BMSGH HomeWELLAND
Status:
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] :-
WELLAND : Christenings(Index) 1813-75 [Computer printout.] Published Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of Utah, 1976 Author Genealogical Society of Utah (transcription.)
WELLAND : Christenings,
Marriages & Burials 1608-1700 (Bishops' Transcripts) [Microfilm.] Published Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of Utah,
1961
WELLAND :
Christenings, Marriages & Burials (Bishops' Transcripts) 1608-1700,
Christenings, Marriages & Burials 1701-1812 Published
, Nd. Author Challen, W H
(transcription.) Source D: W H Challen
WELLAND : Marriages(Index)
1605-1812: Boyd's marriage index [Typescript.] IN: Boyd's
marriage index Published , 1925-55 Author Boyd, Percival ed. Source D:
P Boyd.
Register of graves 1875-1914 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
War Memorials:
For the names of those commemorated on Welland War Memorial see:
http://www.rememberthefallen.co.uk/Casualties/ListByMemorial/Welland
War Memorial
All the censuses between 1841 and 1901 are now available on a number of fee-paying (Subscription or PayAsYouGo) sites including Ancestry.co.uk, FindMyPast.co.uk, thegenealogist.co.uk and genesreunited.co.uk. The 1911 census is available in full or in part on some of these sites. We are unable to advise on the choice of site since researchers' personal preferences will be influenced by the content and search facilities offered by each site. Some sites offer a free trial.
Access to the library edition of Ancestry.co.uk is widely available at most record offices, including Worcestershire Library and History Centre, and some libraries. You are advised to book time on their computers before making a visit.
A free-to-view site is being developed at freecen.org.uk for the 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871 and 1891 censuses. Coverage of Worcestershire parishes is rather sparse at this time.
Census returns can usually be viewed at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints' Family History Centres.
Some repositories offer census details on microform, disc or printed copy. These include: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.
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]
© Arthur Lewis and contributors 2008
Comments, additions, corrections etc to Arthur Lewis
Last updated on 15th July 2011