PINVIN

Status:
A chapel in Pershore St.Andrew Ancient Parish and a separate Civil Parish in 1866 [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO957489
1½ miles north from Pershore

Parish Church:
St. Nicholas

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester [1]

Hundred:
Upper Pershore [11] [25]

Poor Law Union:
Pershore [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Peopleton; Throckmorton; Fladbury; Wyre Piddle; Pershore Holy Cross [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1559-1968	[5]
	Marriages	1559-1968	[5]
	Burials	1602-1968	[5]
Transcripts at WLHC	Marriages	1559-1976	[27]
	Burials	1602-1779 & 1848-1984	[27]
Originals at WRO	Banns	1714-1800 some entries, 1823-50	[12]

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

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1559-1800; 1813-1875
	Marriages	1559-1796; 1823-1885
Bishops' Transcripts	Births / Christenings	1612-1700

Register Copies:
At  Society of Genealogists [68]
PINVIN (St. Nicholas) : Births 1669-87, 1913-68, Christenings 1559-1600, 1611-68, 1684-1799, 1813-1968, Marriages 1607-41, 1658-66, 1676-77, 1691-99, 1708-83, 1788, 1823-1968, banns 1792, Burials 1602-1738, 1766-79, 1848-1968, confirmations 1960-65 [Microfilm.]   Published Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of Utah, 1969

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
At BMSGH Shop
St.Nicholas 

At BMSGH Reference Library [7]
St.Nicholas

At Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
St.Nicholas

At Society of Genealogists [59]
PINVIN (St. Nicholas) : Monumental Inscriptions: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions vol. 13 [Typescript.]   IN: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions vol. 13   Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1994   Author Farmer, G R (transcription.) Source D: Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry

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:
Burial 1660-1739 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Manorial Records:
Worcestershire Record Office [50]
Court roll 1664-1701

Parish Records on microform at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [13]
Confirmation Register 1960-65

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.

Directories:
PINVIN, a chapelry in the parish of ST. ANDREW, PERSHORE, upper division of the hundred of PERSHORE, county of WORCESTER, 2 miles (N. N. E.) from Pershore, containing 199 inhabitants. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

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Last updated on 14th December 2011

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