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

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
At BMSGH Reference Library [7]
Lye and Wollescote Cemetery and Chapels

At Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
Lye & Wollescote Burial Ground: Register of burials 1904 (part)-10(part)

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 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
Comments, additions, corrections etc to Arthur Lewis
Last updated on 13th June 2011

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