HANBURY

Descriptive Notes:
Hanbury Hall is an early 18th century country house, garden and parkland. Completed in 1701, it is a William & Mary style house and is famous for its beautiful painted ceilings and staircase by Sir James Thornhill. It is now in the care of the National Trust.

Directories:
HANBURY, a parish in the Middle division of the hundred of OSWALDSLOW, county of WORCESTER, 4 miles (E. by N.) from Droitwich, containing 1042 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, rated in the king's books at £29. 16. 8, in the peculiar jurisdiction of the Rector, but wills are always proved in the presence of the Bishop's registrar at Worcester, and are deposited in the registry there: it is in the patronage of T. T. Vernon, Esq. The church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, stands upon a very lofty eminence: it is in the early, decorated, and later, English styles of architecture, and contains some elegant monuments .to the Vernons; The Birmingham and Worcester canal passes through the parish, and in the neighbourhood is a salt spring. The Rev. Thomas Vernon, in 1627, founded a charity school in this parish, and Thomas Vernon, Esq., in 1711, gave certain lands towards its support, besides £300 for apprenticing poor children. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

Status:
Ancient Parish [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO954644
4½ miles east of Droitwich along the B4090
Broughton Green is 2¼ miles south; Stock Green 4 miles south.[57]

Parish Church:
St. Mary the Virgin

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Peculiar of the incumbent [1] Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester [25]

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

Poor Law Union:
Droitwich [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Dodderhill; Stoke Prior; Tardebigge; Feckenham; Bradley; Inkberrow; Dormston; Kington; Grafton Flyford; Himbleton; Hadzor [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1577-1977	[5]
	Marriages	1577-1970	[5]
	Burials	1577-1897	[5]
	Banns	1754-1813, 1826-99, 1902-47	[5]
Transcripts at WLHC	Marriages	1716-1836	[27]
	General	1577-1715, 1716-1837	[27]
Originals at WRO	Banns	1902-74	[12]

The registers of baptisms 1958 onwards, marriages 1958 onwards & burials 1897 onwards were stolen in 1962. A copy was made of the marriage register 1958-62. Baptism entries for 1958-77 have been made in volume 2 of the parish registers.[5]

Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1612 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1577-1875
	Marriages	1577-1754

Register Copies:
On BMSGH microfiche [9] :-
Part 1: Christenings, Marriages & Burials1577-1715
Part 2: Christenings, Marriages & Burials 1716-1837

Christenings 1577-1837 Marriages 1577-1837 Burials 1577-1837 Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Records Office [71]

At Society of Genealogists [68] :-
Christenings 1716-1837 [Typescript.] - Published , 1962
St. Mary the Virgin: Christenings, Marriages & Burials 1577-1715; contributions to the redemption of English captives in Turkey 1670: Worcestershire registers, vol. 2 - Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1983 - Author: Harris, A D (trans.)
St. Mary the Virgin: Christenings, Marriages & Burials 1716-1837 - Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1987 - Author Oulett, E (trans.)

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
At Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51] :
St Mary Monumental Inscriptions
Inscriptions on gravestones & monuments, St. Mary's church
Graves and inscriptions in old burial ground

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 1660-1837 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Manorial Records:
Worcestershire Record Office [50]
Account roll 1378; Compotus rolls - various years - 1369-1500;
Court rolls, extensive records between the following years 1375-93, 1420-99, 1500-99, 1600-72 and 1741-66 (abstracts), Schedule of court rolls 1194-1502 [18th cent];
c.55 letters, receipts and other papers relating to the fee farm rent of the Manor of Hanbury;
List of closes to be kept separate [1521];
Surveys [16th cent], 1741-66;
A rate for sheep within [the manor of Hanbury] 1602;
2 rolls of suitors 1624-63; Roll of suitors [17th cent.];
Rent roll 1653, [17th cent.]; Alphabetical rent roll [18th cent];
Warrant to the bailiffs to collect fines and amercements 1666;
Acquittance of areas of rent 1667;
Warrant to levy amercements1682-4;
Names of assarts and cottages (2 copies) 1680;
List of tenants [17th cent.];
List of presentments [late 17th cent.]; [18th cent];
Customs of the Manor [17th cent];
List of chief rents 1729;
Appointment of warrener 1722;
By-laws and ordinances made at the Court Leet and Court Baron 13 October 1653 and 22 April [1672];
Hanbury Juxta Wyche: Compotus rolls - various dates 1371-1396; extensive records 1401-1502, 1524-25

Parish Records on microform at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [13]
Vestry meeting minutes 1895-67
Register of services 1879-97, 1902-70
This includes a note re opening of Vernon crypt 1953
Churchwardens accounts & overseers accounts of the Poor Accounts 1743-1808
Churchwardens accounts 1808-1926

Schools Records:
The following school records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff at Worcestershire Record Office:
Broughton (Green)
Log book - 1868 - 1900 - Ref: BA 9805 / (i)

Broughton Green C E
Log books - 1900 - 21 - Ref: BA 9805 / (i) (ii)

Hanbury C E
Log book - 1903 - 34 - Ref: BA 2587

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:
An introduction to people of property - Published Bishop Auckland : Pentland Press, 1999 - Author: Armitage, R D Society of Genealogists

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