RUBERY

Status:
Ecclesiastical Parish [25]
Created in 1933 from The Lickey Ecclesiastical Parish.
Boundary alterations:
1938 - to help create Allens Cross Ecclesiastical Parish
1957 - to create Rednal Ecclesiastical Parish

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO988772
9 miles S.W. of central Birmingham, on the A38

Parish Church:
St Chad's, New Road, Rednal, Birmingham

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Birmingham [25]

Register Copies:
Christenings 1919-68; Marriages 1903-72 Birmingham Central Library
Banns: Originals: 1967-1979 Birmingham Central Library

War Memorials:
For the names of those commemorated on a War Memorial for Rubery Hospital (now at Rubery Royal British Legion) see:
http://www.rememberthefallen.co.uk/Casualties/ListByMemorial/Rubery Hospital now at Rubery Royal British Legion Club

For the names of those commemorated on a War Memorial at Rubery Royal British Legion see:
http://www.rememberthefallen.co.uk/Casualties/ListByMemorial/Rubery Royal British Legion Club

For the names of those commemorated on a War Memorial at Rubery Royal British Legion for World War 2 victims see:
http://www.rememberthefallen.co.uk/Casualties/ListByMemorial/Rubery Royal British Legion Club WW2

For the names of those commemorated on a Memorial at Rubery Royal British Legion to those who died in a Tank Disaster on Salisbury Plain in 1955 see:
http://www.rememberthefallen.co.uk/Casualties/ListByMemorial/Rubery Royal British Legion Club Tank Accident

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:
For 1881 returns see Kings Norton.[5]

Schools Records:
The following school records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff at Worcestershire Record Office:
New Road School
Log books - 1898 - 19[53] - Ref: BA 1618/5

A handlist of other records of schools and of other educational establishments held by Worcestershire Record Office for this parish can be found here.

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© Arthur Lewis and contributors 2008
Comments, additions, corrections etc to Arthur Lewis
Last updated on 6th August 2011

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