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Status:
A township in Shropshire (Brimstree Hundred) and in Halesowen Ancient Parish, which was in Worcestershire and Shropshire until 1844 but entirely Worcestershire thereafter.
Oldbury transferred to Worcestershire (Halfshire Hundred) in 1844 for civil purposes. It was a separate Civil Parish in 1866 and a separate Ecclesiastical Parish in 1715. It was ecclesiastically refounded in 1841. Abolished civilly in 1966 part to West Bromwich County Borough (associated with Staffordshire) & Ancient Parish, part to help create Warley Civil Parish (associated with Worcestershire) & Civil Parish & part to Halesowen Municipal Borough & Ancient Parish [25]
From 1974 in Sandwell Metropolitan Borough, West Midlands.
Location:
O.S. Ref: SO990895
1 mile off junction 2 of the M5
Parish Church:
Christ Church, Church Sq.,Birmingham St, Oldbury
In 1840 Christ Church was built to replace Oldbury Chapel (St Nicholas), which was very dilapidated and too small for a rapidly rising population. In 1992 two thirds of Christ Church was converted into offices and the worship area reduced but the church is still active within the Church of England. [“Old-Time Oldbury” published by Oldbury Local History Group and http://stmarkslondonderry.org.uk/page19/page11/page11.html - accessed 25th February 2008]
Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Diocese of Hereford until 1841, Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester (1841-1905), Archdeaconry & Diocese Birmingham (1905 - *) [25]
Hundred:
Upper Halfshire [11]
Poor Law Union:
West Bromwich [3]
Adjoining Parishes:
West Bromwich (Staffordshire); Harborne (Staffordshire); Halesowen; Rowley Regis (Staffordshire) [1]
Parish Registers:
| Coverage | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Transcripts at WLHC | General | G1714-1812 | [27] |
No parish registers held at Worcestershire Record Office. Original registers are at Smethwick Library.
Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1725 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]
International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]
*Presbyterian (Old Dissenting Chapel)
| Births / Christenings | 1776-1837 |
| Births / Christenings | 1832-37 |
Register Copies:
Christ Church: Christenings & Burials & some Marriages 1714-1812 BMSGH microfiche [9]
At Smethwick Library :-
Transcriptss: Christenings 1714-1812 Marriages 1714-62 Burials 1714-1812
Microfrom: Christenings 1813-1963 Marriages 1838-1970 Burials 1813-1940
Originals: Christenings 1714-1963 Marriages 1714-62, 1838-1970 Burials 1714-1940
At Society of Genealogists [68] :-
Oldbury (Christ Church) : Christenings 1813-1963, Marriages 1838-1970, Burials 1813-1940 [Microfiche.] - Published Smethwick : Smethwick Library, 1996
Oldbury (Christ church) : Births 1702-17 (extracts), Christenings & Burials 1714-1812, Marriages 1721-33, 1745-53 (extracts); briefs 1707-08, 1717; miscellaneous notes [Typescript.] - Author: Beech, Mr. & Mrs. John (trans.)
Christenings 1819-20, Burials 1820 (BTs) [Microfilm.] Published Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of Utah, 1998
Nonconformist:
Wesleyan: Births 1822-37 Christenings 1832-37 Burials 1823-37 Worcestershire Library and History Centre
At Smethwick Library :-
| Church / Chapel | Copies | Originals | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brades Wesleyan | Christenings | 1850-1915, 1937-71 | 1850-1915, 1937-71 |
| Causeway Green Wesleyan | Christenings | 1865-1945 | 1865-1945 |
| Churchbridge Wesleyan | Christenings | 1841-71 | 1841-71 |
| Oldbury Wesleyan | Christenings | 1854-1980 | 1832-1980 |
| Marriages | 1857-1909, 1912-76 | 1857-1909, 1912-76 | |
| Burials | 1823-91 | 1823-91 | |
| Christenings | 1845-1958 | 1845-1958
|
|
| Tabernacle New Connexion | Christenings | 1864-84 | 1864-1978 |
| Marriages | 1938-68 | 1938-68 | |
| Tat Bank (Zion) New Connexion | Christenings | 1879-1957 | |
| Old Dissenting Chapel (Presbyterian) | Christenings | 1715-45,
1759-1813 |
At Society of Genealogists :-
OLDBURY (Halesowen Presbyterian chapel) : C 1812-37: Shropshire registers, vol. 1 IN: Shropshire registers, vol. 1 Published Shropshire FHS, Nd. Author Matthews, B et al. (trans.)
Halesowen Presbyterian chapel: Christenings 1776-99 & 1800-12 : Shropshire registers, vol. 2 [Typescript] - Published : Shropshire FHS, 1990 - Author Shropshire FHS (trans.)
Old Dissenting Chapel (Presbyterian or Methodist?) - Copies: Christenings 1715-45, 1759-1813 - Published : Shropshire Parish Register Society, 1903 - Author: Evans, George Eyre (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.
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:
Oldbury, including Quinton, Warley, Warley Salop & Warley Wigorn; And Handsworth (inc Perry Barr)
1871 Census on CD-Rom Piece Nos. 2968 to 2974 ; Including Surname Index BMSGH microfiche
1841 Shropshire Archives
1851 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [14]
1841-1901 Smethwick Library
Staffordshire 1891 census returns: West Bromwich registration district RG 12/2259-2278 [Microfilm.] - Published London Public Record Office 2003 Society of Genealogists
Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent:
Burial 1714-1812 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index
Other Sources:
Oldbury & round about in the Worcestershire corner of the Black country Published Birmingham ; Wolverhampton : Cornish Brothers ; Whitehead Brothers Ltd, 1915 Author Hackwood, Frederick William Society of Genealogists
© Arthur Lewis and contributors 2008
Comments, additions, corrections etc to Arthur Lewis
Last updated on 8th February 2010