ELMBRIDGE

Descriptive Notes:

Directories:
ELMBRIDGE, a chapelry in that part of the parish of DODDERHILL which is in the upper division of hundred of HALFSHIRE, county of WORCESTER, 2¾ miles (N.) from Droitwich, containing 336 inhabitants. The chapel is dedicated to St. Mary. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

Status: Chapel in Dodderhill Ancient Parish. A separate Civil Parish in 1866 [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO899679
3 miles north of Droitwich

Parish Church:
St.Mary

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester [1]

Hundred:
Upper Halfshire [11] [25]

Poor Law Union:
Droitwich [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Chaddesley Corbett, Upton Warren, Crutch, Hampton Lovett, Elmley Lovett, Rushock [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1570-1892	[5]
	Marriages	1570-1837	[5]
	Burials	1570-1812	[5]
	Banns	1755-1930	[5]
Transcripts at WLHC	Marriages	1570-1812	[27] [20]

The earliest register has been missing for many years. The bishops' transcripts date back to 1611

Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1611 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1764-1875
	Marriages	1755-1837
Bishops' Transcripts	Births / Christenings	1613-1700 (53%)

Register Copies:
M1570-1812 Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Record Office [71]

At Society of Genealogists [68] :-
Marriages 1570-1643, 1652-59, 1667, 1675-1812: Phillimore's parish register series, vol. 22 - Worcestershire, vol. 1 [CD-ROM] - Published London : Phillimore & Co Ltd, 1901 - Authors: Phillimore, W P W ed. & Carter, W F ed.
Marriages (Index) 1651-75: Boyd's marriage index [Typescript.] - Published , 1925-55 - Author Boyd, Percival ed.

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 1660-1840 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Parish Records on microform at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [13]
Churchwardens & overseers accounts with minutes of vestry meetings 1734-1841 & 1826-1922
Preachers' book 1906-26
Register of services 1927-40

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.

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Last updated on 28th March 2008

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