QUINTON

Descriptive Notes:

Status:
Civil Parish [25]
Renaming between 1891 & 1901 of Ridgacre Civil Parish. Transferred in 1909 to be a parish in Birmingham County Borough. It was abolished civilly in 1912, entirely to Birmingham Ancient Parish [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SP994848
5½ miles west of central Birmingham and some 2 miles east of Halesowen

Hundred:
Stourbridge (between 1891/1901-1911), Birmingham (1911-12) [3] [25]

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:
Oldbury, including Quinton, Warley, Warley Salop & Warley Wigorn; And Handsworth (inc Perry Barr)
1871 Census on CD-Rom Piece Nos. 2968 to 2974 ; Including Surname Index BMSGH microfiche

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