WOLLESCOTE

Status:
A township in Oldswinford Ancient Parish (ecclesiastically called 'Old Swinford). It was a separate Civil Parish in 1866. It was a separate Ecclesiastical Parish in 1965 from Lye Ecclesiastical Parish, Stambermill Ecclesiastical Parish, Old Swinford Ancient Parish & Pedmore Ancient Parish. Transferred in 1974 to West Midlands. [25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO927829
1 mile east of Stourbridge

Parish Church:
St. Andrew, Oakfield Rd, Wollescote, Stourbridge, DY9 9DG

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

Hundred:
Lower Halfshire [11] [25]

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

Parish Registers:
No parish registers held at Worcestershire Record Office. The original registers are at Dudley Archives and Local History Service.[5]

Register Copies:
Originals: Christenings 1939-83 Marriages 1940-70 Dudley Archives and Local History Service [62]
Banns: Originals: 1940-56, 1961-80 Dudley Archives and Local History Service

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
Lye & Wollescote Burial Ground: Register of burials 1904 (part)-10(part) 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.
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 and Local History Service

Schools Records:
The following school records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff at Worcestershire Record Office:
Crabbe Street C P Boys School
Infants School Admission Register - 1882-98 - Ref: BA 1232/2(i)

Infants School Admission Register - 1892-1911 - Ref: BA 1232
Note: The overlapping of dates between this and the earlier entry is due to the starting of a new book which omits the names of children no longer attending. Particularly valuable for details of what happened to a child upon leaving the school

Log Book.
1882-1914 - Ref: BA 1232/1

Crabbe Street Council School
Log Book. Girls - 1882-1913 - Ref: BA 3730/1

A handlist of other records of schools and of other educational establishments held by Worcestershire Record Office for this parish can be found here.

Other sources:
"Lye & Wollescote Cemetery Chapels"  by  Jean Weston & Marlene Price. Available by mail order from matthew@wmhbt.org.uk

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© Arthur Lewis and contributors 2008
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Last updated on 31st March 2010

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