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Status:
Ancient Parish [25]
Originally a chapel in Chaddesley Corbett Ancient Parish. Separate parish by 1535. [25]
Location:
O.S. Ref: SO884712
5 miles north of Droitwich & 5 miles S.E. of Kidderminster off the A442
Parish Church:
St. Michael
Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester until 1921, Archdeaconry of Dudley & Diocese of Worcester (1921 - *) [25]
Hundred:
Lower Halfshire [11] [25] [28]
Poor Law Union:
Kidderminster [3] [25]
Adjoining Parishes:
Chaddesley Corbett; Elmbridge; Elmley Lovett; Stone [1]
Parish Registers:
| Coverage | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Microform at WLHC | Christenings | 1666-1979 | [5] |
| Marriages | 1667-1936 | [5] | |
| Burials | 1667-1812 | [5] | |
| Transcripts at WLHC | Marriages | 1667-1837 | [27] [21] |
Bishops' Transcripts:
At Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]
Begin 1608
Register Copies:
At Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Records Office [71]
Marriages 1667-1837
At Society of Genealogists [68] :-
RUSHOCK : Christenings, Marriages & Burials 1608-42, 1660-1701 (Bishops' Transcripts, gaps) [Microfilm.] Published Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of Utah, 1998
RUSHOCK :
Christenings, Marriages & Burials 1608-1700 (Bishops' Transcripts)
[Microfilm.] Published Salt Lake City :
Genealogical Society of Utah, 1960
RUSHOCK : Marriages
1667-1837: Phillimore's parish register series, vol. 100 - Worcestershire, vol.
2 [CD-ROM] IN: Phillimore's parish register
series, vol. 100 - Worcestershire, vol. 2 Published London
: Phillimore & Co Ltd, 1910 Author Phillimore,
W P W ed.
KIdderminster Union workhouse : Deaths 1866-84, 1895-1913: Worcestershire registers, vol. 3 IN: Worcestershire registers, vol. 3 Published Stoke Mandeville: The EurekA Partnership 2010 Author Bartlett, Eileen & John (transcript.) Author Hillier, Angela (transcript.)
Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
At BMSGH Shop
St.Michael
At BMSGH Reference Library [7]
St.Michael
At Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
St.Michael
At Society of Genealogists [59]
RUSHOCK (St. Michael) : Monumental Inscriptions: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 6 [Typescript.] IN: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 6 Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1987 Author Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry (transcript.) Source D: BMSGH
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:1841-1901 at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [14]
1851 census Worcestershire, vol. 2 Kidderminster : transcript & surname index: Chaddesley Corbett, Rushock, Stone, Broom, Churchill, Wolverley - Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1992 - Author Friend, A F (trans.) Society of Genealogists
Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent:
Burial1667-1840 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index
Schools Records:
The following school
records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff
at Worcestershire
Record Office:
Rushock
School
Log
books - 1876
- 1915 - Ref:
BA 531/14
A handlist of other records of schools and of other educational establishments held by Worcestershire Record Office for this parish can be found here.
Directories:
RUSHOCK, a parish in the lower division of the hundred
of HALFSHIRE, county of WORCESTER, 5½ miles (W. by N.) from
Bromsgrove,
containing 181 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the
archdeaconry and
diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £ 10. 6.
8., and in the
patronage of the Crown. The church is dedicated to St. Michael. William
Norris,
in 1702, bequeathed a house and land in support of a school for
teaching
fifteen children of this parish, and the same number of that of
Elmbridge. [Topographical Dictionary of
England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]
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Last updated on 15th December 2011