STOCKTON ON TEME

Descriptive Notes:

Directories:
STOCKTON, a parish in the lower division of the hundred of DODDINGTREE, county of WORCESTER, 7 ¼ miles (S. W.) from Bewdley, containing 168 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Salop, and diocese of Hereford, rated in the king's books at £5.13. ll½ , and in the patronage of the Rev. T. Houlbrooke. The church is dedicated to St. Andrew. The river Teme runs through the parish. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

Status:
Ancient Parish [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO716673
14 miles N.W. of Worcester on the A443

Parish Church:
St. Andrew

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry of Salop & Diocese of Hereford until 1876, Archdeaconry of Ludlow & Diocese of Hereford (1876-1919), Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester (1919-1921), Archdeaconry of Dudley & Diocese of Worcester (1921 - *) [25]

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

Poor Law Union:
Martley [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Pensax; Abberley; Shelsley Beauchamp; Stanford on Teme; Orleton; Lindridge [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1541-1963	[5]
	Marriages	1539-1963	[5]
	Burials	1539-1963	[5]
	Banns	1755-78	[5]
Transcripts at WLHC	General	1539-1812	[27]
	Bishops' Transcripts	1625-1812	[27]
Originals at WRO	Christenings	1541-1992	[12]
	Burials	1539-1993	[12]

Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1919 at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22], earlier at Herefordshire Record Office

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1539-1772; 1774-1812; 1814-1875

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
St.Andrew BMSGH microfiche [53]
St.Andrew Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
Monumental inscriptions church & churchyard (1970) Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]

At Society of Genealogists [59] :
Stockton on Teme: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 9 [Typescript.] - Published , 1970 - Author Faraday, Michael Anthony (trans.)
St. Andrew: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 11 [Typescript.] - Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1991 - Author: Farmer, G R (trans.)

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 1660-1840 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Schools Records:
A handlist of the 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 1st January 2008

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