UPTON WARREN

Descriptive Notes:

Directories:
UPTON-WARREN, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of HALFSH IRE, county of WORCESTER, 3½ miles (N.E. by N.) from Droitwich, containing 463 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and-diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £11. 2. 3½, and in the patronage of the Earl of Shrewsbury. The church, dedicated to St. Michael, has been partly rebuilt, and the interior is neatly fitted up. A school here is endowed with the rent of certain land in the parish of Bromsgrove, left many years since for that purpose: a house for the master and a schoolroom are given by the Earl of Shrewsbury, at a nominal rent. There is also an annuity of £10, bequeathed by a person named Saunders, to be paid by the Grocers Company, for apprenticing, in London, a boy born of poor parents of this parish. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

Status:
Ancient Parish [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO930674
3½ miles N.E. of Droitwich on the A38

Parish Church:
St. Michael

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester until 1921, Archdeaconry of Dudley & Diocese of Worcester (1921- *) [25]

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

Poor Law Union:
Droitwich [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Chaddesley Corbett; Bromsgrove; Grafton Manor; Stoke Prior; Dodderhill; Crutch; Elmbridge [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1604-1967	[5]
	Marriages	1604-1965	[5]
	Burials	1604-1967	[5]
	Banns	1823-1956	[5]
Originals at WRO	Banns	1754-1811	[12]

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

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1604-1875
	Marriages	1723-1882

Register Copies:
St Michael: Christenings 1604-1884, Marriages 1604-1837, Banns 1754-1812, Burials 1604-1901 BMSGH microfiche [9]

At Society of Genealogists [68] :-
Christenings 1604-1884, Marriages 1604-1837, Banns 1754-1812, Burials 1604-1901 [Microfiche.] - Published Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry 2006 - Author: Wright, Betty (trans.)

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
St.Michael BMSGH microfiche [53]
St.Michael Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
St. Michael: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 2 [Typescript.] - Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1984 - Author Oldnall, D et al. (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- 51, 71-91 1901 at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [14]

Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent:
Burial1660-1840Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Manorial Records:
Worcestershire Record Office [50]
Cooksey: Parliamentary survey and valuations 1650
Upton Warren: Court rolls 1427-1648; Court rolls, presentments and other documents 1531-1685; Rentals 1453/4-1490/1; Court roll with view of frankpledge [9 June 1527]

Parish Records on microform at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [13]
Vestry & other parish meetings minutes 1855-1919
Propert deeds in Bromsgrove 1722-39
Assignment of Upton warren Charity School land 1837
Probate copy of Sarah Andrews will 1889

Schools Records:
The following school records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff at Worcestershire Record Office:
Upton Warren C. E. School
Log book - 1929-69 - Ref: BA 5470/1
Admission Register - 1912-1969 - Ref: BA 5470/2
Log book - 1872-1905 - Ref: BA 5485/3
Log book - 1905-1929 - Ref: BA 1247

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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