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:
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:
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 9th June 2011

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