ODDINGLEY

Descriptive Notes:
Netherwood, half a mile south-east [of Oddingley], is a farm: it was the scene of a tragedy in 1806: a person named Hemming, a carpenter, having been employed to assassinate the Rev. G.Parker, then rector, was afterwards himself murdered by his employers, who were fearful of the perpetrator of the horrible deed being found out and themselves implicated. [57]

Status:
Ancient Parish [25]
Abolished ecclesiastically in 1973 to help create Hadzor with Oddingley Ecclesiastical Parish [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO915590
3½ miles S.E. of Droitwich, 6 miles N.E. of Worcester & 2 miles south of Hadzor
Dunhamstead a hamlet 1 mile north is partly in this parish and partly in Himbleton [57]

Parish Church:
St.James

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester until 1921, Archdeaconry of Dudley & Diocese of Worcester (1921 - *) [25]

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

Poor Law Union:
Droitwich [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Droitwich St Peter; Hadzor; Himbleton; Huddington; Crowle; Tibberton; Hindlip; Salwarpe [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1661-1962	[5]
	Marriages	1670-1963	[5]
	Burials	1673-1963	[5]
	Banns	1824-1963	[5]
Originals at WRO	Christenings	C1661-1970	[12]

Originals may be included with Hadzor

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

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1611-1812
Bishops' Transcripts	Births / Christenings	1813-75

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
St.James BMSGH microfiche [53]
St.James Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
St. James: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 11 [Typescript.] - Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1992 - Author: 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.
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:
1841-1901 at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [14]

Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent:
Burial 1661-1840 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Schools Records:
The following school records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff at Worcestershire Record Office:
Hadzor and Oddingley C E School
Log books - 1877-1949 - Ref: BA 851

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:
ODDINGLEY, a parish in the lower division of the hundred of OSWALDSLOW, county of WORCESTER, 3 miles (S.) from Droitwich, containing 168 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £4. 19. 4½ , and in the patronage of J. H. Galton, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. James. A charity school is supported by voluntary subscription. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

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© Arthur Lewis and contributors 2008
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Last updated on 8th February 2010

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