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Status:
A chapel, in Worcestershire (Halfshire Hundred) and in Halesowen Ancient Parish, which was Worcestershire and Shropshire until 1844, and entirely Worcestershire thereafter. Frankley had a separate civil identity early in Worcestershire. It became a separate Ecclesiastical Parish in 1860.[25]
Location:
O.S. Ref: SO999805
3 miles S.E. of Halesowen
Parish Church:
St.Leonard
Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester until 1905, when transferred to the Diocese of Birmingham [1] [25]
Hundred:
Lower Halfshire [11] [25] [28]
Poor Law Union:
Bromsgrove [3] [25]
Adjoining Parishes:
Halesowen; Northfield; Kings Norton; Bromsgrove; Romsley; Hunnington; Hagley [1]
Parish Registers:
| Coverage | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Microform at WLHC | Christenings | [1598]-1901 | [5] |
| Marriages | ?1604-1838 | [5] | |
| Burials | ?1642-1838 | [5] | |
| Transcripts at WLHC | Christenings | 1598-1748 | [27] |
| Marriages | 1604-1745 | [27] | |
| 1604-1812 | [27] [21] | ||
| Burials | 1701-48, 1813-1900 | [27] | |
| Originals at WRO | Banns | 1850-1967, 1969-90 | [12] |
C1813-20 and B1814-20 filmed with Romsley
Bishops' Transcripts:
At Worcestershire Library and History Centre
Begin 1612 [22]
Transcript: BTs 1612-1837 (Shelved separately) [27]
Register Copies:
At BMSGH Reference Library [7]
Frankley St Leonards Baptisms, Marriages and Burials 1598-1748 Burials 1813-1900
At Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Record Office [71]
Marriages 1604-1812
At Society of Genealogists [68] :
FRANKLEY : Marriages 1604-1706, 1714-1812: Phillimore's parish register series, vol. 100 - Worcestershire, vol. 2 [CD-ROM] IN: Phillimore's parish register series, vol. 100 - Worcestershire, vol. 2 Published London : Phillimore & Co Ltd, 1910 Author Phillimore, W P W ed.
FRANKLEY :
Marriages(Index) 1651-75: Boyd's marriage index [Typescript.]
IN: Boyd's
marriage index Published
, 1925-55 Author
Boyd, Percival ed.
Source D: P Boyd.
FRANKLEY
(St. Leonard) : Burials 1813-1900: in the Frankley Society papers:
Midland
history resource centre paper, no. 7 IN:
Frankley
Society papers Published Birmingham
: Frankley
Society, 1987 Author Avery, Ken
(transcriptions)
FRANKLEY : Christenings , Marriages & Burials 1819-26 (BTs) [Microfilm.] Published Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of Utah, 1998
Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
At BMSGH Shop
St Leonard
At BMSGH Reference Library [7]
St Leonard
At Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
St Leonard
At Society of Genealogists [59] :-
FRANKLEY (St. Leonard) : Monumental Inscriptions: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 2 [Typescript.] IN: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 2 Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1982 Author Frankley Women's Institute
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]
A transcript of 1841 is on the open shelves at HQ942.4411 Worcestershire Library and History Centre
At Society of Genealogist :-
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.)
1841 / 51 / 61 / 71 / 81 census returns : in the Frankley Society papers: Midland history resource centre paper, nos. 1,2,3,4&5 [Manuscript.] - Published : Frankley Society
Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent:
Burial 1660-1840 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index
Schools Records:
The following school records are original documents.
Note reference number and contact staff at Worcestershire
Record Office:
Frankley
C E School
Admission registers - 1892-1959
- Ref:
BA 3767
Log books - 1880-1959 - Ref: BA 2471
A handlist of other
records of schools and of other educational establishments held by Worcestershire
Record Office
for this parish can be found here.
At Society of Genealogist
The history of St. Leonard's church, Frankley : in the Frankley Society papers: Midland history resource centre paper, no. 9 [Typescript.] IN: Frankley Society papers Published Birmingham : Frankley Society, 1988 Author Avery, Ken
The tithe
apportionments for Frankley, 1839 :
Midland history resource centre occasional paper, no. 2 : Frankley
Society
papers IN: Midland
history resource centre
occasional no. 2 Published
Birmingham :
Frankley Society, 1987 Author
The Frankley
Society (comp.)
FRANKLEY, a chapelry in the parish of HAGLEY, lower division of the hundred of HALFSHIRE, county of WORCESTER, 3¾ miles (S.E. by S.) from Hales-Owen, containing 189 inhabitants. The chapel is dedicated to St. Leonard. Lord Lyttleton is baron of Frankley. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]
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Last updated on 12th December 2011