HILL CROOME

Descriptive Notes:
Sometimes Croom-Hill

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:
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:
1841-1901 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.

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]

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© Arthur Lewis and contributors 2008
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Last updated on 10th June 2011

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