GRAFTON FLYFORD

Status:
Ancient Parish [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO963558
8 miles east of Worcester along the A422
Libbery is a hamlet 1 mile S.W. [57]

Parish Church:
St. John Baptist

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

Hundred:
Upper Pershore [11] [25] [28]

Poor Law Union:
Pershore [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Himbleton; Hanbury; Kington; North Piddle; Upton Snodsbury; Huddington [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1676-1964	[5]
	Marriages	1678-1966	[5]
	Burials	1678-1966	[5]
	Banns	1824-1965	[5]
Originals at WRO	Banns	1759-61	[12]

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

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1676-1874
	Marriages	1749-1875

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
At BMSGH Shop
St. John the Baptist

At BMSGH Reference Library [7]
St. John the Baptist

At Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
St. John the Baptist

At Society of Genealogists [59]
GRAFTON FLYFORD (St. John the Baptist) : Monumental Inscriptions: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 5 [Typescript.]   IN: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 5   Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1986   Author Boaz, J (transcriptions) Source D: BMSGH

Census Records:
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]

Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent:
Burial 1676-1906 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

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.

Directories:
FLYFORD-GRAFTON, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of PERSHORE, county of WORCESTER, 8 miles (E.) from Worcester, containing 241 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £20. 0. 10. The Earl of Coventry was patron in 1797. The church is dedicated to St. John the Baptist. Here is an endowed school. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

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Last updated on 12th December 2011

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