NORTON JUXTA KEMPSEY

Descriptive Notes:
Norton was for many years the headquarters of the Worcestershire Regiment. The barracks were built in 1877 but closed some years ago, now being the site of private housing.

Status:
Chapel in Kempsey Ancient Parish. A separate civil identity early and a separate Ecclesiastical Parish in 1781. Abolished ecclesiastically in 1961 to help create Norton with Whittington Ecclesiastical Parish [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO877512
4 miles south of Worcester off the A44
Littleworth,1 mile S.E. & Hatfield, ¼ mile south are hamlets [57]

Parish Church:
St. James the Great

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Peculiar of the Dean & Chapter of Worcester ; Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester [1] [25]

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

Poor Law Union:
Pershore [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Whittington; Stoulton; Pershore Holy Cross; Kempsey; Worcester St Peter [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1540-1965	[5]
	Marriages	1572-1979	[5]
	Burials	1538-1965	[5]
	Banns	1754-95, 1911-59	[5]
Originals at WRO	Christenings	1540-1986	[12]
	Marriages	1572-1985	[12]
	Banns	1754-93, 1864-1959	[12]

Norton Army Chapel:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1954-1962	[5]

Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1613 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1813-1875
	Marriages	1754-1875
Bishops' Transcripts	Births / Christenings	1613-1700 (60%?)

War Memorials:
For the names of those commemorated on Norton War Memorial see:
http://www.rememberthefallen.co.uk/Casualties/ListByMemorial/Norton War Memorial

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

Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent:
Burial1660-1840 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Manorial Records:
Worcestershire Record Office [50]
Corn rental 1778-85

Parish Records on microform at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [13]
Army baptisms book of Norton Camp Chapel 1954-62

Schools Records:
The following school records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff at Worcestershire Record Office:
Norton juxta Kempsey Methodist Church Sunday School
Class registers - 1950 - 58 - Ref: BA 7912/3 (iii)
Sunday School class registers - 1950 - Ref: BA 7912/3 (iii)
Sunday School class registers - 1953 -54 - Ref: BA 7912/3 (iii)
Sunday School class registers - 1955 - 58 - Ref: BA 7912/3 (iii)

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

Directories:
NORTON by KEMPSEY, a parish in the lower division of the hundred of OSWALDSLOW, county of WORCESTER, 3½ miles (S. S. E.) from Worcester, containing 517 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the peculiar jurisdiction and patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £2. 12. 6, endowed with £600 royal bounty, and £200 parliamentary grant. The church is dedicated to St. James. There are extensive quarries of limestone within the parish. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

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© Arthur Lewis and contributors 2008
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Last updated on 11th June 2011

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