FLADBURY

Descriptive Notes:

Directories:
FLADBURY, a parish in the middle division of the hundred of OSWALDSLOW, county of WORCESTER, 4 miles (E.) from Pershore, comprising the chapelries of Stock with Bradley, Throckmorton, and Wyre-Piddle; the township of Hill with Moor, and the hamlet of Hob-Lench, otherwise Abbots-Lench, and containing 1387 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the peculiar jurisdiction of the rector, rated in the king's books at £81. 10. and in the patronage of the Bishop of Worcester. The church is dedicated to St. John the Baptist. In Ethelred's reign, a society of religious persons was established here subordinate to the church of Worcester. The navigable river Avon has a ferry over it at this place. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

Status:
Ancient Parish [25]
Included chapel at Stock & Bradley, a chapel at Throckmorton, a chapel at Wyre Piddle, the hamlet of Ab Lench & the hamlet of Hill & Moor, each a separate Civil Parish in 1866

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO996463
4 miles east of Pershore
Hill & Moor form a hamlet of Fladbury, the former of which is distant about 1½ miles N.W. from Fladbury, and the latter about 1 mile west. [57]

Parish Church:
St. John the Baptist

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

Hundred:
Middle Oswaldslow [11] [25] [28]

Poor Law Union:
Pershore [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Throckmorton; Bishampton; Church Lench; Norton; Cropthorne; Bricklehampton; Wick; Wyre Piddle; Pinvin [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1560-1952	[5]
	Marriages	1560-1957	[5]
	Burials	1560-1952	[5]
	Banns	1754-1834	[5]
Originals at WRO	Banns	1843-1964	[12]

The Fladbury registers may also include entries for Hill & Moor, Throckmorton & Wyre Piddle. There are also separate registers for these parishes so confusion can arise.[5]

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

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1560-1850
	Marriages	1560-1711; 1713-1885

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
St.John the Baptist BMSGH microfiche [53]
St.John the Baptist Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
St. John the Baptist: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 7 [Typescript.] - Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1988 - 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.
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 1560-1851 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Manorial Records:
Worcestershire Record Office [50]
Compotus rolls 1524, [1524-5]; Corn rental 1778-85; Court books 1698-1751, 1761-1906; Court roll 1571-5; Lists of freehold rents and the copyholders of the manor 23 May 1677; Manor books 1781-1860; Rental 1695-1702, 1759-c.1805; Surveys, valuations, manor books, rent rolls etc. 17th-19th cents; Accounts 17th-18th cents

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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© Arthur Lewis and contributors 2008
Comments, additions, corrections etc to Arthur Lewis
Last updated on 29th March 2008

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