WORCESTER ST CLEMENT

Descriptive Notes:

Directories:
The living of St. Clement's is a discharged rectory, rated in the king's books at £5. 5., endowed with £800 royal bounty, and £600 parliamentary grant, and in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter. The church, a small old structure of stone, stood on the eastern bank of the Severn, although the principal part of the parish was on the western side of that river; but being much decayed, and liable to be flooded by the overflowing of the river, a new church, on an enlarged scale, was built, which was opened in 1823. It is in the style of a Saxon church, and is situated on the upper road to Henwick, &c., and is computed to accommodate eight hundred and two persons, and in consequence of a grant of £1000 from the Incorporated Society for promoting the building and enlargement of churches and chapels, four hundred and seven seats are free. The whole cost of its erection was near £6000. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

Status:
Ancient Parish [25]
Free chapel appropriated to Worcester Priory. A separate parish at the Dissolution. Abolished civilly in 1898 to help create Worcester Civil Parish.[25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO841547

Parish Church:
St. Clement.
The original medieval church was on the east bank of the river. The site was flooded regularly so a new church was built between 1822 and 1823 on Henwick Hill on the west side of the river.

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

Hundred:
Part Worcester Borough, part Lower Oswaldslow [44] [25]

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

Adjoining Parishes:
Claines; Worcester St Nicholas; Worcester All Saints; Worcester St Andrew; Worcester St Alban; Worcester St Michael Bedwardine; Worcester College Precinct; Worcester St John the Baptist Bedwardine; Hallow [1] [ Worcestershire Library and History Centre ]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1694-1964	[5]
	Marriages	1694-1961	[5]
	Burials	1694-1971	[5]
	Banns	1806-36, 1920-61	[5]
Originals at WRO	Christenings	1694-1980	[12]
	Marriages	1694-1985	[12]
	Banns	1806-1876, 1887-1982	[12]

Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1608 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1608-1875
	Marriages	1608-1875

Register Copies:
St. Clement: Marriages (Index) 1694-1753: Boyd's marriage index [Typescript.] - Published , 1925-55 - Author: Boyd, Percival ed. Society of Genealogists [68]

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
At Worcestershire Record Office [51] :
St Clement: Epitaphs
List of inscriptions on tombstones in churchyard (1913)

At Society of Genealogists [59] :
St. Clement: MIs: in Bloom's Worcestershire Monumental Inscriptions, part 2 [Manuscript.] - Author: Bloom, J Harvey (trans.)

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 HQq942.5565031

Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent:
Burial 1694-1877 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Parish Records on microform at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [13]
Minute books 1669-1832, 1832-45
Churchwardens & overseers accounts 1775-85
Rate books 1801-27
Churchwardens accounts 1695-1877, 1829-41, 1876-1921
Interments at St Clement 1867-70
Charity book 1882-1909
Easter accounts 1821-65
List of inscriptions 1862-1948
Account book 19th cent.
Vestry & PCC minute book 1931-41

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Last updated on 3rd April 2008

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