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Status:
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 Spernall 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] :-
OLDBERROW (St. Mary) : Monumental Inscriptions: Warwickshire monumental inscriptions, vol. 1 [Typescript.] IN: Warwickshire monumental inscriptions, vol. 1 Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1982 Author Wheatcroft, G W (transcription.) Source D: Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry
Morton Bagot (Holy
Trinity): Christenings, Marriages & Burials 1663-1851 & Monumental
Inscriptions OLDBERROW (St. Mary) : Monumental Inscriptions: Spernall (St.
Leonard) : Monumental Inscriptions [CD-ROM.] Published
Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry 2001
Author Birmingham & Midland Society for
Genealogy & Heraldry (trans.)
Morton Bagot (Holy
Trinity), OLDBERROW (St. Mary), Spernall (St. Leonard) : Monumental
Inscriptions: Warwickshire monumental inscriptions, vol. 29 [Typescript.]
IN: Warwickshire monumental inscriptions, vol.
29 Published : Birmingham & Midland Society
for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1994 Author Alcester
Local History Society (trans.) Source D: Birmingham & Midland Society for
Genealogy & Heraldry.
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]
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
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]
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