FRANKLEY

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:
Begin 1612 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]
Transcript: BTs 1612-1837 (Shelved separately) Worcestershire Library and History Centre [27]

Register Copies:
M1604-1812 Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Record Office [71]

At Society of Genealogists [68] :
Christenings, Marriages and Burials 1819-26 (BTs) [Microfilm.] - Genealogical Society of Utah, 1998
 
Marriages 1604-1706, 1714-1812: Phillimore's parish register series, vol. 100 - Worcestershire, vol. 2 [CD-ROM] - Published London : Phillimore & Co Ltd, 1910 - Author Phillimore, W P W ed.

Marriages(Index) 1651-75: Boyd's marriage index [Typescript.] - Published , 1925-55 - Author: Boyd, Percival ed.

St. Leonard: Burials 1813-1900: in the Frankley Society papers: Midland history resource centre paper, no. 7 - Published Birmingham : Frankley Society, 1987 - Author: Avery, Ken (trans.)
 
St. Leonard: Christenings 1598-1620, 1701-48, Marriages 1604-95, 1701-06, 1714-48, Burials 1701-06, 1714-48: in the Frankley Society papers: Midland history resource centre paper, no. 6 - Published : Frankley Society - Author Limb, Gordon (trans.)

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
St Leonard BMSGH microfiche [53]
St Leonard Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]

At Society of Genealogists [59] :-
St. Leonard: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 2 [Typescript.] - Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1982 - Author Frankley Women's Institute
St. Leonard: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions vol. 13 [Typescript.] - Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1994 - Author Farmer, G R (trans.)

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:
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.

Other Sources:
The history of St. Leonard's church, Frankley : in the Frankley Society papers: Midland history resource centre paper, no. 9 [Typescript.] - Published Birmingham : Frankley Society, 1988 - Author Avery, Ken
Some Romsley & Frankley names : in the Frankley Society papers: Midland history resource centre paper, no. 8 - Published Birmingham : Frankley Society, 1987 - Author Avery, Ken (comp.) Society of Genealogist
The tithe apportionments for Frankley, 1839 : in the Frankley Society papers: Midland history resource centre occasional paper, no. 2 - Published Birmingham : Frankley Society, 1987 - Author The Frankley Society (comp.) Society of Genealogist

Directories:
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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