HILL CROOME

Descriptive Notes:
Sometimes Croom-Hill

Directories:
CROOM-HILL, a parish in the lower division of the hundred of OSWALDSLOW, county of WORCESTER, 3¼ miles (E.) from Upton upon Severn, containing 18 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £7. 10. 5, and in the patronage of the Crown. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. Courts leet and baron are held annually. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

Status:
Ancient Parish [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO888404
3 miles east of Upton-upon-Severn
Baughton is a hamlet, 1½ miles N.W. [57]

Parish Church:
St.Mary

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester [1]

Hundred:
Lower Oswaldslow [11] [28]

Poor Law Union:
Upton-upon-Severn [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Earls Croome; Defford; Strensham; Ripple [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1721-1985	[5]
	Marriages	1721-1985	[5]
	Burials	1721-1979	[5]
	Banns	1754-98, 1824-1985	[5]

The registers before 1721 are missing.

Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1607 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Bishops' Transcripts	Births / Christenings	1611-1700 (76%)

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 1721-1851 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Manorial Records:
Worcestershire Record Office [50]
Burghton [?Boughton]: Court roll [1466-1557]

Schools Records:
The following school records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff at Worcestershire Record Office:
Earls Croome and Hill Croome
Admission registers - 1877 - 1980 - Ref: BA 9888 / 3 (i)

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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