KENSWICK

Status:
Originally a chapel in Chapel/Ancient Parish at Knightwick (The Knightwick chapel was appropriated to Worcester Priory and was a separate parish by 1535). 'Kenswick' was in ruins by the late 18th century and considered an extra-parochial. It was a separate Civil Parish in 1858. Ecclesiastically severed in 1908 & transferred to Wichenford Ancient Parish, the area so transferred included in 1910 in the creation of Broadheath Ecclesiastical Parish from Wichenford Ancient Parish. [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO792582
4½ miles N.W. of Worcester along the B4204

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Extra-parochial [28] [25]

Hundred:
Lower Oswaldslow [11] [25]

Poor Law Union:
Martley (1861-1930) [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Wichenford; Hallow; Chapelry of Knightwick [1]

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.
The findmypast.co.uk website offers access to the 1911 census. This is a Subscription or PayAsYouGo site. 
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]

Directories:
KENSWICK, a chapelry in the parish of KNIGHTWICK, lower division of the hundred of OSWALDSLOW, county of WORCESTER, 4½ miles (N. W. by W.) from Worcester, containing 15 inhabitants. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

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Last updated on 7th February 2010

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