FINSTALL

Status:
Ecclesiastical Parish [25]
Created in 1868 from Stoke Prior Ancient Parish.[25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO969696.
¾ mile S.E. from Bromsgrove

Parish Church:
St. Godwald, Finstall Road, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire B60 2EA

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester until 1921, Archdeaconry of Dudley & Diocese of Worcester (1921 - *) [1] [25]

Hundred:
Upper Halfshire [11]

Poor Law Union:
Bromsgrove [3]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1869-1968	[5]
	Marriages	1869-1968	[5]
	Burials	1869-1968	[5]
Originals at WRO	Marriages	M1869-1986	[12]
	Banns	1869-1981	[12]

Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1896 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1869-1875
	Marriages	1869-1885

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
Burial Ground & War Memorial BMSGH microfiche [53]
St. Godwald - Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
Burial ground & War Memorial: MIs [Typescript.] - Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1997 - Author: Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry (trans.) 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.
The findmypast.co.uk website offers access to the 1911 census. This is a Subscription or PayAsYouGo site. 
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:
1851 81 91 at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [14]
1851 Census Worcestershire, vol. 10 Bromsgrove transcript & surname index : part 1 Stoke Prior & Bromsgrove (part); part 2 Belbroughton, Clent, Hagley, Pedmore, Frankley, Hunnington, Romsley, Tutnall & Cobley, Bromsgrove (part); part 3 Tardebigg, Tutnal & Cobley, Bentley Pauncefoot, Webheath, Redditch & Alvechurch - Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1993-5 - Author Friend, A F (trans.) Society of Genealogists

Parish Records on microform at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [13]
Vestry & parish council meeting minutes & PCC meeting minutes 1934-41
Note:inc church accounts, vicar's reports & newspaper cuttings .
Vestry & parish council meeting minutes & PCC meeting minutes1941-66
Note: These 3 vols also contain accounts, reports, committee membership lists etc
Churchyard extension committee minutes 1930-31
Note: This vol also contains minutes for a meeting of parishoners re: extension and accounts for money raised
Missionaries committee minute book 1935-39
Not: This also contains minutes of Parish Hall Committee [19]41-2 Parish Hall Committee Minutes [1958]-61

Schools Records:
The following school records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff at Worcestershire Record Office:
Finstall C P School
Log book - 1881 - 1915 - Ref: BA 1319

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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© Arthur Lewis and contributors 2008
Comments, additions, corrections etc to Arthur Lewis
Last updated on 6th February 2010

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