WARLEY SALOP

Status:
A township in Shropshire (Brimstree Hundred) and in Halesowen Ancient Parish, which was in Worcestershire and Shropshire until 1844, but entirely Worcestershire thereafter. The township transferred to Worcestershire (Halfshire Hundred) in 1844 for civil purposes. It was a separate Civil Parish in 1866 in Worcestershire and abolished in 1884 to help create Warley Civil Parish. [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SP002865
About 6 miles west of central Birmingham, in the Bristnall Fields / Warley Woods / Thimblemill / Quinton area.

Hundred:
Brimstree, Shropshire until 1844, Upper Halfshire (from 1844) [25]

Poor Law Union:
West Bromwich 1836-44 [3] [25]

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.
The findmypast.co.uk website offers access to the 1911 census. This is a Subscription or PayAsYouGo site. 
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:
Oldbury, including Quinton, Warley, Warley Salop & Warley Wigorn; And Handsworth (inc Perry Barr)
1871 Census on CD-Rom Piece Nos. 2968 to 2974 ; Including Surname Index BMSGH microfiche

1851 at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [14]
1841-1901 Sandwell Community History and Archives Service

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Last updated on 9th February 2010

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