WOLLASTON

Status:
A township in Oldswinford Ancient Parish (ecclesiastically called 'Old Swinford'). It was a separate Civil Parish in 1866 and ecclesiastically severed in 1845 to help create Amblecote Ecclesiastical Parish. 'Wollaston' was a separate Ecclesiastical Parish in 1860 from Amblecote Ecclesiastical Parish. Transferred in 1974 to West Midlands [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO892847
Now a suburb on the west side of Stourbridge

Parish Church:
St. James

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester until 1921, Archdeaconry of Dudley & Diocese of Worcester (1921 - *) [1] [25]

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

Poor Law Union:
Stourbridge (originally rated in Oldswinford, separately rated soon after (1836-1930) [3] [25]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1860-1905	[5]
	Marriages	1860-1901	[5]
	Burials	1860-1904	[5]
	Banns	1860-1901	[5]

The original registers are at Dudley Archives & Local History Service.[5]

Bishops' Transcripts:
At Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]
Begin 1860

Register Copies:
At Dudley Archives & Local History Service :-
Microform: Christenings 1860-1905 Marriages 1860-1901 Burials 1860-1904
Oriiginals: Christenings 1860-1949 Marriages 1860-1947 Burials 1860-1951
Banns: Originals: 1860-1949, 1957-73

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
At BMSGH Shop
St James

At BMSGH Reference Library [7]
St James

At Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
St James

At Society of Genealogists [59]
WOLLASTON (St. James) : Monumental Inscriptions: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 2 [Typescript.]   IN: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 2   Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1983   Author Dudley Council for Voluntary Service (transcription.)

Census Records:
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:
1851- 1901 at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [14]
1841 Dudley Archives & Local History Service

1851 census Worcestershire, vol. 1 Stourbridge RD, part 2 Stourbridge sub-district including Wollaston, Wollescote, Upper Swinford, Amblecote [transcript & surname index HO 107/2035] - Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1996 - Author: Friend, A F Society of Genealogists

Schools Records:
The following school records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff at Worcestershire Record Office:
Wollaston C E School
Log books - 1884-1959 - Ref: BA 2434

A handlist of other 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
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Last updated on 17th December 2011

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