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:
Begin 1860 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]

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:
St James BMSGH microfiche [53]
St James Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
St. James: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 2 [Typescript.] - Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1983 - Author: Dudley Council for Voluntary Service (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.
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:
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 9th February 2010

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