GRIMLEY

Status:
Ancient Parish [25]
Included a chapel at Hallow, which enjoyed a separate civil identity early and was a separate Ecclesiastical Parish in 1876. [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO836607
4 miles north of Worcester along the A443

Parish Church:
St. Bartholomew

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

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

Poor Law Union:
Martley [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Holt; Ombersley; Claines; Hallow, Wichenford [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1573-1963	[5]
	Marriages	1575-1982	[5]
	Burials	1573-1963	[5]
	Banns	1754-1812, 1824-1933	[5]
Transcripts at WLHC	Christenings	1640-1840	[27]
	Marriages	1640-1837	[27]
	Burials	1600-12; 1640-1837	[27]
Originals at WRO	Marriages	1575-1990	[12]

Bishops' Transcripts:
At Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]
Begin 1611

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1573-1875
	Marriages	1573-1875

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
At BMSGH Shop
St.Bartholomew

At BMSGH Reference Library [7]
St.Bartholomew
 
At Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
St.Bartholomew

At  Society of Genealogists [59]
GRIMLEY (St. Bartholomew) : Monumental Inscriptions: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 7 [Typescript.]   IN: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 7   Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1988   Author Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry (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]
The 1841 returns include pages for Southwark St. Saviours

Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent:
Burial 1660-1840 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Manorial Records:
Worcestershire Record Office [50]
Accounts 17th-18th cents; Court rolls 1705-46; Court papers 1764-1812; Corn rental 1778-85, 1806-41; Manor books 1781-1860, 18th cent; Minute book of Court Leet and Court Baron 1781-1860; Reeves' rent rolls, corn rent rolls, valuations and estate particulars, correspondence and petitions 1659-1806; Rental 1695-1702, 1759-69, 1769-c.1805

Parish Records on microform at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [13]
Restoration fund etc 1885-90
Vestry minutes 18th & 19th cent.
Churchwardens accounts 1837-85

Schools Records:
The following school records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff at Worcestershire Record Office:
Grimley C E School
Admission register - 1911-93 - Ref: BA 11471/2(ii)
Log books - 1904-92 - Ref: BA 11471/1(i) (ii), 2(i)

A handlist of other records of schools and of other educational establishments held by Worcestershire Record Office for this parish can be found here.

Directories:
GRIMLEY, a parish in the lower division of the hundred of OSWALDSLOW, county of WORCESTER, 4 ½ miles (N. by W.) from Worcester, containing 666 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the Icing's books at £14. 0. 10, endowed with £10 per annum private benefaction, and £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the Bishop of Worcester. The church is dedicated to St. Bartholomew. There is a chapel of ease at Hallow, in this parish: on the east flows the river Severn, over which is a ferry. There are several plantations of hops; and in Hallow park is a mineral spring of similar properties to the Cheltenham water. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

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Last updated on 12th December 2011

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