WARNDON ST NICHOLAS

Status:
Ancient Parish [25]
Originally a chapel in Worcester St Helen Ancient Parish. It was a separate parish by 1300

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO888569
3 miles N.E. of central Worcester. Off Berkeley Way, Nr. Junction 6, M5

Upper & Lower Smite, 2 miles north, are within the borough of Droitwich.  Trotshill is ½ mile south. [57].
Upper & Lower Smite, 2 miles north, detached parts of this parish, were annexed to Hindlip in 1880.  [11]
 
Parish Church:
St. Nicholas

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester until 1927, Archdeaconry of Dudley & Diocese of Worcester (1927 - *) [25]

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

Poor Law Union:
Droitwich [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Hindlip; Tibberton; Spetchley; Worcester St Martin; Claines [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1561-1962	[5]
	Marriages	1567-1951	[5]
	Burials	1563-1962	[5]
	Banns	1757-1804	[5]
Originals at WRO	Christenings	1561-1985	[12]
	Marriages	1567-1978	[12]
	Burials	1563-1979	[12]

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

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1813-1875
	Marriages	1759-1882

Register Copies:
Christenings 1561-1716, 1728-1962, Marriages 1567-1601, 1614-39, 1645-52, 1664-1739, 1759-1951, banns 1757-72, 1791-95, Burials 1563-77, 1582-83, 1597-1962; vestry minutes 1862-1947 [Microfilm.] - Published Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of Utah, 1964 Society of Genealogists [68]

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
St.Nicholas BMSGH microfiche [53]
St.Nicholas Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
St. Nicholas: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 5 [Typescript.] - Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1986 - Authors: Farmer, G (trans.) & Bushell, L (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.
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:
1841-71 91 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

Directories:
WARNDON, a parish in the lower division of the hundred of OSWALDSLOW, county of WORCESTER, 2½ miles (E.N.E.) from Worcester, containing 177 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £10.0.2½ and in the patronage of B. Johnson, Esq., as trustee for R. Berkley, Esq., a Roman Catholic. The church is dedicated to St. Nicholas. The Birmingham and Worcester canal passes through the parish. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

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Last updated on 9th February 2010

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