GUARLFORD

Status:
A hamlet in Great Malvern Ancient Parish, being the area of that parish not in Great Malvern Urban District. It was a separate Civil Parish in 1894 and a separate Ecclesiastical Parish in 1866 from the Great Malvern Ancient Parish and Madresfield Ancient Parish. [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO813453
3 miles east of Great Malvern on the B4211

Parish Church:
St. Mary the Virgin
St. Mary’s, Guarlford was built in 1844 as a Chapel of Ease and was served by curates from Malvern Priory.

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester [11] [25]

Hundred:
Lower Pershore [11]

Poor Law Union:
Upton-upon-Severn (1894-1930)[ [3] [25]

Parish Registers:
No Parish Registers held at Worcestershire Record Office. The original registers are still at the church.

Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1868 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]

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:
1851 71 81 1901 at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [14]

Manorial Records:
Worcestershire Record Office [50]
Rhydd Green: Court rolls 1606-9

Schools Records:
The following school records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff at Worcestershire Record Office:
Guarlford School
Log book - 1900-46 - Ref: BA 531/7

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:
A number of local history books relating to the Malvern area are listed by the Malvern Family History Society on their website. More details can be found at (www.mfhs.org.uk). The list includes:

THE GUARLFORD STORY. The Guarlford History Group     2005    ISBN 0-9550498-0-6

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© Arthur Lewis and contributors 2008
Comments, additions, corrections etc to Arthur Lewis
Last updated on 6th February 2010

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