BMSGH HomeRIBBESFORD
Status:
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:
At BMSGH Shop :-
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 BMSGH Reference Library [7]
Bishops' Transcripts 1813-1841, Marriages 1813-1837, Baptisms and Burials 1815-1841
Baptisms and Burials 1724-1764 Marriages 1724-1765
Baptisms Marriages and Burials 1653-1694
Baptisms Marriages and Burials 1695-1723
Part 1 Baptisms 1574-1653 Part 2 Marriages, Burials 1574-1653 Part 3 Births, Marriages, Burials 1653-1694
Part 4 Births, Marriages, Burials 1695-1723 Part 5 Baptisms & Burials 1724-1764 Marriages 1764-1765
At Society of Genealogists [68]
RIBBESFORD (St. Leonard) : Christenings, Marriages & Burials 1574-1694 [Microfiche.] Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1995 Author Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry (transcript.)
RIBBESFORD (St.
Leonard) : Christenings, Marriages & Burials 1695-1765 [Microfiche.]
Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland
Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1997 Author Birmingham
& Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry (transcript.)
Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
At BMSGH Shop
St.Leonard
At BMSGH Reference Library [7]
St.Leonard
At Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
St.Leonard
Flat ledger gravestones in church
At Society of Genealogists [59]
RIBBESFORD (St. Leonard) : Monumental Inscriptions: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions vol. 13 [Typescript.] IN: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions vol. 13 Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1993 Author Bewdley Historical Research Group (transcript.) 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: 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 - 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.
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]
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