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Descriptive Notes:
Directories:
NEWLAND, a
chapelry in the parish of GREAT MALVERN, lower division of the hundred
of
PERSHORE, county
of WORCESTER, 5¾ miles
(S. W.) from Worcester, containing 125 inhabitants. The living is a
perpetual curacy,
in the archdeaconry and diocese: of Worcester, endowed with
£10 per annum
private benefaction, and £400 royal bounty, and in the
patronage of the Vicar
of Malvern. The chapel is dedicated to St. Michael. Courts leet and
baron are
occasionally held here. [Topographical
Dictionary of
England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]
A chapel in Great Malvern Ancient Parish. It was a separate Civil Parish in 1866 and a separate Ecclesiastical Parish in 1728.[25]
Location:
O.S. Ref: SO796484
On the A449 about 6 miles from Worcester & 1 mile from Malvern Link
Parish Church:
St. Leonard
The church was declared redundant on 8 April 1997 and is now used as the Beauchamp Community chapel. [80]
Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester [1] [25]
Hundred:
Lower Pershore [11] [25]
Poor Law Union:
Upton-upon-Severn [3] [25]
Adjoining Parishes:
Bransford; Powick; Madresfield; Leigh [1]
Parish Registers:
| Coverage | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Microform at WLHC | Christenings | 1596-1970 | [5] |
| Marriages | 1562-1971 | [5] | |
| Burials | 1732-1972 | [5] | |
| Banns | 1754-[59] | [5] | |
| Transcripts at WLHC | Marriages | M1562-1973 | [27] |
| Originals at WRO | Banns | 1829-1995 | [12] |
Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1612 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]
International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]
| Coverage | ||
|---|---|---|
| Parish Registers | Births / Christenings | 1612-1700 |
| Marriages | 1612-1700 |
Register Copies:
Chapelry of St. Leonard: Christenings 1596-1901, Marriages 1562-1901, Burials 1675-1901 BMSGH microfiche [9]
Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
Burial ground register 1863-1919 with plan (microfilm): Worcestershire Library and History Centre [52]
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 1732-1851 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index
Manorial Records:
Worcestershire Record Office [50]
Court roll 18[66]
Parish Records on microform at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [13]
List of marriages in Newland 1754-1812
Churchwardens accounts 1783-1861
Parochial Church Council Minute Book 1920-63
Poor rate book 1856-63
Account book 1916-43
Burial ground register 1863-1919
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.
© Arthur Lewis and contributors 2008
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Last updated on 1st April 2008