MARTLEY

Descriptive Notes:
St Peter's Church at Martley has the oldest complete ring of six bells, cast together, in the whole country, made in 1674 by Richard Keene of Woodstock in Oxfordshire.

Directories:
MARTLEY, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of DODDINGTREE, county of WORCESTER, 7 miles (N. W. by W.) from Worcester, containing, with the hamlet of Hillhampton, 1264 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £22. 10. T. B. Paget, Esq. was patron in 1795. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, has lately received an addition of two hundred and one sittings, of which one hundred and fiftyone are free, the Incorporated Society for the enlargement of churches and chapels having granted £100 towards defraying the expense. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

Status:
Ancient Parish [25]
A chapel at Areley Kings, which was a separate parish by 1535. A hamlet at Hillhampton which was a separate Civil Parish in 1866. [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO756598
7½ miles N.W. of Worcester on the B4204
Hill Top, 1 mile S. by W.; Horsham, 1 mile S.W.; Berrow Green, 1 mile south & Prickley Green, 1 mile north are small hamlets. [57]

Parish Church:
St. Peter

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester [1]

Hundred:
Upper Doddingtree [11] [25] [28]

Poor Law Union:
Martley [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Shelsley Beauchamp; Great Witley; Astley; Shrawley; Little Witley; Wichenford; Broadwas; Doddenham; Whitbourne (Herefordshire); Clifton on Teme [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1625-1926	[5]
	Marriages	1625-1971	[5]
	Burials	1626-1953	[5]
	Banns	1824-1908	[5]
Transcripts at WLHC	Christenings	1743-1838	[27]
	Marriages	1743-1837	[27]
	Burials	1743-1837	[27]
	General	1626-1743	[27]
Originals at WRO	Banns	1824-1976	[12]

Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1628 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]

Register Copies:
St Peter: Christenings 1626-1838 Marriages & Burials 1626-1837 BMSGH microfiche [9]
Christenings 1626-1838 Marriages 1626-1837 Burials 1626-1837 Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Records Office [71]

At Society of Genealogists [68] :-
Christenings 1625-1924, Marriages 1625-1933, Burials 1625-1953 [Microfilm.] - Published Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of Utah, 1964
(St Peter) : Christenings 1626-42, 1654-1838, Marriages 1626-39, 1662-1837, Burials 1626-42, 1654-1837 - Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1991 - Author Howard, Michael (trans.)

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
Monumental inscriptions in interior of Martley church [1930's-1971] transcript Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]

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]
1891- 1901 Martley Workhouse

At Society of Genealogists :-
Worcestershire 1851 census index HO 107/2041 : Martley registration district [Microfiche.] - Published , 1997 - Author: Friend, A F (trans.)
Worcestershire 1851 census returns : Martley registration district HO 107/2041 [Microfilm.] - Published London : Public Record Office, 1996
Worcestershire 1861 census returns : Martley registration district RG/9 2085-2088 [Microfilm.] - Published London : Public Record Office, 1996
Worcestershire 1891 census returns: Martley registration district RG 12/2320-2323 - Published London Public Record Office 2003

Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent:
Burial 1660-1837 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Manorial Records:
Worcestershire Record Office [50]
Court rolls 1556, 1566, 1567, 1568, 1569, 1577, 1589, 1622; Rent roll 1463-4; Tenant list 1555; Rental 15th cent., 1521, 1537, 1538, 1558, 1567-8, 1626, 1631

Parish Records on microform at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [13]
Apprenticeship indentures 1699-1767
Marriage licences 19th cent.

Schools Records:
The following school records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff at Worcestershire Record Office:
Martley C E Infants' School
Log books - 1920 - 1963 - Ref: BA 3973/ (i) (ii)

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

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Last updated on 1st April 2008

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