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Status:
Ancient Parish [25]
Including chapel at Norton juxta Kempsey, which had a separate civil identity early and was a separate Ecclesiastical Parish in1781 & a chapel at Stoulton, which had a separate civil identity early and was a separate Ecclesiastical Parish in 1794 [25]
Location:
O.S. Ref: SO849491
4 miles south of Worcester on the A38
Napleton, ½ mile east; Kerswell, 1½ miles S.E.; Stonehall, 2 miles east are hamlets. [57]
Parish Church:
St.Mary the Virgin
Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Peculiar of the Dean & Chapter of Worcester. [1] Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester [25]
Hundred:
Lower Oswaldslow [11] [25] [28]
Poor Law Union:
Upton-upon-Severn [3] [25]
Adjoining Parishes:
Worcester St John the Baptist Bedwardine; Worcester St Peter; Whittington;Norton Juxta Kempsey; Pershore Holy Cross; Pirton; Severn Stoke; Powick [1]
Parish Registers:
| Coverage | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Microform at WLHC | Christenings | 1688-1980 | [5] |
| Marriages | 1690-1975 | [5] | |
| Burials | 1688-1950 | [5] | |
| Banns | 1754-1812 | [5] | |
| Transcripts at WLHC | Marriages | 1690-1812 | [27] [20] |
| Originals at WRO | Marriages | 1690-1986 | [12] |
| Banns | 1823-1911, 1934-66 | [12] |
Marriages 1896-1906 are missing.[5]
Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1608 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]
International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]
| Coverage | ||
|---|---|---|
| Parish Registers | Births / Christenings | 1688-1875 |
| Marriages | 1608-1687; 1690-1885 | |
| Bishops' Transcripts | Births / Christenings | 1608-1640 (75%); 1660-1687 |
Register Copies:
At BMSGH Reference Library [7]
Worcestershire Parish Registers Marriages Vol.1 - Kempsey 1690-1812, Alderminster 1641-1812, Offenham 1543-1812
At Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Records Office [71]
Marriages 1690-1812
KEMPSEY : Marriages 1690-1812: Phillimore's parish register series, vol. 22 - Worcestershire, vol. 1 [CD-ROM] IN: Phillimore's parish register series, vol. 22 - Worcestershire, vol. 1 Published London : Phillimore & Co Ltd, 1901 Author Phillimore, W P W ed. Author Carter, W F ed.
KEMPSEY (St. Mary) : Marriages 1967-75, Burials 1874-1950 [Microfilm.] Published Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984
Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
At
St. Mary
At
At
War Memorials:
For the names of those commemorated on a War Memorial at St.Mary's Church see:
http://www.rememberthefallen.co.uk/Casualties/ListByMemorial/Kempsey St Mary's Church
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 1688-1851 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index
Manorial Records:
Worcestershire Record Office [50]
Compotus rolls 1508-9, 1514-5, 1521-6, 1661-2; Court books 1724-78, 1779-1888; Note book containing lists of holdings 1857; Court papers 1765-1811; Court rolls 1394-1656 (with gaps); Rentals [1577 or 1578], 1585, 1598, 1622; 1695-1702, 1759-69, 1769-1805; Rent rolls 1681; Manor books 1781-1860, 18th cent; Stewards' accounts 1808-33; Surveys, valuations, manor books, rent rolls etc 17th-19th cents; Accounts 17th-18th cents Kempsey with Aston Episcopi: Court rolls
Schools Records:
The following school
records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff
at Worcestershire
Record Office:
Kempsey
Boys'
School Log Books - 1871 - 1918 - Ref: BA 1038 / 2
Girls'
School Log Books - 1871 - 94 - Ref: BA 1038 / 3
Infants'
School Log Books - 1873
- 1919 - Ref:
BA 1038 / 1
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:The Winslows of Kempsey : in Family history tracts, vol. 51 - Published Kempsey, 1953 - Author Winslow, Kenelm D Society of Genealogists
Directories:
KEMPSEY, a parish in the lower division of the hundred of OSWALDSLOW, county of WORCESTER, 4¼ miles (S.) from Worcester, containing 1129 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £6. 18. 9, and in the patronage of the Bishop of Worcester. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. The village is agreeably situated near the eastern bank of the river Severn, and contains several genteel dwellinghouses. There is an unendowed free school, in which ten boys are taught to read and write. A monastery which existed here so early as 799 was subsequently united to the church of Worcester. At this place Henry II held his court; and in 1265, shortly before the battle of Evesham, Simon de Montfort was quartered at the Bishop's palace here, with his prisoner, Henry III. Near to the church are the remains of an ancient encampment. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]
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Last updated on 13th December 2011