IPSLEY

Descriptive Notes:

Directories:
IPSLEY, a parish in the Alcester division of the hundred of BARLICHWAY, county of WARWICK, 6¼ miles (N. by W.) from Alcester, containing 745 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £ 11.10.7½ , and in the patronage of the Rev. T. Dolben Dolben. The church is dedicated to St. Peter. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

Status:
Ancient Parish [25]
Mostly Warwickshire (Barlinchway Hundred), partly Worcestershire (part of the hamlet at Crabbs Cross and the hamlet at Headless Cross. The two areas were ecclesiastically severed 1850 to help create Headless Cross Ecclesiastical Parish [Worcestershire, Warwickshire], the area civilly in Redditch Urban District, (otherwise entirely Worcestershire). That area created in1894 Upper Redditch Urban District to be in the Urban District in Worcestershire, so that 'Ipsley' was entirely in Warwickshire 1894-1931.)
The parish transferred in 1931 to Worcestershire. Abolished ecclesiastically in 1933, part to Redditch St. George Ecclesiastical Parish and part to Redditch Ecclesiastical Parish [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SP066666
Now part of Redditch

Parish Church:
St. Peter, Ipsley Church Lane, off Icknield St Drive, Ipsley, Redditch

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester until 1921, Archdeaconry of Dudley & Diocese of Worcester (1921-33 [25]

Hundred: Part Alcester division of Barlichway, Warwickshire, part Halfshire, Worcestershire [11] [25] [28]

Poor Law Union:
Alcester [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Beoley; Studley (Warwickshire); Coughton (Warwickshire); Feckenham; Redditch [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1615-1964	[5]
	Marriages	1615-1976	[5]
	Burials	1608-1977	[5]
	Banns	1754-96, 1823-90, 1932-74	[5]
Transcripts at WLHC	Christenings & Burials	1765-1804 (Extracts)	[27]
Originals at WRO	Banns	1932-87	[12]

The registers were damaged when the church safe was broken into.[5]

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

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1701-1885
	Marriages	1615-1885
Bishops' Transcripts	Births / Christenings	1601-1700 (48%)

Nonconformist
Roman Catholic
St. Mary's of Mount Carmel RC:
Christenings 1834-1910 & 1910-27 Marriages 1852-1913 & 1914-45 Deaths 1852-84 , 1885-1918 & 1918-65 Confirmations 1923-38 (gaps) Marriage details 1911-64 (gaps) Worcestershire Library and History Centre

Register Copies:
At Society of Genealogists [68] :-
Banns 1932-74 [Microfilm.] - Published Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of Utah, 1982

St. Peter: Burials 1608, Christenings, Marriages & Burials 1615-1712, Christenings 1716-1804, 1813-96, Marriages 1716-1976, Burials 1716-1804,1813-1977, banns 1754-96, 1823-89, tithe account book - Published Worcester Worcestershire Record Office 2002 1743-97 [Microfilm.]

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:
1851 1901 at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [14]
1851-91 Redditch Library
1841- 1901 Warwickshire County Record Office
1841-1891 Stratford upon Avon Library & Information Centre

Schools Records:
A handlist of the records of schools and of other educational establishments held by Worcestershire Record Office for this parish can be found here.

Other Sources:
Transcript: Accounts books etc 1615-1730 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [27]

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Last updated on 31st March 2008

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