WORCESTER ST ALBAN

Descriptive Notes:

Directories:
The living of St. Alban's is a discharged rectory, rated in the king's books at £5, endowed with £200 private benefaction, & 800 royal bounty, and £500 parliamentary grant and in the patronage of the Bishop : the church claims no particular architectural notice.
[Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

Status:
Ancient Parish [25]
Originally a chapel in Worcester St Mary (Cathedral). A separate parish by 1206. Abolished civilly in 1898 to help create Worcester Civil Parish.[25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO849547

Parish Church:
St Alban, Deansway, Worcester
The church was declared redundant on 2 July 1976.[80]

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

Hundred:
Oswaldslow [11]

Poor Law Union:
Worcester (1836-98) [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Worcester St Andrew; Worcester St Helen; Worcester St Michael Bedwardine; Worcester St Clement [1] [ Worcestershire Library and History Centre ]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1630-1928	[5]
	Marriages	1630-1934	[5]
	Burials	1630-1905	[5]
	Banns	1754-1812	[5]
Transcripts at WLHC	Marriages	1754-1812	[27]
	General	1630-1812	[27]

Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1634 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1630-1875
	Marriages	1630-1880

Register Copies:
St.Alban; Christenings 1630-1812 BMSGH microfiche [9]

Christenings, Marriages & Burials 1630-1812: Parish Register Society, vol. 2 - Published London : Parish Register Society, 1896 - Author Wilson, J Bowstead (trans.) Society of Genealogists [68]

Christenings 1630-1812 Marriages 1630-1812 Burials 1630-1812 Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Records Office [71]

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
Monuments in stone in church (1939) Worcestershire Record Office [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.
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:
1841-1901 at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [14]
1851 transcript on open shelves at HQq942.4465031

Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent:
Burial 1630-1905 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Parish Records on microform at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [13]
Churchwardens accounts 1751-76
Accounts & minutes 1775-1869
Poor rates accounts 1795-1854

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© Arthur Lewis and contributors 2008
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Last updated on 3rd April 2008

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