LITTLE MALVERN

Status:
Ancient Parish
A separate parish from the Dissolution [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO770403
3 miles south of Great Malvern on the A449

Parish Church:
St. Giles
Little Malvern Priory, in Malvern, Worcestershire, was a Benedictine monastery c.1171-1537. Little remains of the 12th century church, which was rebuilt in 1480-82. The Little Malvern Priory church is adjacent.

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester [1] [25]

Hundred:
In Lower Oswaldslow though locally in Lower Pershore [44] [11] [28]

Poor Law Union:
Upton-upon-Severn [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Hanley Castle; Welland; Castle Morton; Ledbury (Herefordshire); Colwall (Herefordshire) [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1691-1972	[5]
	Marriages	1695-1996	[5]
	Burials	1691-1971	[5]
Transcripts at WLHC	Christenings	1813-37	[27]
	Marriages	1748-1836	[27]
	Burials	1813-29	[27]
	General	1691-1811	[27]
	Banns	1758-99	[27]
Originals at WRO	Banns	1758-97	[12]

1691 seems to be the earliest extant register. The bishops' transcripts date back to 1615.[5]

Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1615 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1691-1836
	Marriages	1695-1836

Register Copies:
At BMSGH Reference Library [7]
Little Malvern St Giles Baptisms Marriages and Burials 1691-1837

At Dudley Archives & Local History Service
Transcript: MF1691-1837

At Society of Genealogists [68]
MALVERN, LITTLE (St. Giles) : Christenings & Marriages 1691-1836, banns 1758-1809, Burials 1691-1838 [Typescript.]   Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, Nd.   Author Hodgson, Aileen M (transcriptions.) ed. 

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:
1841-71 1891 1901 at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [14]

Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent:
Burial 1691-1837 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Manorial Records:
Worcestershire Record Office [50]
Court rolls [1581-95], 12 March [1554/5]

Parish Records on microform at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [13]
Parochial Church Council Minute Book 1928-48

Schools Records:
The following school records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff at Worcestershire Record Office:
Little Malvern R C School
Log book - 1927 - 31 - Ref: BA 1246

A handlist of other records of schools and of other educational establishments held by Worcestershire Record Office for this parish can be found here.

Other Sources:
A history of Malvern - Published Stroud : Sutton Publishing Ltd, 1978 - Author: Smith, Brian S Society of Genealogists

Directories:
MALVERN (LITTLE), a parish in the lower division of the hundred of OSWALDSLOW though locally in the lower division of the hundred of PERSHORE, county of WORCESTER, 5¼ miles (W. by N.) from Upton upon Severn, containing 67 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, endowed with £1200 royal bounty, and in the patronage of Mrs. Wallman. The church, dedicated to St. Giles, has been long in decay, part of it forming a beautiful and interesting ruin; it belonged to a Benedictine priory, a cell to the abbey of Worcester, founded in 1171, in a gloomy cavity near the ancient intrenchment termed the Herefordshire Beacon, by two brothers, Joceline and Edred, who were successively priors here: at the dissolution its revenue was valued at £102. 10. 9. Adjoining the church are some remains of the conventual buildings, converted into a dwelling-house, called Malvern Court. There is a Roman Catholic chapel in the parish. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

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