PENDOCK

Descriptive Notes:
Pendock Old Church is seen standing proud immediately above the motorway to Ross-on-Wye. Earthworks in fields north of the church mark the site of the mediaeval village and probably the de Pendocks’ manor house. Much of this charming church is Norman although the 10th century font suggests an even earlier building; in the 14th century new windows were added and the west tower built. There are good 16th century pews and Jacobean communion rails. Sir Edward Elgar may have played the little Georgian organ. [40]

Directories:
PENDOCK, a parish in the lower division of the hundred of OSWALDSLOW, though locally in the lower division of that of Pershore, county of WORCESTER, 5½ miles (S. S. W.) from Upton upon Severn, containing 276 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £11. 2. 11. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

Status:
Ancient Parish [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO783327
Lies close to the Gloucestershire border of the county, 7 miles west of Tewkesbury

Parish Church:
Holy Redeemer
Pendock Old Church is 5 miles west of Tewkesbury signposted from the A438 at Sledge Green. (O.S. Ref: SO817337)
The church was declared redundant on 21 October 1987 and is now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[80]

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester [1] [25]

Hundred:
In Lower Oswaldslow though locally in Lower Pershore [11] [25] [28]

Poor Law Union:
Tewkesbury [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Birtsmorton;Longdon; Forthampton (Gloucestershire); Eldersfield; Redmarley D'Abitot; Berrow [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1559-1928	[5]
	Marriages	1558-1937	[5]
	Burials	1558-1812	[5]
	Banns	1823-1948	[5]

Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1611 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1813-1875
	Marriages	1755-1836

Register Copies:
Christenings 1584-1928, Marriages 1584-1836, banns 1823-1948, Burials 1584-1813 [Microfilm.] - Published Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of Utah, 1964 Society of Genealogists [68]

Census Records:
Access to all the censuses between 1841 and 1901 is now widely available on the library edition of Ancestry.com 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 Gloucestershire Archives

At Society of Genealogists :-
Gloucestershire 1851 Census index & transcription, vol. 19 : HO 107/1974 - [Tewkesbury registration district] Deerhurst & Overbury sub-districts - Worcestershire part: Index to the 1851 Census for Gloucestershire [Microfiche.] - Published Gloucestershire FHS, 1999 - Author Gloucestershire FHS (comp.)

Gloucestershire 1891 census returns: Tewkesbury registration district RG 12/2049-2050 [Microfilm.] - Published London Public Record Office 2003

Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent:
Burial 1558-1812 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Manorial Records:
Worcestershire Record Office [50]
Court rolls 1591-1635; Rentals 1490-1594

Schools Records:
A handlist of the records of schools and of other educational establishments held by Worcestershire Record Office for this parish can be found here.

Other Sources:

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Last updated on 1st April 2008

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