NETHERTON

(Nr. Elmley Castle )

Status:
A hamlet in Cropthorne Ancient Parish. A separate Civil Parish in 1866 [25]
Netherton was ecclesiastically annexed to Elmley Castle in 1864. [57]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO991416
4 miles SW of Evesham; ½ mile east of Elmley Castle

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

Hundred:
Middle Oswaldslow [11] [25]

Poor Law Union:
Pershore [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Cropthorne; Hinton on the Green (Gloucestershire); Elmley Castle [1]

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:
1841 51 71 1901 at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [14]

Directories:
NETHERTON, a chapelry in the parish of CROPTHORN, middle division of the hundred of OSWALDSLOW, county of WORCESTER, 4 miles (W. S. W.) from Evesham, containing 106 inhabitants. A chapel is now being erected, the former one having gone to ruin. There is a place of worship for Baptists. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

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Last updated on 8th February 2010

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