LINDRIDGE

Descriptive Notes:

Directories:
LINDRIDGE, a parish comprising the chapelries of Knighton upon Teme and Pensax, and the hamlet of Newnham, in the lower division of the hundred of OSWALDSLOW, though locally in the upper division of that of Doddingtree, county of WORCESTER, 5½ miles (E.) from Tenbury, containing 1735 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Salop, and diocese of Hereford, rated in the king's books at £26.12. 11 and in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Worcester. The church is dedicated to All Saints. A court leet is held annually. The river Teme runs through the parish. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

Status:
Ancient Parish
Including a chapel at Knighton on Teme & a chapel at Pensax, each a separate Civil Parish in 1866 and each a separate Ecclesiastical Parish in 1843 [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO677690
5½ miles east of Tenbury on the A443
Menith Wood, formerly a hamlet in this parish, was in 1879 ecclesiastically annexed to Pensax.
Eardiston, 1¼ miles E. by S. & Broom Bank, ¾ mile N.W. are hamlets. [57]

Parish Church:
St. Lawrence

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

Hundred:
Lower Oswaldslow though locally in Upper Doddingtree [11] [25] [28]

Poor Law Union:
Tenbury [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Neen Sollars (Shropshire); Mamble; Rock; Pensax; Stockton on Teme; Stanford on Teme; Orleton; Eastham; Knighton-on-Teme [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1574-1963	[5]
	Marriages	1574-1964	[5]
	Burials	1574-1964	[5]
	Banns	1828-1951	[5]
Originals at WRO	Banns	1754-1812 (a few), 1812-1951	[12]

Bishops' Transcripts: Herefordshire Record Office

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1574-1711; 1721-1875
	Marriages	1574-1885
Bishops' Transcripts	Births / Christenings	? - 1638; 1666-69
	Marriages	? - 1638; 1667-1669

Register Copies:
At Society of Genealogists [68] :-
Hereford Diocese marriage licence registers 1663-96, 1709-1843 [with contemporary indexes] [Microfilm.] - Published Salt Lake City Genealogical Society of Utah
Marriages (Index) 1574-1727: Boyd's marriage index [Typescript.] - Published , 1925-55 - Author: Boyd, Percival ed.

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
St.Lawrence BMSGH microfiche [53]
St.Lawrence Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
Monumental inscriptions in the church & old churchyard Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]

At Society of Genealogists [59] :-
Parish Church: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 8 [Typescript.] - Published , 1964 - Author: Faraday, Michael Anthony (trans.)
St. Lawrence: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 11 [Typescript.] - Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1991 - Author: Farmer, G R (trans.)

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:
1841-1901 at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [14]

Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent:
Burial 1660-1840 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Manorial Records:
Worcestershire Record Office [50]
Court books 1669-1943; Custumal, with lists of copyholders c.1770; Book containing copies of awards and proposals 18th cent; Steward's Minute Books Oct.1890-June 1909, Oct.1909-Oct.1925

Parish Records on microform at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [13]
Parish collections in response to Government warrant 1653-61
Church briefs accounts 1663-99
Register of apprenticeships 1812-37
Parish accounts & register for tax purposes 1662-1731 (inc. register of births 1695-1705)
Church accounts 1826-84

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.

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