PEOPLETON

Status:
Ancient Parish [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO938504
3½ miles north of Pershore

Parish Church:
St. Nicholas

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

Hundred:
Upper Pershore [11] [25] [28]

Poor Law Union:
Pershore [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Upton Snodsbury; Naunton Beauchamp; Throckmorton; Pinvin; Pershore Holy Cross; Stoulton; Whiteladies Aston [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1632-1965	[5]
	Marriages	1632-1965	[5]
	Burials	1632-1965	[5]
	Banns	1912-65	[5]
Transcripts at WLHC	Marriages	1632-1992	[27]
	Burials	1632-1967	[27]
Originals at WRO	Banns	1912-88	[12]

Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1612 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1722-1879
	Marriages	1612-1885
Bishops' Transcripts	Births / Christenings	1612-1721

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
St.Nicholas BMSGH microfiche [53]
St.Nicholas Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
List of graves in churchyard with plan (1952 microfiche) Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]

St. Nicholas: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 2 [Typescript.] - Published , 1983 - Author: Cartwright, Audrey (trans.) and Wakeman, Philippa (trans.) Society of Genealogists [59]

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:
1841-1901 at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [14]

Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent:
Burial1665-1840 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Manorial Records:
Worcestershire Record Office [50]
Extent [c.1550]

Parish Records on microform at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [13]
Vestry minute book 1854-1965

Schools Records:
The following school records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff at Worcestershire Record Office:
Peopleton School
Log books - 1873 - 1948 - Ref: BA 531/12

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:
PEOPLETON, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of PERSHORE, county of WORCESTER, 3½ miles (N.) from Pershore, containing 264 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £11. 10, and in the patronage of ----- Dineley, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Michael. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

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Last updated on 8th February 2010

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