KNIGHTON ON TEME

Status:
Chapel in Lindridge Ancient Parish. A separate Ecclesiastical Parish in 1843. A separate Civil Parish in 1866 [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO633699
1 mile N.W. of Newnham & 3 miles N.E. of Tenbury
Aston is ¾ mile S.W., Newnham 1 mile S.E. & Bickley is 1½ miles N by E. on the Shropshire border. [57]

Parish Church:
St. Michael

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry of Salop, Diocese of Hereford until 1919 when transf to the Diocese of Worcester.[5] [25]

Hundred:
In Lower Oswaldslow but locally in Upper Doddingtree [11] [25] [44]

Poor Law Union:
Tenbury [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes: Burford (SAL); Milson (SAL); Neen Sollars (SAL); Lindridge; Eastham; Rochford; Tenbury [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1559-1963	[5]
	Marriages	1560-1964	[5]
	Burials	1559-1964	[5]
Transcripts at WLHC	General	1559-1812	[27]
Originals at WRO	Banns	1908-80	[12]

Bishops' Transcripts:
Held at Herefordshire Record Office

Transcripts: 1630, 1631, 1638 & 1661-99 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1560-1635; 1654-1875
	Marriages	1560-1874

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
At BMSGH Shop
St.Michael & All Angels 

At BMSGH Reference Library [7]
St.Michael & All Angels
 
At Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
St.Michael & All Angels
Plan of graves (c1930, microfilm) & register of graves (microfilm)

At Worcestershire Record Office
Register of graves 1901-25

At Society of Genealogists [59]
KNIGHTON ON TEME (St. Michael & All Angels) : Monumental Inscriptions: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions vol. 13 [Typescript.] Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1994   Author Farmer, G R (transcriptions.) Source D: Birmingham & Midland Soc. for Genealogy & Heraldry

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]
Registration District of Tenbury in the counties of Hereford, Shropshire & Worcester in 1851 [Worcestershire part] [Microfiche.] - Published Hereford : Herefordshire FHS, 1996 - Author: Herefordshire FHS (comp.) Society of Genealogists

Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent:
Burial 1560-1851 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Parish Records on microform at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [13]
Register of graves compiled in 1901
Rate Book 1854-7
Vestry Minutes 1864-1923
Parish Officers Accs 1782-1813
Deed relating to Knighton's common 1793
Vestry Minutes 1793-1814
Churchwardens accounts 1813-1927
Vestry Minutes 1815-70
Minute Book of Knighton's School Managers 1870-1910
School Managers' Receipts 1875-1983
Balance Sheets of School 1909-51
Minute Book of School Managers 1910-51
Plan of graves c1930

Schools Records:
The following school records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff at Worcestershire Record Office:
Knighton-on-Teme C E (Controlled) School
Admission Register - 1925 - 66 - Ref: BA 9102/11 (vi)
Admission Register - 1967 - 83 - Ref: BA 9102/11 (vii)
Log book - 1942 - 83 - Ref: BA 9102/12 (i)

Knighton-on-Teme School
Log books - 1875 - 96 - Ref: BA 921
Log books - 1896 - Ref: BA 921
Log books - 1941 - Ref: BA 921

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:
KNIGHTON upon TEAME, a chapelry in the parish of LINDRIDGE, lower division of the hundred of OSWALDSLOW but locally in the upper division of the hundred of Doddingtree, county of WORCESTER, 3¾ miles (E. N. E.) from Tenbury, containing, with Newnham, 526 inhabitants. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

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Last updated on 13th December 2011

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