-1968	[5]
	Marriages	1678-1964	[5]
	Burials	1678-1965	[5]
	Banns	1754-1826	[5]
Transcripts at WLHC	General	G1678-1756	[27]
Originals at WRO	Banns	1824-1953	[12]

1678 is the earliest extant register. The Bishops' transcripts date back to 1612.[5]

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

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1801-1875
	Marriages	1754-1876
Bishops' Transcripts	Births / Christenings	1612-1681 (78%)
	Marriages	1612-1639; 1660-1756

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
Holy Trinity BMSGH microfiche [53]

At Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51] :-
Holy Trinity Monumental Inscriptions
Inscriptions on tombstones in churchyard (1923)
Location of burials 1817-54
Places of burial 1786-1817 (microfilm)

Holy Trinity: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 14 [Typescript.] - Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1993 - Author Farmer, G R 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 1678-1883 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Manorial Records:
Worcestershire Record Office [50]
Eckington: Court roll 10 Sept. 1429; Map 1712; List of fines Oct. 1502 List of chief rents 1782-1885 (gaps); Terriers of chief rents 1672, 1678, 1695; Court roll 1664-1701; Extent [c.1550] Wollas Hall: Court rolls 1323-1595 (gaps); Rentals 1424, 1442; Survey of manor 1711; Map of manor 1711

Parish Records on microform at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [13]
Description on Tombstones in Eckington Church yard - compiled by the Rev.A.W.Fletcher 1923

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

Other Sources:
Eckington : the story of a Worcestershire parish - Published London : Oxford University Press, 1933 - Author: Fletcher, A W Society of Genealogists
Bredon hill & its villages - Published 1968 - Author: Lloyd, R H Society of Genealogists

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