WHITTINGTON

Status:
A chapel in Worcester St Helen Ancient Parish, but transferred early to Worcester St Peter the Great Ancient Parish, from which a separate Civil Parish in 1866. Ecclesiastically severed and transferred in 1910 to Worcester St Helen Ancient Parish [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO876529
2½ miles S.E. of Worcester on the A44

Parish Church:
St. Philip & St. James, Church Lane

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester [1] [25]

Hundred:
Lower Oswaldslow [11] [25]

Poor Law Union:
Pershore [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Worcester St Martin; Spetchley; Whiteladies Aston; Stoulton; Norton Juxta Kempsey; Kempsey; Worcester St Peter [1]  [ Worcestershire Library and History Centre ]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1663-1965	[5]
	Marriages	1653-1965	[5]
	Burials	1658-1965	[5]
	Banns	1892-1965	[5]
Originals at WRO	Marriages	1653-1979	[12]
	Banns	1892-1968	[12]

Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1661 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1796-1875
	Marriages	1755-1877

Register Copies:
Christenings 1663-1895, Marriages 1653-1837, banns 1755-1804, Burials 1658-1811 [Microfilm.] - Published Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of Utah, 1965 Society of Genealogists [68]

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
At Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51] :-
List of graves & burials with map 1724-1965 (Microform)
Plan of graves in Whittington churchyard [20th century]
List of burials in Whittington chapelyard with key numbers to map [1900-1992]

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:
1841-1901 at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [14]

Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent:
Burial 1655-1851 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Parish Records on microform at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [13]
Burials register & corresponding graves map 1724-1965

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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© Arthur Lewis and contributors 2008
Comments, additions, corrections etc to Arthur Lewis
Last updated on 9th February 2010

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