HADZOR

Descriptive Notes:
Also Hadsor

Directories:
HADSOR, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of HALFSHIRE, county of .WORCESTER, 1¼ mile (S. E.) from Droitwich, containing 135 inhabitants. The living .is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £6. 7. 3½. —Amphlett, Esq. was patron in 1808. The church is dedicated to St. John the Baptist. The Birmingham and Worcester canal runs through the parish. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

Status:
Ancient Parish [25]
Abolished ecclesiastically in 1973 to help create Hadzor with Oddingley Ecclesiastical Parish[25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO915625
2 miles E.S.E of Droitwich and 2 miles north of Oddingley

Parish Church:
St. John the Baptist
The church was declared redundant on 22 February 1973 [80]

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester until 1921, Archdeaconry of Dudley & Diocese of Worcester (1921 - *) [25]

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

Poor Law Union:
Droitwich [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Dodderhill; Hanbury; Himbleton; Oddingley; Salwarpe; Droitwich St Peter [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1555-1966	[5]
	Marriages	1554-1966	[5]
	Burials	1554-1947	[5]
	Banns	1823-1959	[5]
Originals at WRO	Christenings	1555-1968	[12]
	Burials	1554-1772 & 1813-1965	[12]
	Banns	1825-1971	[12]

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

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1555-1875
	Marriages	1554-1745; 1750-1877

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
Cemetery: BMSGH microfiche [53]
St.John the Baptist BMSGH microfiche [53]
St.John the Baptist Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]

At Society of Genealogists [59] :
(Cemetery) : MIs: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 11 [Typescript.] - Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1991 - Authors: Farmer, G R & Bushell, L C
(St. John the Baptist) : MIs: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 11 [Typescript.] - Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1992 - Authors: Farmer, G R (trans.) & Bushell, L C

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.
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]

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

Parish Records on microform at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [13]
Vestry minutes 1846-1900
Parish records 1787-1837

Schools Records:
The following school records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff at Worcestershire Record Office:
Hadzor and Oddingley C E School
Log books - 1877-1949 - Ref: BA 851

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

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© Arthur Lewis and contributors 2008
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Last updated on 29th March 2008

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