POWICK

Descriptive Notes:

Directories:
POWICK, a parish in the lower division of the hundred of PERSHORE, county of WORCESTER, 2¾ miles (S. S. W.) from Worcester, comprising the chapelry of Clieveload, and the hamlet of Woodsfield, and containing, exclusively of a part of the chapelry of Bransford, which is in this parish, 1452 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, with the curacy of Mordeford annexed, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £10. 2. 7, and in the patronage of the Earl of Coventry. The church is dedicated to St. Peter and St. Lawrence. The river Teme is here crossed by an ancient bridge, a short distance below which it falls into the Severn. In December 1642, an action was fought near this place, between the parliamentarian troops under Colonel Sandes, and the royalists under Prince Rupert and Prince Maurice, in which the former were defeated, and the colonel was mortally wounded. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

Status:
Ancient Parish [25]
Perhaps included the chapel at Bransford, which was either originally or early in Leigh Ancient Parish. Powick was a separate Civil Parish in 1866 from Leigh. [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO834515
3 miles south of Worcester on the A449
Pixham is in this parish, 2 miles south. Cleveload is a hamlet 3 miles south. Woodsfield is a hamlet 2 miles S. by W.; Collett's Green, ½ mile west & Bastonford, 1½ miles S.W. are hamlets. [57]
Callow End is a hamlet 1½ miles distant. [11]

Parish Church:
St. Peter
Chapel of ease: St. James, Callow End

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester [1]

Hundred:
Lower Pershore [11] [25]

Poor Law Union:
Upton-upon-Severn [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Bransford; Worcester St John Bedwardine; Worcester St John the Baptist Bedwardine; Kempsey; Severn Stoke; Great Malvern; Madresfield; Newland [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1662-1968	[5]
	Marriages	1663-1957	[5]
	Burials	1662-1954	[5]
	Banns	1927-62	[5]
Transcripts at WLHC	Marriages	M1663-1983	[27]
	General	G1654-1731	[27]
Originals at WRO	Burials Powick Lunatic Asylum	1901-1947	[12]
	Banns	1754-1812, 1823-19[25], 1927-68	[12]

Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1611 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]

Transcripts at Worcestershire Library and History Centre:1611-45 [27]

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1771-1875
Bishops' Transcripts	Births / Christenings	1611-1700

Register Copies:
At Society of Genealogists [68] :-
Christenings 1611-45, 1654-1731, Marriages 1611-45, 1663-1731, Burials 1611-45, 1662-1731 [Typescript.] - Published , 1979 - Author: Allen, Roger M (trans.)
Christenings, Marriages & Burials 1611-1700 (BTs) [Microfilm.] - Published Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of Utah

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]
1891- 1901 Powick Lunatic Asylum Worcestershire Library and History Centre [14]

Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent:
Burial1662-1851 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Manorial Records:
Worcestershire Record Office [50]
Beauchamp Court otherwise Hollythorne [Holythorn] Green and Powick: Court roll 1686-1714, 1721-80, 1762; Suit rolls 1764-5;
Beauchamps Court: List of tenants 1759-60
Hollythorne Greene and Poyk: Court roll 1597-1608
Pixham: Court roll [1314/15-1327/8], [1663], [1668], 1675 and 1679, 1681-3; Chief rents 1735

Schools Records:
The following school records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff at Worcestershire Record Office:
Powick C E (Primary) School
Log books - 1862 - 1898 - Ref: BA 5155
Log books - 1898 - 1922 - Ref: BA 5631

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

Other Sources:
Stanbrook Abbey : a sketch of its history, 1625-1925 - Published London : Burns & Oates Ltd., 1925 Society of Genealogists

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