ELDERSFIELD

Status:
Ancient Parish [25]
Originally a chapel in Longdon Ancient Parish but a separate parish probably circa 1232-33 [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO800311
Near the Gloucestershire border of the county, 8½ miles S.W. of Upton-upon-Severn
Corse Lawn, is a district in this parish, about 2 miles east. [57]

Parish Church:
St. John Baptist

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

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

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

Adjoining Parishes:
Pendock; Berrow; Forthampton (Gloucestershire); Chaceley; Tirley (Gloucestershire); Corse (Gloucestershire); Staunton; Redmarley D'Abitot [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1718-1961	[5]
	Marriages	1718-1969	[5]
	Burials	1718-1960	[5]
	Banns	1754-93	[5]
Originals at WRO	Banns	1824-1966	[12]

Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1611 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]
Transcript : BTs 1611-1717 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [27]

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Marriages	1611-1700
Bishops' Transcripts	Births / Christenings	1611-1640; 1660-1700 (63%)

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]
Gloucestershire 1851 Census index & transcription, vol. 19 : HO 107/1974 - [Tewkesbury registration district] Deerhurst, Overbury & Tewkesbury sub-districts: Index to the 1851 Census for Gloucestershire [Microfiche.] - Published Gloucestershire FHS, 1999 - Society of Genealogists

Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent:
Burial 1718-1867 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Manorial Records:
Worcestershire Record Office [50]
Rentals 38 Hen.VI [1460], 1642-49; Presentments, chief rents etc 1700-1837; Court rolls 1315-1693, 1731-3

Schools Records:
The following school records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff at Worcestershire Record Office:
Eldersfield C E School
Log books - 1907-40 and 1951 - Ref: BA 1205

Eldersfield Sunday School
Class registers - [1920's] and 1922-24 - Ref: BA 10285

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:
ELDERSFIELD, a parish forming, with the parishes of Chaseley and Staunton, a distinct portion of the lower division of the hundred of PERSHORE, county of WORCESTER, 7 miles (W. by S.) from Tewkesbury, containing, 743 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £8. 16. 8, and in the patronage of Sir Anthony Lechmere, Bart. The church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, has a handsome spire. There is a place of worship for dissenters, also a charity school, supported-by subscription. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

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Last updated on 9th June 2011

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