LULSLEY

Descriptive Notes:

Directories:
LULSLEY, a chapelry in the parish of SUCKIEY, upper division of the hundred of DODDINGTREE, county of WORCESTER, 7½ miles (W. by N.) from Worcester, containing 120 inhabitants. The chapel is dedicated to St. Giles. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

Status:
A chapel in Suckley Ancient Parish. A separate Civil Parish in 1866. Ecclesiastically severed in 1912 to create Alfrick & Lulsley Ecclesiastical Parish. [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO745555
About 8 miles west of Worcester along the A44
Ravenhill is a hamlet of Suckley. [57]

Parish Church:
St Giles - the chapel was declared redundant on 30 May 1972 and is now deconsecrated. In 1974 it was sold and converted into a private house. [80]

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester [1]

Hundred:
Upper Doddingtree [11]

Poor Law Union:
Martley [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Doddenham; Broadwas; Alfrick, Suckley; Knightwick [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1656-1964	[5]
	Marriages	1656-1963	[5]
	Burials	1656-1963	[5]
Originals at WRO	Christenings	1656-1968	[12]
	Marriages	1656-1969	[12]
	Banns	1762-1801; 1882-1969	[12]

Vol 1 is a joint register with Alfrick. The registers were filmed with those of Alfrick. Suckley parish registers also include some entries relating to this parish.[5]

Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1622 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1783-1875
Bishops' Transcripts	Births / Christenings	1622-41
	Marriages	1622-1641

See also entry under Alfrick

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 1779-1840 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

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Last updated on 31st March 2008

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