WORCESTER NONCONFORMISTS

Index

Nonconformist Registers
Baptist
Congregationalist / Independent
Countess of Huntingdon
Methodist
Presbyterian
Others
Society of Friends
Roman Catholic

International Genealogical Index (IGI)

Monumental Inscriptions & Associated Documents
Cemeteries
Congregationalist
Countess of Huntingdon
Society of Friends
Roman Catholic

War Memorials
Other Sources

Nonconformist Registers:

Baptist
Silver St:
At Worcestershire Library & History Centre [30]
Births 1793-1836

Congregationalist / Independent
Angel St Congregational
The Congregationalists established themselves here c.1687. This chapel is closed. 
At Worcestershire Library & History Centre  [30]
Christenings 1699-1955 Marriages 1838-1840 Burials 1781-1899
At Worcestershire Record Office [12]
Originals: Marriages 1699-1840  Births 1792-1837

At  Society of Genealogists
Nonconformity in Worcester, with an account of the Congregational church meeting in Angel Street Chapel, & an appendix of ministers throughout the county, & extracts from the non-parochial registers   Published London : Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd., 1897   Author Urwick, William Source D: BSMGH 

Angel St Independent:
At Worcestershire Library & History Centre [30]
Births 1792-1837 (gaps)  Christenings 1699-1837 (gaps) Burials 1815-1837

Countess of Huntingdon
Birdport St:
At Worcestershire Library & History Centre [30]
Births 1785-1836  Christenings 1784-1836. This chapel is closed.

Deansway:
At Worcestershire Library & History Centre [30]
Christenings 1846-1973

Methodist
Blockhouse:
At Worcestershire Library & History Centre [30]
Christenings 1825-1927

Bromyard Rd:
At Worcestershire Library & History Centre [30]
Christenings 1885-1966 - Subject to a 50 year access restriction.

George St:
At Worcestershire Library & History Centre [30]
Christenings 1928-1963 Marriages 1915-1957 & 1957-1963. Baptisms 1928-1963 & marriages 1957-1963 are subject to a 30 year access restriction.

Ombersley Rd:
At Worcestershire Library & History Centre [30]
Christenings 1884-1962

Pump St:
At Worcestershire Library & History Centre [30]
Births1799-1837  Christenings 1799-1837 & 1803-1957 Marriages 1899-1950 & 1950-1965. Marriages 1950-1965 are subject to a 50 year access restriction.

Presbyterian
Castle St:
Christenings 1866-1944 Marriages 1867-1929. The church was closed in October 1962. A new church was built in Albany Terrace, Worcester. The original baptism & marriage registers are very badly singed. Worcestershire Library & History Centre [30]
At Worcestershire Library & History Centre [30]
Session minutes: 1865-1889
At Worcestershire Library & History Centre [27]
Transcript:  Christenings 1866-1944 Marriages 1867-1929

Others
Bromwich Rd Mission Hall:
Marriages 1947-1983 (gaps). The Mission Hall was not affiliated to any nonconformist church but was run on a non denominational basis. Worcestershire Library & History Centre [30]
At Worcestershire Library & History Centre [30]
Glenthorne Mission:
Christenings 1936-1961 (gaps)
At Worcestershire Library & History Centre [30]
Holy Trinity Poor Law Institution & Shrub Hill Hospital:
Christenings 1929-1971

Society of Friends:
Worcestershire Society of Friends:
At Worcestershire Library & History Centre [30]
Quarterly Meeting Book & Accounts of Friends, Sufferings: 1704-1730. Minutes of quarterly meetings 1730-1791 Accounts of Sufferings 1731-1795
Births1635-1837 Marriages 1657-1836 Burials 1650-1838.
At Worcestershire Record Office [12]
Originals: Marriages 1838-1933 Burials 1865-1903
At Worcestershire Library & History Centre [27]
Transcript: Births1660-1795 Marriages 1663-1792

Roman Catholic
St. George:
At Worcestershire Library & History Centre [30]
Christenings 1685-1894 (gaps) Marriages 1837-1906 (gaps) Deaths 1774-1875
At Worcestershire Library & History Centre [27]
Transcript: General 1688-1837

At Society of Genealogists [68]
WORCESTER (RC registers) : Christenings, Marriages & Burials(Index) 1685-1837 (list of surnames): in List of Parish Registers & other genealogical works   IN: List of parish registers & other genealogical works   Published London, Nd.   Author Crisp, Frederick Arthur (comp.) 

