ROMSLEY

Descriptive Notes:

Status:
A township in Shropshire (Brimstree Hundred) in Halesowen Ancient Parish, which was in Worcestershire and Shropshire until 1844 but entirely Worcestershire thereafter. Transferred to Worcestershire in 1832 for civil purposes (Halfshire Hundred). It was a separate Civil Parish in 1866 in Worcestershire. 'Romsley' became a separate Ecclesiastical Parish in 1841 [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO944807
3 miles south of Halesowen on the B4551

Parish Church:
St. Kenelm

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester [1] [25]

Hundred:
Upper Halfshire (from 1844) [11] [25]

Poor Law Union:
Bromsgrove [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Halesowen; Hunnington; Frankley; Bromsgrove; Belbroughton; Clent; Hagley [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1736-1961	[5]
	Marriages	1738-1968	[5]
	Burials	1857-1972	[5]
Transcripts at WLHC	Christenings	1736-1841	[27]
	Marriages	1738-53	[27]
Originals at WRO	Christenings	1736-1980	[12]
	Marriages	1738-53 & 1847-1985	[12]
	Banns	1847-76, 1897-1997	[12]

The registers prior to 1736 have been destroyed.[5]
C1813-20 and B1814-20 for Frankley filmed with Romsley.[5]

Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1875 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1736-1875
	Marriages	1738-1742; 1752-1753; 1847-1882

Register Copies:
St Kenelm: Christenings 1736-1841 & Marriages 1736-1753 BMSGH microfiche [9]

Society of Genealogists [68]
Christenings 1736-1841 Marriages 1736-53
St. Kenelm: Christenings 1736-1841, Marriages 1736-53 - Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1988 - Author Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry (trans.)

Nonconformist:
Dayhouse Bank Methodist: Christenings 1960 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [30]

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
St. Kenelm: Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
Gravestones & inscriptions St Kenelms churchyard Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
MIs (part 1, in the older part of the graveyard): Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 11 [Computer printout.] - Published Romsley : Romsley & District History Society, 1991 - Author: Romsley & District History Society Society of Genealogists [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:
1841-1901 at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [14]
1851 Census Worcestershire, vol. 10 Bromsgrove transcript & surname index : part 1 Stoke Prior & Bromsgrove (part); part 2 Belbroughton, Clent, Hagley, Pedmore, Frankley, Hunnington, Romsley, Tutnall & Cobley, Bromsgrove (part); part 3 Tardebigg, Tutnal & Cobley, Bentley Pauncefoot, Webheath, Redditch & Alvechurch - Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1993-5 - Author: Friend, A F (trans.)

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

Manorial Records:
Worcestershire Record Office [50]
Abstracts of admissions and surrenders 1733-1843 [19th cent]; Court roll 1716-1811, 1817-72

Parish Records on microform at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [13]
Tithe rent charge register 1917-25

Schools Records:
The following school records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff at Worcestershire Record Office:
St Kenelms C E School
Log book - 1911 - 65 - Ref: BA 11088

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:
At Society of Genealogists :-
Court rolls of the Manor of Hales, 1270-1307, part 1 & 2 : Worcestershire Historical Society [vol. 30] - Published Oxford : Worcestershire Historical Society, 1912 - Author: Amphlett, John ed. and Hamilton, Sidney Graves ed.
Court rolls of the Manor of Hales, 1270-1307, part 1 & 2 : Worcestershire Historical Society [vol. 30] [Microfiche] - Published London : Society of Genealogists, 1991 - Edition Microfiche of 1912 ed. - Author Amphlett, John ed.
Court rolls of the Manor of Hales, part 3 containing additional courts for the years 1276-1301 & Romsley courts 1280-1303 : Worcestershire Historical Society [vol. 41] - Published London : Worcestershire Historical Society, 1933 - Author Wilson, Ronald Alyn ed.
Romsley Manor court rolls [1455-1626]

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