SEDGEBERROW

Descriptive Notes:

Directories:
SEDGEBERROW, a parish in the middle division of the hundred of OSWALDSLOW, county of WORCESTER, 4 miles (S. S. W.) from Evesham, containing 250 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £13. 15. 7½ , and in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Worcester. The church has a small octagonal tower, surmounted by a spire, and exhibits portions in the decorated and later English styles of architecture. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

Status:
Ancient Parish [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SP024385
On the county border with Goucestershire, 3 miles south of Evesham, off the A46

Parish Church:
St. Mary the Virgin

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

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

Poor Law Union:
Evesham [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Hinton on the Green (Gloucestershire); Aston Summerville (Gloucestershire); Wormington (Gloucestershire); Dumbleton (Gloucestershire); Ashton under Hill (Gloucestershire); Elmley Castle [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1566-1972	[5]
	Marriages	1566-1972	[5]
	Burials	1567-1972	[5]
	Banns	1739 (1 only), 1754 (1 only) 1755-82, 1823-1923	[5]
Transcripts at WLHC	Christenings	1566-1783	[27]
	Marriages	1566-1751	[27]
	Burials	1567-1782	[27]
Originals at WRO	Marriages	M1566-1986	[12]
	Burials	B1567-1982	[12]

Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1612 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1782-1875
	Marriages	1566-1885

Register Copies:
Christenings 1566-1783 Marriages 1566-1782 Burials 1567-1783 Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Records Office [71]
Christenings & Burials 1566-1972, Marriages 1566-1751, 1785-1972, banns 1739-82, 1823-1923, confirmations 1896-1971; churchwardens accounts 1818-62 [Microfilm.] - Published Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972 Society of Genealogists [68]

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
St.Mary the Virgin BMSGH microfiche [53]
St.Mary the Virgin Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
St. Mary the Virgin: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 11 [Typescript.] - Published : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1992 - Authors: Farmer, G R & Bushell, L C 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]
Gloucestershire 1851 census [CD-ROM.] - Published Gloucestershire FHS 2001 - Author: Gloucestershire FHS (comp.) Society of Genealogists

Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent:
Burial1647-1863 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Manorial Records:
Worcestershire Record Office [50]
Manor books 18th and 19th cents.; Manor Court books (draft) 1812-1907

Parish Records on microform at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [13]
Churchwardens accounts 1818-62
Confirmation register 1896-1971

Schools Records:
The following school records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff at Worcestershire Record Office:
Sedgeberrow Sunday School
Attendance registers - [1896] - 1943 - Ref: BA 8970/7 (vi)

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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Last updated on 2nd April 2008

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