ROUS LENCH

Descriptive Notes:

Status:
Ancient Parish [25]
Abolished ecclesiastically in 1957 to help create Rous Lench and Abbots Morton Ecclesiastical Parish [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SP015533
Near the Warwickshire border of the county, about 7 miles north of Evesham & 12 miles east of Worcester
Radford is a hamlet, 1 miles north. [57]

Parish Church:
St. Peter

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester [1]

Hundred:
Middle Oswaldslow [11] [25] [28]

Poor Law Union:
Evesham [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Inkberrow; Abbots Morton; Salford Priors (Gloucestershire); Church Lench; Abberton; Kington; Dormston [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1539-1965	[5]
	Marriages	1539-1964	[5]
	Burials	1538-1965	[5]
	Banns	1754-1811, 1824-1965	[5]
Transcripts at WLHC	Marriages	1539-1811	[27] [20]
Originals at WRO	Marriages	1539-1988	[12]
	Banns	1824-1969 (Listed with Abbots Morton)	[12]

Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1615 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1813-1875
	Marriages	1814-1875

Register Copies:
Marriages 1539-1811 Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Records Office [71]

At Society of Genealogists [68] :-
Marriages 1539-1642, 1650-1811: Phillimore's parish register series, vol. 22 - Worcestershire, vol. 1 [CD-ROM] - Published London : Phillimore & Co Ltd, 1901 - Authors: Phillimore, W P W ed and Carter, W F ed.
Marriages (Index) 1651-75: Boyd's marriage index [Typescript.] - Published , 1925-55 - Author: Boyd, Percival ed.

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
St.Peter BMSGH microfiche [53]
St.Peter Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
ROUS LENCH (St. Peter) : MIs: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 10 - Published : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1990 - Author Farmer, G R (trans.) 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]

Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent:
Burial 1660-1840Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Manorial Records:
Worcestershire Record Office [50]
Radford: Court papers 1729-43

Parish Records on microform at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [13]
Vestry Meeting Minute & account book 1854-1932

Schools Records:
The following school records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff at Worcestershire Record Office:
Rous Lench C E Primary School
Admission Register - 1911-59 - Ref: BA 3773
Log book - 1921-50 - Ref: BA 2417

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:
A short history of Rous Lench - Published Evesham, 1901 - Author Chafy, W K W Society of Genealogists

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Last updated on 29th December 2008

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