PENSAX

Status:
Chapel in Lindridge Ancient Parish. Was a separate Civil Parish in 1866 and a separate Ecclesiastical Parish in 1843 [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO723690
7 miles west of Stourport on Severn, 2 miles north of Stockton on Teme
Part of Lindgridge, consisting of the hamlet of Menith Wood, was in 1879 ecclesiastically annexed to [Pensax] parish .. [57]

Parish Church:
St. James the Great

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry of Salop & Diocese of Hereford until 1876, Archdeaconry of Ludlow & Diocese of Hereford (1876-1919), Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester (1919-1921), Archdeaconry of Dudley & Diocese of Worcester (1921 - *) [25]

Hundred:
In Lower Oswaldslow but locally in Upper Doddingtree [44] [11] [25]

Poor Law Union:
Martley [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Rock; Abberley; Stockton on Teme; Lindridge [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1563-1963	[5]
	Marriages	1563-1961	[5]
	Burials	1563-1963	[5]
	Banns	1825-87	[5]
Transcripts at WLHC	General	CMB1563-1812	[27]
	Banns	1638-1812	[27]
Originals at WRO	Banns	1754-1811	[12]

Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1935 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]; Earlier Herefordshire Record Office

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1792-1875
	Marriages	1838-1885
Bishops' Transcripts	Births / Christenings	1620-1638; 1662-1791
	Marriages	1630; 1664-1836

Register Copies:
At Society of Genealogists [68] :
PENSAX : Christenings & Burials 1792-1963, Marriages 1838-1961, banns 1825-87; vestry minutes 1837-93 [Microfilm.]   Published Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of Utah, 1964

PENSAX : Marriages 1813-36 [Microfilm.]   Published Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984

PENSAX (Chapelry) : Christenings 1563-1604, 1613-55, 1663-1812, Marriages 1565-1604, 1612-48, 1664-1811, Burials 1565-1604, 1612-48, 1664-1812: Worcestershire registers, vol. 1 [Typescript.]   IN: Worcestershire registers, vol. 1   Published , 1993   Author Faraday, M (transcription.) Source D: M Faraday.

PENSAX (Chapelry) : Christenings & Burials 1661-1874, Marriages 1661-1837 (BTs) [Microfilm.]   Published Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of Utah, 1979   Author Hereford CRO

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
At BMSGH Shop
St James 

At At BMSGH Reference Library [7]
St James

At Worcestershire Library and History Centre [27]
Transcript: St James Monumental Inscriptions 1965

At Society of Genealogists [59] :-
PENSAX : Monumental Inscriptions: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 9 [Typescript.]   IN: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 9   Published , 1965   Author Faraday, Michael Anthony (transcription.) 

PENSAX (St. James) : Monumental Inscriptions: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 11 [Typescript.]   IN: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 11   Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1992   Author Farmer, G R (transcription.)    Source D: BMSGH 

Census Records:
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]

Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent:
Burial1663-1840 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Parish Records on microform at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [13]
Vestry Minutes Parish Annual Accounts 1837-93

Schools Records:
The following school records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff at Worcestershire Record Office:
Pensax C E School
Admission registers - 1878 - 1959 - Ref: BA 10548/3 (i) (ii)
Log book - 1873 - 1984 - Ref: BA 10548/1 (i) (ii), 2 (i)

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

Directories:
PENSAX, a chapelry in the parish of LINDRIDGE, lower division of the hundred of OSWALDSLOW, but locally in the upper division of the hundred of Doddingtree, county of WORCESTER, 6 miles (S. W.) from Bewdley, containing 574 inhabitants. Coal is obtained in the neighbourhood. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

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