NORTH PIDDLE

Status:
Ancient Parish [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO968546
9 miles east of Worcester alongside the A422

Parish Church:
St. Michael

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

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

Poor Law Union:
Pershore [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Grafton Flyford; Kington; Flyford Flavell; Naunton Beauchamp; Upton Snodsbury [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1565-1964	[5]
	Marriages	1571-1964	[5]
	Burials	1571-1965	[5]
	Banns	1864-1966	[5]
Transcripts at WLHC	Christenings	1582-1641, 1660-1774	[27]
	Marriages	1571-1641, 1665-1759	[27]
		1571-1810	[27] [21]
	Burials	1571-1640, 1660-1727	[27]
Originals at WRO	Banns	1754-1810	[12]

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

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1612-1700; 1776-1875
	Marriages	1612-1700; 1754-1875

Register Copies:
At Society of Genealogists [68] :-
Christenings 1565-1641, 1660-1812, Marriages 1571-88, 1600-07, 1612-13, 1627-41, 1664-65, 1677, 1682, 1698-1810, Burials 1571-1640, 1660-1768, 1775-1812; briefs 1707-08 [Manuscript.] - Published Bletchley, 1940 - Author: Bradbrooke, William (trans.)

Christenings, Marriages & Burials 1612-1700 (BTs) [Microfilm.] - Published Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of Utah

Marriages 1571-88, 1600-13, 1627-41, 1664-65, 1677, 1682, 1698-1810: Phillimore's parish register series, vol. 100 - Worcestershire, vol. 2 [CD-ROM] - Published London : Phillimore & Co Ltd, 1910 - Author: Phillimore, W P W ed.

Marriages (Index) 1571-1810: Boyd's marriage index [Typescript.] - Published , 1925-55 - Author: Boyd, Percival ed.

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
St.Michael BMSGH microfiche [53]
St.Michael Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
St. Michael: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 7 [Typescript.] - Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1989 - Authors: Bushell, L (trans.) and 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.
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:
Burial 1660-1840 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Directories:
PIDDLE (NORTH), a parish in the upper division of the hundred of PERSHORE, county of WORCESTER, 8½ miles (E. by S.) from Worcester, containing 133 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £9. 1. 3., and in the patronage of Earl Somers. 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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