WORCESTER ST MARTIN

Status:
Ancient Parish [25]
Abolished civilly in 1894, the part in the Worcester County Borough being created Worcester St Martin City Civil Parish and the remainder being Worcester St Martin County Civil Parish.[25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO860542
London Rd., Worcester (A44)

Parish Church:
St. Martin, Cornmarket, Worcester (Until 1905);
St. Martin, London Rd., Worcester (A44) (1905 - *)

In 1905 the status and parochial rights were transferred from St. Martin in the Cornmarket to the London Road Mission Church, pending the building and consecration of the new St. Martin's Church in April 1911. In 1905 St. Martin in the Cornmarket became a chapel of ease in St. Swithun's Parish and known as Old St. Martin's.
St. Swithun ceased to be a parish in 1978. The parish then became Worcester St Martin in the Cornmarket. St. Swithun's Church is now closed for worship and has been in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust since 1977.[40]

Note: Worcester, St. Martin and Worcester St. Peter were united by Order in Council, 1 January 1974. [2]

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester [25]

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

Poor Law Union:
Worcester (1836-94) [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Claines; Warndon; Spetchley; Whittington; Worcester St Peter; Blockhouse Extra Parochial; Worcester St Helen; Worcester St Swithun; Worcester St Nicholas [1] [ Worcestershire Library and History Centre ]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1538-1978	[5]
	Marriages	1538-1976	[5]
	Burials	1538-1950	[5]
	Banns	1762-76, 1807-12, 1901-70	[5]
Transcripts at WLHC	Christenings	1813-60	[27]
Originals at WRO	Christenings	1538-1978 1974-78 *	[12]
	Marriages	1538-1976 1974-76 *	[12]
	Banns	* Banns Register 1941-58, 1958-72, 1970-80, 1980-84

* Worcester, St. Martin and Worcester St. Peter were united by Order in Council, 1 January 1974. Entries before that date relate to St Martin only.

Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1612 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1788-1872
	Marriages	1762-1878

Register Copies:
On BMSGH microfiche [9] :-
Christenings 1745-1788
Christenings 1813 - 1841

At Society of Genealogists [68] :
Christenings 1745-88, 1813-41 [Microfiche.] - Published Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry 2004 - Author Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry (trans.)

Christenings 1788-1827, Marriages 1762-1807, banns 1762-76, Burials 1789-1812 [Microfilm.] - Published Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of Utah, 1964

Christenings 1827-41, Marriages 1813-25, Burials 1813-31 [Microfilm.] - Published Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of Utah, 1964

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

St. Martin in the Cornmarket: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 9 [Typescript.] - Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1991 - Authors: Bushell, L (trans.) & Farmer, G R (trans.)

Tallow Hill - MIs in the burial ground: 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.
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]
1851 transcript on open shelves at HQq942.4465031

Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent:
Burial 1681-1851 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Parish Records on microform at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [13]
Charitable bequests book 1718-1821
Charitable bequests book & account book c.1800
Charitable bequests book 1852-82
Churchwardens accounts 1783-1824
Churchwardens accounts 1823-98
Churchwardens accounts 1898-1909
Parish meeting minute & order book 1718-1855
Register of services & preachers 1894-1942
PCC minute books 1920-51
New parish church committee minute book 1902-15
Church account book 1904-52
Finance committee minute books 1924-65
Bastardy, apprenticeships & other bonds 1620-1770
Indentures of apprenticeships 1838-47
Letters, council's opinion, receipts & other papers 1673-1832
Churchwardens accounts 1664-97
Attested copy of Edmund Brough's will 6/10/1801 1801
Voters list for the parish 1835
Examination, removal & bastardy orders 1690-1786
Examination & removal orders 1677-1776,1777-86
Removal orders 1678-1766
Settlement certificates 1732-85
Bonds of indemnity, pre-marriage declarations referring to residence in the parish 1822-23
Bonds of indemnity, poor rate assessment & poor rate accounts 1622-1801
City levy & gaol rate books 1824-25, 1829-30, 1831-32
City levy books 1832
8 books of counterfoils of marriage certificate 1967-78
Books of counterfoils of baptism certificates 1926-67
Confirmation register 1922-54
Service register 1942-73
Parish order book & signed minutes of parish & vestry meetings 1856-1970

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Last updated on 9th February 2010

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