RIBBESFORD
Descriptive Notes:Directories:
RIBBESFORD, a parish in the lower division of the
hundred of DODDINGTREE, county of
WORCESTER, ¾ of a mile (S.) from Bewdley, containing, with
the borough of
Bewdley, 3798 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
and
diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £27. 19.
2., and in the
patronage of the Rev. Edward Winnington Ingram. The church, dedicated
to St.
Leonard, is an ancient and curious structure, in a retired situation,
surrounded by wooded heights, which environ the windings of the Severn.
Coal
exists in the parish, but it is not worked. A weekly market and a fair
on St.
Margaret's day, were granted by Edward I. [Topographical
Dictionary of
England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]
Ancient Parish [25]
Included the chapel & borough of Bewdley. Bewdley was originally an extra-parochial place, sometimes considered in Staffordshire in the 15th century, although usually considered in Worcestershire. Its status in Worcestershire was confirmed by statute 1543. In the reign of Henry VI it was made a chapel of Ribbesford Ancient Parish. It was a separate Civil Parish in 1866 and a separate Ecclesiastical Parish in 1853. Ribbesford was abolished ecclesiastically in 1940 to help create Ribbesford with Bewdley Ecclesiastical Parish. [25]
Location:
O.S. Ref: SO785740
1 mile south of Bewdley along the B4194
Parish Church:
St. Leonard
Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry of Salop & Diocese of Hereford until 1876, Archdeaconry of Ludlow & Diocese of Hereford (1876-1919), Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester (1919-21), Archdeaconry of Dudley & Diocese of Worcester (1921 -*) [25]
Hundred:
Lower Doddingtree, part Bewdley Borough / Municipal Borough (until 1866) [11] [25] [28]
Poor Law Union:
Kidderminster [3] [25]
Adjoining Parishes:
Bewdley; Kidderminster; Lower Mitton; Areley Kings; Rock [1]
Parish Registers:
| Coverage | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Microform at WLHC | Christenings | 1574-1965 | [5] |
| Marriages | 1574-1941 | [5] | |
| Burials | 1574-1958 | [5] | |
| Banns | 1754-78,
1782-97, 1799, 1802-15,1823 |
[5] | |
| Transcripts at WLHC | Marriages | 1574-1996 | [27] |
| Burials | 1574-1986 | [27] | |
| Originals at WRO | Banns | 1823-27,
1831-1902; 1965-[70s], 1975-82 (These last two may be Bewdley) |
[12] |
The registers include entries for Bewdley prior to 1853.[5]
Bishops' Transcripts: Herefordshire Record Office
International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]
| Coverage | ||
|---|---|---|
| Bishops' Transcripts | Births / Christenings | 1660-1863 |
| Marriages | 1660-1837 |
Register Copies:
On BMSGH microfiche [9] :-
Part 1 Christenings 1574-1653
Part 2 Marriages & Burials1574-1653
Part 3 Christenings, Marriages & Burials1653-1694
Part 4 Christenings, Marriages & Burials1695-1723
Part 5 Christenings & Burials1724-1764 & M1724-1765
At Society of Genealogists [68]
Christenings, Marriages & Burials 1574-1694 [Microfiche.] - Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1995 - Author: Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry (trans.)
St. Leonard : Christenings, Marriages & Burials 1695-1765 [Microfiche.] - Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1997 - Author: Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry (trans.)
Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
St.Leonard BMSGH microfiche [53]
St.Leonard Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
Flat ledger gravestones in church Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
St. Leonard: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions vol. 13 [Typescript.] - Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1993 - Author Bewdley Historical Research [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 - 81, 1901 at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [14]
Worcestershire 1851 census index HO 107/2039 : Kiddermister registration district - Lower Mitton & Bewdley sub-districts [Microfiche.] - Published , 1998 - Author: Friend, A F (trans.) Society of Genealogists
Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent:
Burial 1574-1812 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index
Parish Records on microform at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [13]
Typed transcript of Vol 1 - General 1574-1653
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.
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Last updated on 30th December 2008