ELDERSFIELD

Descriptive Notes:

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]

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:
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]
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

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Last updated on 28th March 2008

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