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Descriptive Notes:Directories:
OLDBERROW, a parish forming a detached portion of the lower division of
the
hundred of BLACKENHURST, county of WORCESTER, 2¼ miles (W.)
from Henley in
Arden, containing 102 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory,
in the
archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's books at
£4, and in
the patronage of the Rev. John Peachell. The church is dedicated to St.
Mary. [Topographical Dictionary of
England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]
Ancient Parish [25]
Transferred in 1896 from Worcestershire to Warwickshire. Abolished ecclesiastically in 1972 to help create Spernall, Morton Bagot & Oldberrow Ecclesiastical Parish.[25]
Location:
O.S. Ref: SP121660
5½ miles east of Redditch on the A4189
Oldberrow is a narrow corridor between the parishes of Henley-in-Arden & Studley.
Parish Church:
St.Mary
Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester until 1918, when transferred to the Archdeaconry of Warwick & Diocese of Coventry [5] [25]
Hundred:
Lower Blackenhurst [11] [25] [28]
Poor Law Union:
Alcester [3] [25]
Adjoining Parishes:
Beoley; Ullenhall (Warwickshire); Hampton-in-Arden(Warwickshire); Wootton Wawen (Warwickshire); Morton Bagot (Warwickshire); Studley (Warwickshire) [1]
Parish Registers:
No parish registers held at Worcestershire Record Office. The originals are at Warwickshire County Record Office.
Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1613 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]
International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]
| Coverage | ||
|---|---|---|
| Parish Registers | Births / Christenings | 1674-1885 |
| Marriages | 1674-1835; 1838-1895 |
Register Copies:
At Warwickshire County Record Office
St Mary: Christenings 1659-1978 Marriages 1659-1979 Burials1659-1979
Banns: Originals: [1754]-[1762], 1754,1774-1784, 1825-1979
Warwickshire people & places (includes register extracts SPERNAL Christenings, Marriages & Burials 1562-1847, MORTON BAGOT Christenings, Marriages & Burials 1664-1884, OLD BERROW Christenings, Marriages & Burials 1659-1879) - Published Birmingham : Cornish Brothers, 1936 - Author: Burman, John Society of Genealogists
Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
At Society of Genealogists [59] :-
MORTON BAGOT (Holy Trinity), OLDBERROW (St. Mary), SPERNALL (St. Leonard) : Warwickshire monumental inscriptions, vol. 29 [Typescript.] - Published : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1994 - Author: Alcester Local History Society (trans.)
MORTON BAGOT (Holy Trinity): CMB 1663-1851 & MIs; OLDBERROW (St. Mary) : MIs; SPERNALL (St. Leonard) : MIs [CD-ROM.] - Published Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry 2001 - Author Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry (trans.)
OLDBERROW (St. Mary) : Warwickshire monumental inscriptions, vol. 1 [Typescript.] - Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1982 - Author Wheatcroft, G W (trans.)
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]
1851-91 Warwickshire County Record Office
1851-94 Stratford upon Avon Library & Information Centre
Warwickshire 1891 census returns: Alcester registration district RG 12/2480-2483 [Microfilm.] - Published London Public Record Office 2003 - Society of Genealogists
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