HALLOW

Status:
A chapel in Grimley Ancient Parish but had separate civil identity early. It was a separate Ecclesiastical Parish in 1876. It was abolished civilly in 1885, the part to be in the Worcester Municipal Borough created South Hallow Civil Parish and the remainder created North Hallow Civil Parish. North Hallow Civil Parish was renamed 'Hallow' Civil Parish in 1952.[25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO828579
3 miles N.W. of Worcester along the A443
Shoulton or Showton 1 mile west, Lovington 1 mile S.W. are hamlets. Peachley is a hamlet in Broadheath 1 miles S.W. Moseley is 1 mile N.W.; Henwick, 1 mile south; Eastbury, 1 mile S.W. [57]

Parish Church:
St.Philip & St. James

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester [1]

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

Poor Law Union:
Martley (1836-85) [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Grimley; Claines; Worcester St Clement; Worcester St John Bedwardine; Wichenford; Kenswick [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1584-1964	[5]
	Marriages	1584-1970	[5]
	Burials	1596-1982	[5]
	Banns	1754-90, 1791-1812, 1936-70	[5]
Transcripts at WLHC	General	1800-12	[27]
Originals at WRO	Banns	1853-1968	[12]

Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1609 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1583-1875
	Marriages	1584-1876

Register Copies:
At BMSGH Reference Library [7]
Marriages 1962-1970 Banns 1936-1968

At Society of Genealogists [68]
HALLOW : Marriages 1962-1970, banns 1936-68 [Microfilm.]   Published Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of Utah, 1982 Society of Genealogists [68]

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
At Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
Inscriptions in St Philip & St James
List of headstones in Southern churchyard ([20th century], typescript)
Plan of removal of stones in southern churchyard
Inscriptions in southern churchyard
Monumental inscriptions re: Evett, Steynor, Bull and Lygon families (17th-18th centuries, transcripts)

War Memorials:
For the names of those commemorated on a war memorial at  St. Philip and St. James's Church see:
http://www.rememberthefallen.co.uk/Casualties/ListByMemorial/Hallow St Philip and St James's Church

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:
1841-1891 at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [14]
1891 Royal Albert Orphanage Worcestershire Library and History Centre [14]

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

Manorial Records:
Worcestershire Record Office [50]
Corn rental 1778-85, 1806-41; Court papers 1764-1812; Court rolls 1705-49, 1751-71; Manor books 1781-1860, 18th cent; Minute book of court leet and court baron 1781-1860; Reeves' rent rolls, corn rent rolls, court memoranda, petitions and correspondence 1661-1807; Rental 1695-1702, 1759-1805; Stewards' accounts 1808-33; Suit rolls 1663-1807; Surveys, valuations, manor books, rent rolls etc 17th-19th cents; Accounts 17th-19th cents
Hallow and Grimley: Court rolls c.1662, 1661-3, 1664

Parish Records on microform at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [13]
Church vestry records & minutes 1767-1815
Church records & vestry minutes 1819-1853
Surveyors Accs 1816-47
Apprentices' register 1802-22
Account book 1635-1819
Overseers accounts 1793-1837
Poor rate assessments 1823-36

Schools Records:
The following school records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff at Worcestershire Record Office:
C E Primary
Admission register (Infants) - 1903 - 27 - Ref: BA 10912 / 4 (i)
Admission registers - 1903 - 62 - Ref: BA 10912 / 4 (ii)- (iv)
Attendance registers - 1973 - 90 - Ref: BA 10912 / 5 - 9
Log books - 1863 - 1935 - Ref: BA 10912 / 2 (i) (ii), 3 (i)
Log books (Infants) - 1866 - 1926 - Ref: BA 10912 / 1 (i) (ii)

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:
HALLOW, a chapelry in the parish of GRIMLEY, lower division of the hundred of OSWALDSLOW, county of WORCESTER, 3 miles (N. N. W.) from Worcester, containing 1081 inhabitants. The chapel is partly of Norman architecture, and partly in the early English style, with a belfry of wood and plaister, the tower having been demolished: it has lately received an addition of two hundred free sittings, the Incorporated Society for the enlargement of churches and chapels having granted £200 towards defraying the expense. The navigable river Severn runs along the eastern boundary of the chapelry. Here is a chalybeate spring. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

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Last updated on 5th December 2011

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