NORTON & LENCHWICK

Descriptive Notes:

Directories:
NORTON, a parish in the lower division of the hundred of BLACKENHURST, county of WORCESTER, 3 miles (N. by E.) from Evesham, containing, with the chapelry of Lench-Wick, 386 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £5. 17- 8½ , and in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Worcester. The church, dedicated to St. Egwin, was a small cruciform structure, principally in the later English style, but the nave having fallen down, the tower is now distinct from the rest of the building. There is a trifling endowment, the gift of Anne Walter, for teaching poor children. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

Status:
Ancient Parish [25]
Lenchwick is a chapelry in the parish of Norton [44]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SP042478
4 miles north of Evesham along the B4088.
Lenchwick is about 1 mile S.W. of Norton and 2½ miles north from Evesham.
Chadbury is a hamlet in Norton parish, 2 miles S.W. of Norton and a 1½ N.W. from Evesham. [57]

Parish Church:
St. Egwin
The chapel at Lenchwick was dedicated to St. Michael but has been demolished [44]

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

Hundred:
Lower Blackenhurst [11] [25] [28]

Poor Law Union:
Evesham [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Church Lench; Harvington; Offenham; Evesham All Saints; Evesham St. Lawrence; Cropthorne; Fladbury [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1538-1950	[5]
	Marriages	1538-1836	[5]
	Burials	1538-1923	[5]
	Banns	[1755]-1812, 1823-1970	[5]

Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1611 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1538-1609; 1701-1875
	Marriages	1538-1609; 1701-1836
Bishops' Transcripts	Births / Christenings	1610-1700 (65%)

Register Copies:
Christenings 1538-1868, Marriages 1538-1836, Burials 1538-1923 [Microfilm.] - Published Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of Utah, 1982 Society of Genealogists [68]

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
St.Egwin BMSGH microfiche [53]
St.Egwin Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
MIs: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 7 [Typescript.] - Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1989 - Authors: Bushell, L (trans.) and Farmer, G R (trans.) Society of Genealogists [59]

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 1660-1860 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Manorial Records:
Worcestershire Record Office [50]
Proceedings of manorial court of Lenchewyke and Norton (in Evesham Abbey Court Book) 1542, 1544
Norton: Accounts 17th-18th cents.

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.

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Last updated on 1st April 2008

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