WORCESTER (St. George, RC) : Christenings 1685-1837, Marriages 1801, 1827-28, Burials 1774-1806; reconciled to the Catholic Church 1685-1728   Published : Frederick Arthur Crisp, 1887   Author Crisp, Frederick Arthur (transcription.)           Edition Privately printed   Acc. no. 6661       Location Worcestershire shelves   Shelf mark WO/R 49
    
International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Angel St. Congregationalist	Christenings	1699-1878
Countess of Huntingdon	Christenings	1784-1836
Silver St. Baptists	Births	1780-1836
St. George Roman Catholic	Christenings	1685-1837
Pump St.Methodists	Christenings	1803-37

Monumental Inscriptions & Associated Documents:

Cemeteries
At Worcestershire Library & History Centre [52]
Worcester Astwood Road Cemetery & Crematorium:
Registers of burials 1858-1989 (Note the 1935-52 register includes a register of service burials 1940-48) - these registers contain the following information - number, name, description (i.e. marital status/occupation), residence, place of death, age, date of burial, by whom the ceremony performed, number of grave, whether in consecrated ground or not and signature of registrar.
Register of graves - these show the number and situation of grave or vault, name and age of person buried, date of interment, fee and number in register of burials etc.
General plan of graves 1909 & 1988 - these show grave numbers and some names.
Plans of graves by aperture card number
Register of cremation 1960-88 - these show the number, date of cremation, the name, sex, age, residence, marital status and occupation of the deceased, the date of death, name and address of person applying for cremation, name and address of persons signing certificates, district where death was registered, how ashes were disposed of and the officiating minister's signature.

Worcester St John's Cemetery:
Registers of burials 1893-1989 (These include a register of service burials 1939-47)
Register of graves - these show grave numbers and some names
Plan of graves - some numbers have been deleted

Worcester Tallow Hill Cemetery:
Registers of burials 1823-95

At Society of Genealogists [59]
Worcester Tallow Hill: MIs in the burial ground: in Bloom's Worcestershire Monumental Inscriptions, part 2 [Manuscript.] -Author Bloom, J Harvey (trans.)

Congregationalist
At Society of Genealogists [59]
WORCESTER (Angel Street, Congregational) : Monumental Inscriptions: in Bloom's Worcestershire Monumental Inscriptions, part 2 [Manuscript.]   IN: Bloom's Worcestershire Monumental Inscriptions, part 2   Published , Nd.   Author Bloom, J Harvey (transcription.)

Countess of Huntingdon
Countess of Huntingdon:
At Worcestershire Record Office [51]
Epitaphs

At Society of Genealogists [59]
WORCESTER (Countess of Huntingdon's Chapel) : Monumental Inscriptions: in Bloom's Worcestershire Monumental Inscriptions, part 2 [Manuscript.]   IN: Bloom's Worcestershire Monumental Inscriptions, part 2   Published , Nd.   Author Bloom, J Harvey (transcription.)

Society of Friends
At BMSGH Shop
Society of Friends Meeting House

At BMSGH Reference Library [7
Society of Friends Meeting House]

At Worcestershire Library and History Centre
Society of Friends Meeting House:
Monumental Inscriptions

Worcester Sansome Place Society of Friends Burial Grounds:
At Worcestershire Library & History Centre [52]
Transcripts of register of burials 1865-96

At Worcestershire Library & History Centre [51]
Society of Friends Meeting House
At Worcestershire Record Office  [51]
Plans of disposition of graves in burial ground, Friends meeting house (18th-19th centuries) 
At Worcestershire Record Office [51]
Plan of burial ground, Friends Meeting House [c1940]

At Society of Genealogists [59]
WORCESTER (Quaker) : Monumental Inscriptions: in Bloom's Worcestershire Monumental Inscriptions, part 2 [Manuscript.]   IN: Bloom's Worcestershire Monumental Inscriptions, part 2   Published , Nd.   Author Bloom, J Harvey (transcription.)     

At Society of Genealogists [59]
WORCESTER (Quaker burial ground, Sansome Place) : Monumental Inscriptions: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 11 [Typescript.]   IN: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 11   Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1992   Author Farmer, G R (transcription.) Source D: BMSGH

Roman Catholic
At Society of Genealogists [59]
WORCESTER (St. George Martyr Sansom Place) : Monumental Inscriptions: in Bloom's Worcestershire Monumental Inscriptions, part 2 [Manuscript.]   IN: Bloom's Worcestershire Monumental Inscriptions, part 2   Published , Nd.   Author Bloom, J Harvey (transcription.)

War Memorials:
For the names of those commemorated on a war memorial at   St George's RC Church see:
http://www.rememberthefallen.co.uk/Casualties/ListByMemorial/Worcester St George's RC Church

Other Sources:
Worcester sects; or a history of the Roman Catholics & dissenters of Worcester   Published London : Longman & Co., 1861   Author Noake, John Society of Genealogists

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