BMSGH HomeGREAT & LITTLE HAMPTON
Status:
Ancient Parish [25]
Originally a chapel in
Evesham Abbey and a separate parish at the Dissolution. Abolished
civilly in
1933 entirely to Evesham
Municipal Borough & Civil Parish [25]
Fairfield St Richard is a conventional district. Its records are with those of Hampton.[5]
Location:
O.S. Ref: SP029431
1 mile S.W. of Evesham.
Parish Church:
St. Andrew
Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester [1]
Hundred:
Lower Blackenhurst [11] [25] [28]
Poor Law Union:
Evesham [3] [25]
Adjoining Parishes:
Evesham St Lawrence; Evesham All Saints; Bengeworth; Hinton on the Green (Gloucestershire); Cropthorne [1]
Parish Registers:
| Coverage | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Microform at WLHC | Christenings | 1539-1965 | [5] |
| Marriages | 1538-1968 | [5] | |
| Burials | 1539-1978 | [5] | |
| Banns | 1902-33 | [5] | |
| Originals at WRO | Christenings | 1953-81 | [12] |
| Marriages | 1965-69 | [12] | |
| Banns | 1756-68, 1824-1980 | [12] |
Fairfield St.Richard:
| Microform at WLHC | Burials | 1960-81 | [5] |
|---|
Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1620 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]
Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
St.Andrew: BMSGH microfiche [53]
At Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51] :-
St.Andrew Monumental Inscriptions
Cemetery, Evesham
Inscriptions on graves & in the church with index to tombs
At Society of Genealogists [59] :-
(St. Andrew) : MIs: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 11 [Typescript.] - Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1991 - Authors: Farmer, G R & Bushell, L G
(St. Andrew) : MIs in the churchyard: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 5 [Typescript.] - Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1985 - Author: Vale of Evesham Historical Society (trans.)
MIs in the churchyard: taken from the Evesham Journal, 1933: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 8 [Photocopy.]
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:
At Worcestershire Library and History Centre [14]
Great Hampton: 1841 51 61 81
Hampton: 1841-1901
Little Hampton:1841 51 61 81
Manorial Records:
Worcestershire Record Office [50]
Proceedings of manorial court of Hampton Magna and parva (in Evesham Abbey Court Book) 1544; Court roll 1552
Schools Records:
See EVESHAM
Directories:
HAMPTON (GREAT), a parish in the lower division of the hundred of BLACKENHURST, county of WORCESTER, 1 mile (W. by S.) from Evesham, containing, with the township of Little Hampton, 324 inhabitants. The living is a discharged perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £7. 12. 3½ , and in the patronage of the Dean and Canons of Christ Church, Oxford. The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, is in the later style of English architecture. The navigable river Avon is crossed by a ferry here. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]
HAMPTON (LITTLE), a township in the parish of GREAT HAMPTON, lower division of the hundred of BLACKENHURST, county of WORCESTER, 3/4 of a mile (W. by S.) from Evesham. The population is returned with the parish. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]
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Last updated on 6th February 2010