BMSGH HomeUPTON SNODSBURY
Status:
Ancient Parish [25]
Originally a chapel in Pershore Holy Cross, which itself was a part of Pershore Abbey but a separate parish at the Dissolution. Upton Snodsbury was a separate parish by 1535.[25]
Location:
O.S. Ref: SO943544
7 miles east of Worcester along the A422
Cowsdown is a hamlet 1 mile south. [57]
Parish Church:
St. Kenelm
Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester [1] [25]
Hundred:
Oswaldslow (until 1760), Upper Pershore (from 1760) [11] [25] [28]
Poor Law Union:
Pershore [3] [25]
Adjoining Parishes:
Crowle; Huddington; Grafton Flyford; North Piddle; Naunton Beauchamp; Peopleton; Whiteladies Aston; Churchill; Broughton Hackett [1]
Parish Registers:
| Coverage | Source | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microform at WLHC | Christenings | 1577-1968 | [5] | |
| Marriages | 1587-1965 | [5] | ||
| Burials | 1587-1965 | [5] | ||
| Banns | 1756-1811; 1824-1965 | [5] | ||
| Transcripts at WLHC | Marriages | 1587-1837 | [27] [21] | |
| General | 1577-1837 | [27] |
Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1612 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]
International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]
| Coverage | ||
|---|---|---|
| Parish Registers | Births / Christenings | 1577-1875 |
| Marriages | 1577-1876 | |
| Bishops' Transcripts | Births / Christenings | ? -1669 |
| Marriages | ? -1669 |
Register Copies:
At BMSGH Shop
St.Kenelm: Christenings, Marriages & Burials 1577-1837
At BMSGH Reference Library [7]
Baptisms Marriages and Burials 1577-1837
At Dudley Archives & Local History Service [62]
Transcript: 1577-1837
At Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Records Office [71]
Marriages 1587-1837
At Society of Genealogists [68] :-
UPTON SNODSBURY : Christenings 1577-1812, Marriages 1587-1647, 1662-1751, 1780, Burials 1587-1812 [Manuscript.] Published , Nd.
UPTON SNODSBURY :
Christenings, Marriages & Burials(Index) 1577-1837
[Microfiche.] Published Birmingham
& Midland Society for Genealogy
& Heraldry Nd. Author
Sargeant, E H (comp.)Source
D: Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy
& Heraldry
UPTON SNODSBURY :
Christenings, Marriages & Burials(Index) 1577-1837 [Microfilm.]
Published Salt
Lake City : Genealogical Society of Utah, Nd.
Author Genealogical
Society of Utah
(transcription.)
UPTON SNODSBURY :
Christenings, Marriages & Burials(Index) 1577-1837:
Worcestershire Parish
Registers Society, 2nd series, vol. 1 IN:
Worcestershire
Parish Registers Society, 2nd series, vol. 1 Published
: Worcestershire Parish Register Society, 1950 Author
Sargeant, E H (comp.)
UPTON SNODSBURY : Marriages 1587-1647, 1662-1837: 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.
UPTON SNODSBURY :
Marriages(Index) 1651-75: Boyd's marriage index [Typescript.]
IN: Boyd's
marriage index Published
, 1925-55 Author
Boyd, Percival ed.
Source D: P
Boyd.
Monumental
Inscriptions and
Associated Documents:
At BMSGH Shop
St.Kenelm
St Kenelm
At Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
St.Kenelm
At Society of Genealogists [59]
UPTON SNODSBURY (St. Kenhelm) : Monumental Inscriptions: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 5 [Typescript.] IN: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 5 Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1986 Author Boaz, J et al. (transcription.) Source D: BMSGH
War Memorials:
For the names of those commemorated on the War Memorial at St
Kenelm's Church see:
http://www.rememberthefallen.co.uk/Casualties/ListByMemorial/Upton
Snodsbury St Kenelm's Church
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]
Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent:
Burial 1660-1840Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index
Parish Records on microform at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [13]
Alphabetical index to registers 1577-1965
Parish Officers' account book 1720-1856
Overseers' of the poor accounts 1794-1828
Poor rate assessments 1819-33
Vestry meetings minute book 1856-1923
Schools Records:
The following school
records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff
at Worcestershire
Record Office:
Upton Snodsbury School
Attendance register - Boys
- 1870-71
- Ref:
BA 11547/3(vi)
Attendance
register - Girls - 1870-71 - Ref: BA 11547/3(vii)
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:
UPTON-SNODSBURY, a parish in the upper division of
the hundred of PERSHORE, county of WORCESTER, 6½ miles (E.
by S.) from
Worcester, containing 291 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
vicarage, in
the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's books at
£8, and
in the patronage of the Rev. Henry Green. The church is dedicated to
St.
Kenelme. [Topographical
Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]
© Arthur Lewis and contributors 2008
Comments, additions, corrections etc to Arthur Lewis
Last updated on 16th December 2011