KYRE WYARD

Descriptive Notes:
'Kyre Wyard' is the usual Ecclesiastical spelling; 'Kyre Magna' is the usual civil spelling.[25]

Status:
Ancient Parish [25]

Originally a chapel in Tenbury Ancient Parish but a separate parish by 1535. Perhaps originally included Kyre Parva but that hamlet in Stoke Bliss Ancient Parish (otherwise Herefordshire, Broxash Hundred) by 1655. A separate Civil Parish in 1866 in Worcestershire. Abolished civilly in 1933 to help create Kyre Civil Parish. Abolished ecclesiastically in 1973 to help create Stoke Bliss with Kyre Wyard, Hanley William & Hanley Child Ecclesiastical Parish [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO626635
4 miles S.E. of Tenbury along the B4214

Parish Church:
St. Mary

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry of Salop & Diocese of Hereford until 1876, Archdeaconry of Ludlow & Diocese of Hereford (1876-1919) , Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester (1919 - 73) [25]

Hundred:
Upper Doddingtree [11] [28]

Poor Law Union:
Tenbury [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Tenbury; Hanley Child; Kyre Parva (Herefordshire); Stoke Bliss (Herefordshire); Little Kyre (Herefordshire); Bockleton [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1694-1964	[5]
	Marriages	1694-1964	[5]
	Burials	1694-1965	[5]
	Banns	1784-1866	[5]

Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1920 at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22] ; earlier at Herefordshire Record Office

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1740-1875
	Marriages	1742-1875
Bishops' Transcripts	Births / Christenings	1594-1638; 1661-1859
	Marriages	1594-1638; 1661-1836

Register Copies:
At Society of Genealogists [68] :-
Christenings 1742-1875 [Microfilm.] - Published Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of Utah, 1973
Hereford Diocese marriage licence registers 1663-96, 1709-1843 [with contemporary indexes] [Microfilm.] - Published Salt Lake City Genealogical Society of Utah

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:
At Worcestershire Library and History Centre [14] :-
Kyre: 1841- 81
Kyre Wyard: 1891-1901
For 1851 see Stoke Bliss

Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent:
Burial 1694-1851 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Manorial Records:
Worcestershire Record Office [50]
Chief rents 1772-1833; Court roll [?copy] 1767-1800

Parish Records on microform at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [13]
Hospital Accounts 1887-1934
Overseers accounts 1791-1836 Churchwardens accounts1828-1935

Directories:
KYRE (GREAT), a parish in the upper division of the hundred of DODDINGTREE, county of WORCESTER, 4 miles (S. E. by S.) from Tenbury, containing 162 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Salop, and diocese of Hereford, rated in the king's books at £6. 17. 8½ , and in the patronage of Mrs. Pitts. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. An almshouse for eight poor widows, who are partly clothed and receive 2s. 6d, per week, was founded by Mr. Fettiplace. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

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Last updated on 7th February 2010

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