PIRTON

Descriptive Notes:

Directories:
PIRTON, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of PERSHORE, county of WORCESTER, 4 ½ miles (N. N. W.) from Pershore, containing 214 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, united to that of Croom-D'Abitot, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £8. 3, and in the patronage of the Earl of Coventry. The church is dedicated to St. Peter. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

Status:
Ancient Parish [25]
Abolished ecclesiastically in 1771 to help create Croome d'Abitot with Pirton Ecclesiastical Parish. By the 20th century was called 'Croome d'Abitot'. Ecclesiastically abolished in 1973 to help create Severn Stoke with Croome d'Abitot Ecclesiastical Parish.[25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO886468
6 miles S.E. of Worcester & 5 N.W. of Pershore

Parish Church:
St. Peter

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester [1]

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

Poor Law Union:
Pershore [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Kempsey; Pershore Holy Cross; Besford; Croorne D'Abitot; Severn Stoke [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1538-1972	[5]
	Marriages	1538-1971	[5]
	Burials	1538-1972	[5]
Transcripts at WLHC	Christenings	1813-1986	[27]
	Marriages	1764-1990	[27]
	Burials	1813-1986	[27]

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

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1538-1875
	Marriages	1538-1750; 1754-1882

Register Copies:
Christenings, Marriages & Burials 1612-1700 (BTs) [Microfilm.] - Published Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of Utah Society of Genealogists [68]

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
St.Peter BMSGH microfiche [53]
St.Peter Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
St. Peter: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 9 [Typescript.] - Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1991 - Author: Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry (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]

Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent:
Burial 1660-1851Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

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

Schools Records:
The following school records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff at Worcestershire Record Office:
County Primary School
Log books - 1879 - 1952 - Ref: BA 1295

Pirton C E School
Admission Register - 1911 - 1952 - Ref: BA 3770

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

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Last updated on 1st April 2008

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