PERSHORE ST ANDREW

Descriptive Notes:

Directories:
PENSHAM, a hamlet in the parish of ST. ANDREW, PERSHORE, upper division of the hundred of PERSHORE, county of WORCESTER, 1½ mile (S. by W.) from Pershore, containing 95 inhabitants. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

Status:
Ancient Parish [25]
Chapels at Besford & Defford, each of which became a separate Civil Parish in 1866. The two ecclesiastically united in 1865 to create Defford cum Besford Ecclesiastical Parish.
A chapel at Bricklehampton, which was a separate Civil Parish in1866, and was ecclesiastically severed 1922 to help create Elmley Castle with Bricklehampton Ecclesiastical Parish.
The township of Pinvin, which was a separate Civil Parish in 1866.
The township of Wick, which was a separate Civil Parish in 1866 and a separate Ecclesiastical Parish in 1727.
Pershore St Andrew was abolished civilly in 1949 to help create Pershore Civil Parish and abolished ecclesiastically in 1729 to help create Pershore St Andrew with Pershore Holy Cross Ecclesiastical Parish.[25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO948457
Chevington, or Chivington, 2 miles N.W. and Pensham, 1 mile South are hamlets [11]

Parish Church:
St. Andrew, Church Row, opposite the Abbey
The church was declared redundant on 22 September 1970 [80]

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester [1]

Hundred:
Upper Pershore [11] [25]

Poor Law Union:
Pershore [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Pershore Holy Cross; Wick; Great Comberton; Birlingham; Besford [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1641-1958	[5]
	Marriages	1641-1941	[5]
	Burials	1641-1890	[5]
	Banns	1754-96	[5]

Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1608 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Bishops' Transcripts	Births / Christenings	1609-1812 (100%)

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
Abbey Church of the Holy Cross & St. Andrew BMSGH microfiche [53]
St. Andrew Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
Abbey Church of the Holy Cross & St. Andrew : MIs: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions vol. 15 [Typescript.] - Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry - Author: Farmer, G R (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.
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]
Pensham: 1841 71 81 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [14]

Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent:
Burial 1641-1851 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Parish Records on microform at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [13]
Churchwardens accounts, vestry meeting minutes & parish notes 1840-65
Preachers book 1886-94
Service register 1919-45
Pensham Service register 1925-33

Other Sources:
A short hand-book of the abbey church of Pershore & the church of St. Andrew - Published 1935 (Reprint of 1915 vol) - Author: Lawson, F R Society of Genealogists

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