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Descriptive Notes:
Directories:
WELLAND, a parish in the lower division of the hundred
of OSWALDSLOW, county of WORCESTER, 3 miles (W. by S.) from Upton upon
Severn, containing 453 inhabitants. The living is a
discharged vicarage, in the peculiar jurisdiction of the Bishop of
Worcester, rated
in the king's books at £8. 2. 11., and in the patronage of
the Crown. The
church is dedicated to St. James. [Topographical Dictionary
of
England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]
Ancient Parish [25]
Originally a chapel in Bredon Ancient Parish. A separate parish by 1300.[25]
Location:
O.S. Ref: SO796399
About 5½ miles south of Great Malvern & 4 miles west of Upton-upon-Severn on the A4104
Parish Church:
St. James
Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester [1] [25]
Hundred:
Lower Oswaldslow [11] [25] [28]
Poor Law Union:
Upton-upon-Severn [3] [25]
Adjoining Parishes:
Hanley Castle; Upton upon Severn; Longdon; Castle Morton; Little Malvern [1]
Parish Registers:
| Coverage | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Microform at WLHC | Christenings | 1670-1903 | [5] |
| Marriages | 1675-1973 | [5] | |
| Burials | 1670-1888 | [5] | |
| Banns | 1823-1943 | [5] | |
| Originals at WRO | Banns | 1754-1812 | [12] |
Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1608 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]
International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]
| Coverage | ||
|---|---|---|
| Parish Registers | Births / Christenings | 1608-1637; 1660-1875 |
| Marriages | 1813-1885 | |
| Bishops' Transcripts | Births / Christenings | 1608-1637 |
| Marriages | 1660-1812 |
Register Copies:
At Society of Genealogists [68] :-
Christenings (Index) 1813-75 Christenings, Marriages & Burials 1608-1812 Marriages (Index) 1605-1812 [Boyd]
Christenings (Index) 1813-75 [Computer printout.] - Published Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of Utah, 1976 - Author Genealogical Society of Utah (trans.)
Christenings, Marriages & Burials 1608-1700 (BTs) [Microfilm.] - Published Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of Utah, 1961
Christenings, Marriages & Burials (BTs) 1608-1700, Christenings, Marriages & Burials 1701-1812 - Author: Challen, W H (trans.)
Marriages (Index) 1605-1812: Boyd's marriage index [Typescript.] - Published , 1925-55 - Author: Boyd, Percival ed.
Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
Register of graves 1875-1914 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
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]
Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent:
Burial1669-1851 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index
Manorial Records:
Worcestershire Record Office [50]
Welland: Court rolls c.1579, 1661; Manor books 1781-1860, 18th cent.; Rental 1695-1702, 1759-69, 1769-c.1805; Surveys, valuations, manor books, rent rolls etc 17th-19th cents.
Wenlond [Welland]: Compotus roll [1524-5]
Parish Records on microform at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [13]
Copies of transcripts of registers 1608, 1609, 1611, 1613-16, 1618-20, 1622, 1627-34, 1637, 1660-05, 1667-1700
Copies of entries in original parish registers 1670-1812
Register of graves (inc. list of vicars from 1875-1916) 1875-1914
Register of property owners giving the number of rates to which they are entitled 19th cent
Overseers of the poor account book 1836-48
Poor rate book 1848
Schools Records:
A handlist of the
records of schools and of other educational establishments held by Worcestershire
Record Office
for this parish can be found here.
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Last updated on 3rd April 2008