TIBBERTON

Descriptive Notes:

Directories:
TIBBERTON, a parish in the middle division of the hundred of OSWALDSLOW, county of WORCESTER, 4 miles (E. N. E.) from Worcester, containing 288 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the peculiar jurisdiction and patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £3. 15. 10. The church is dedicated to St. Nicholas. The Birmingham and Worcester canal passes through the parish. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

Status:
Ancient Parish [25]
Abolished ecclesiastically in 1927 to help create Tibberton with Bredicot Ecclesiastical Parish

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO902569
4 miles N.E. of Worcester & 4½ miles S.E. of Droitwich
Bredicot is 2 miles south

Parish Church:
St. Peter-ad-Vincula
Note: Lewis in 1831 [44], Kelly in 1884 [57] & 1892 [38] list the church dedicated to St. Nicholas. Kelly in 1932 [11] & 1940 [72], Victoria County History [15] & Church of England website [10] list the church as St Peter (ad Vincula)

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Peculiar of the Dean & Chapter of Worcester.[1] Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester until 1921, Archdeaconry of Dudley & Diocese of Worcester (1921-27) [25]

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

Poor Law Union:
Droitwich [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Oddingley; Crowle; Bredicot; Spetchley; Wamdon; Hindlip [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1761-1963	[5]
	Marriages	1756-1963	[5]
	Burials	1761-1964	[5]
Originals at WRO	Marriages	1756-1999	[12]
	Burials	1761-1971	[12]
	Banns	1823-1970	[12]

The register of general entries 1680-1760 is missing.[5]

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

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1612-1700; 1761-1877
	Marriages	1612-1700; 1813-1876

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
St.Peter ad Vincula BMSGH microfiche [53]
St.Peter ad Vincula Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
St. Peter ad Vincula: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 5 [Typescript.] - Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1986 - Author Boaz, J (trans.) 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]

Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent:
Burial1710-1840 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Manorial Records:
Worcestershire Record Office [50]
Manor books 18th and 19th centuries

Schools Records:
The following school records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff at Worcestershire Record Office:
Tibberton C E School
Log books - 1925-80 - Ref: BA 11975

Tibberton National School
Admission Register - 1874-1911 - Ref: BA 11975
Log book - 1874-1925 - Ref: BA 11975

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
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Last updated on 3rd April 2008

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