RIDGACRE

Status:
A township in Shropshire (Brimstree Hundred) and in Halesowen Ancient Parish, which was Worcestershire and Shropshire until 1844 but entirely Worcestershire thereafter. Transferred to Worcestershire in 1844 for civil purposes (Halfshire Hundred). It was a separate Civil Parish in 1866 in Worcestershire. It was renamed between 1891 & 1901 as Quinton Civil Parish. [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO994848
Quinton, Birmingham. 2 miles east of Halesowen

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction: Quinton was transferred from the Diocese of Worcester to the Diocese of Birmingham in 1905.[5]

Hundred:
Upper Halfshire [11]

Poor Law Union:
Stourbridge (1836-between 1891/1901) [3] [25]

Parish Registers:
No Parish Registers held at Worcestershire Record Office. The original registers are at Birmingham Central Library

Bishops' Transcripts:
See Quinton. Ridgacre is a Civil Parish

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.
The findmypast.co.uk website offers access to the 1911 census. This is a Subscription or PayAsYouGo site. 
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:
Quinton
1851, 1901 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [14]
1841-1901 Birmingham Central Library
1841 - 81 Sandwell Community History and Archives Service
1841-1901 Dudley Archives & Local History Service
Ridgacre
1851 - 91 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [14]
1841 Dudley Archives & Local History Service

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© Arthur Lewis and contributors 2008
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Last updated on 8th February 2010

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