STANFORD ON TEME

Status:
Ancient Parish [25]
Abolished ecclesiastically in 1923 to help create Stanford on Teme with Orleton Ecclesiastical Parish . Abolished civilly in 1933 to help create Stanford with Orleton Civil Parish. .[25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO703657
Near the Herefordshire border of the county, 13 miles N.W. of Worcester on the B4203

Parish Church:
St. Mary

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry of Salop & Diocese of Hereford until 1876, Archdeaconry of Ludlow & Diocese of Hereford (1876-1919), Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester (1919-23 [25]

Hundred:
Upper Doddingtree [11] [25] [28]

Poor Law Union:
Martley [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Orleton; Lindridge; Stockton on Teme; Shelsley Beauchamp; Shelsley Walsh; Clifton on Teme; Upper Sapey (Hereford); Hanley William [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1594-1963	[5]
	Marriages	1596-1964	[5]
	Burials	1594-1964	[5]
Originals at WRO	Banns	1754-80, 1824-1973	[12]

Bishops' Transcripts:
Hereford RO Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1594-1699
	Marriages	1596-1812
Bishops' Transcripts	Births / Christenings	1700-1875

Register Copies:
At Society of Genealogists [68] :-
STANFORD UPON TEME : Christenings 1594-1963, Marriages & Burials 1596-1964, banns 1754-80 [Microfilm.]   Published Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of Utah, 1998 Source S: J Birkinhead.   

Hereford Diocese marriage licence registers 1663-96, 1709-1843 [with contemporary indexes] [Microfilm.] - Published Salt Lake City Genealogical Society of Utah

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
At BMSGH Shop
St.Mary

At BMSGH Reference Library [7]
St.Mary

At Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
St.Mary

At Society of Genealogists [59] :-
STANFORD ON TEME : Monumental Inscriptions [Typescript.]   Published , 1968   Author Faraday, Michael Anthony (transcription.)       

STANFORD ON TEME (St. Mary) : Monumental Inscriptions: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 11 [Typescript.]   IN: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 11   Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1992   Author Farmer, G R (transcription.)   Source D: B.M.S.G.H

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:

At Worcestershire Library and History Centre [14]
Stanford with Orleton 1841- 81
Stanford 1891-1901

Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent:
Burial 1594-1851 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Parish Records on microform at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [13]
Churchwardens' Receipt & Payment Book 1869-1912

Schools Records:
See Stanford on Teme with Orleton

Other Sources:
Stanford on Teme : account book for the surveyor of Highways, 1836-64 [Manuscript.]   Published , 1836-64 Society of Genealogists

Directories:
STANFORD, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of DODDINGTREE, county of WORCESTER, 8 miles (N. E. by N.) from Bromyard, containing 194 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Salop, and diocese of Hereford, rated in the king's books at £7. 4. 2 and in the patronage of Sir T. E. Winnington, Bart. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, was erected in 1768, in the later style of English architecture. The river Teme runs through the parish, which produces hops and abounds with limestone. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

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