OFFENHAM

Descriptive Notes:

Offenham took its name from the Saxon King, Offa,who had a palace here [44]

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]

Status:
Ancient Parish [25]
Originally a chapel in Evesham Priory but a separate parish at the Dissolution.[25]

Location:
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	1543-1966	[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:
St Mary & St Milburgh; Christenings 1538-1875 Marriages 1543-1899 Banns 1761-1844 & Burials 1538-1899 BMSGH microfiche [9]

Christenings 1538-1875 Marriages 1543-1899 Burials 1538-1899 Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Records Office [71]

At Society of Genealogists [68] :-
Marriages 1543-1640, 1654-67, 1675-1734, 1749-1812: Phillimore's parish register series, vol. 22 - Worcestershire, vol. 1 [CD-ROM] - Published London : Phillimore & Co Ltd, 1901 - Authors: Phillimore, W P W ed. and Carter, W F ed.
Marriages (Index) 1651-75: Boyd's marriage index [Typescript.] - Published , 1925-55 - Author Boyd, Percival ed.
(St. Mary & St. Milburgh) : Christenings 1538-1875, Marriages 1543-1640, 1654-67, 1675-1706, 1712-34, 1740, 1749-1899, banns 1761-65, 1804-13, 1823-44, Burials 1538-1643, 1653-1899 [Microfiche.] - Published Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1999 - Author Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry (trans.)

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
St.Mary & St.Melburgh BMSGH microfiche [53]
St.Mary & St.Melburgh Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
(St. Mary & St. Melburgh) : MIs: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 4 [Typescript.] - Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1985 - Author: Bushell, L C et al. (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 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.

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