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Descriptive Notes:
Offenham took its name from the Saxon King, Offa,who had a palace here
[44]Status:
Ancient
Parish [25]
Originally a chapel in Evesham Priory but a separate parish at the
Dissolution.[25]
O.S. Ref: SP053462
3 miles N.E. of Evesham
Parish Church:
St.Mary & St. Melburgh
Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester [1] [25]
Hundred:
Upper Blackenhurst [11] [25] [28]
Poor Law Union:
Evesham [3] [25]
Adjoining Parishes:
Norton; Harvington; North & Middle Littleton; South Littleton; Bretforton; Badsey; Evesham All Saints [1]
Parish Registers:
| Coverage | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Microform at WLHC | Christenings | 1538-1923 | [5] |
| Marriages | 1543-1976 | [5] | |
| Burials | 1538-1923 | [5] | |
| Banns | 1761-1844 | [5] | |
| Transcripts at WLHC | Marriages | 1543-1812 | [27] [20] |
Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1613 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]
International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]
| Coverage | ||
|---|---|---|
| Parish Registers | Births / Christenings | 1539-1621 |
| Marriages | 1576-1581; 1594-1617 |
Register Copies:
At BMSGH Shop
St Mary & St Milburgh; Christenings 1538-1875 Marriages 1543-1899 Banns 1761-1844 & Burials 1538-1899
At BMSGH Reference Library [7]
Offenham St Mary and St Melburgh Baptisms 1538-1875, Marriages 1543-1899, Banns 1761-1844 and Burials 1538-1899
Worcestershire Parish Registers Marriages Vol.1 - Kempsey 1690-1812, Alderminster 1641-1812, Offenham 1543-1812
At Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Records Office [71]
Christenings 1538-1875 Marriages 1543-1899 Burials 1538-1899
At Society of Genealogists [68] :-
OFFENHAM : Marriages 1543-1640, 1654-67, 1675-1734, 1749-1812: Phillimore's parish register series, vol. 22 - Worcestershire, vol. 1 [CD-ROM] IN: Phillimore's parish register series, vol. 22 - Worcestershire, vol. 1 Published London : Phillimore & Co Ltd, 1901 Author Phillimore, W P W ed. Author Carter, W F ed.
Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
At BMSGH Shop
St.Mary & St.Melburgh
At BMSGH Reference Library [7]
St.Mary & St.Melburgh
At Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
St.Mary & St.Melburgh
At Society of Genealogists [59]
OFFENHAM (St. Mary & St. Melburgh) : Monumental Inscriptions: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 4 [Typescript.] IN: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 4 Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1985 Author Bushell, L C et al. (transcription.) Source D: Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry
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]
Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent:
Burial 1538-1899 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:
Blackminster
Secondary School
List of pupils and their expected grades, also references
to individual pupils - 1974 - 77 - Ref: BA
10500/4 (i) - (iii)
Photographs
of staff and pupils - c1955 - 77 - Ref: BA
10500/18 (iii) - (vi)
Punishment
books - 1958 - 86 - Ref: BA 10500/5 (i) (ii)
Pupils record cards - c1955 -
77 - Ref: BA 10500/5 (iii) - 18 (ii)
Offenham (Infants) Council
School
Log book - 1906 - 24 - Ref: BA
3453/1 (i)
Offenham C P School
Admission register
- 1952
- 73 - Ref: BA 9037/75 (ii)
Log books - 1873
- 1903 - Ref:
BA 3649
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:
OFFENHAM, a parish in the upper division of the hundred
of BLACKENHURST, county of WORCESTER miles (N.E. by N.) from Evesham,
containing
342 inhabitants. The living is a discharged perpetual curacy, annexed
to that
of Littleton, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in
the king's
books at £6. 11. 5½ . The church is dedicated to
St. Milburgh. Offenham took
its name from the Saxon King, Offa, who had a palace here; it
was
afterwards possessed by the abbots of Evesham, and became their
favourite
residence, some remains of the boundary walls being still discernible.
The
navigable river Avon is here crossed by a ferry. A small school is
supported by
the income arising from £ 110, left by Mr. Brent. [Topographical Dictionary of
England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]
© Arthur Lewis and contributors 2008
Comments, additions, corrections etc to Arthur Lewis
Last updated on 13th December 2011