WEBHEATH

Descriptive Notes:

Status:
A township in Worcestershire (Halfshire Hundred) and in Tardebigge Ancient Parish, which was in Worcestershire and Warwickshire until 1844, but entirely Worcestershire thereafter. It was a separate Civil Parish in 1866. It was abolished in 1933, part to Bentley Pauncefoot Civil Parish, part to Tutnall & Cobley Civil Parish & part to Redditch Civil Parish. [25]
Webheath, St.Philip was consecrated on 22nd February, 1870 by Dr. Henry Philpott, the Lord Bishop of Worcester. The new Church was to be a daughter church of St. Bartholomew's, at Tardebigge.

Location:
O.S. Ref: SP015667
Now on the western outskirts of Redditch

Parish Church:
St. Philip the Apostle, Church Rd., a daughter church of St. Bartholomew's at Tardebigge.

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Diocese of Worcester [10]

Hundred:
Upper Halfshire [11] [25]

Poor Law Union:
Bromsgrove (from c.1837) (originally rated in Tardebigge, separate rated soon after 1836-1930 [3] [25]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1870-1953	[5]
	Marriages	1939-77	[5]
Originals at WRO	Banns	1939-71	[12]

Although Vol 1- baptisms 1870-1910, is entitled as being the parish of Tardebigge it is a separate volume from the Tardebigge baptismal register for the same period and appears to be concerned primarily with residents in the Webheath area of Tardebigge parish. Subsequent volumes are entitled Webheath.

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
St.Philip BMSGH microfiche [53]
St.Philip Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
St. Philip: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 10 - Published : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1991 - Author: Farmer, G R (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]
1871 census Greater Birmingham (part) plus Budbrooke, Dunchurch & Leamington surname & folio index plus images of the folios for pieces RG 10/2968-2974, 3076-3086, 3088-3089, 3119, 3134-3160 & 3187-3193 [CD-ROM] - Published Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry 2004 - Author Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry Society of Genealogists

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Last updated on 18th February 2008

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