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Worcester Branch
of the
Birmingham & Midland Society
for Genealogy and Heraldry

WORCESTER ST MARY (CATHEDRAL)

Status:Worcester Cathedral
Ecclesiastically an extra-parochial. Civilly not separate but included in Worcester College Precincts Civil Parish. It included:
A chapel at Worcester St Alban Ancient Parish, which was a separate parish by 1206
A chapel at Worcester St Helen Ancient Parish, which was a separate parish by the 10th cent. (See separate entry for creation of many chapels from Worcester St Helen as separate Ancient Parishes.)
A chapel at Spetchley, which was a separate parish by 1291. [25]

Location:
SO849545
Southern end of High St., Worcester

Parish Registers:
Coverage Source
Microform at WLHC Christenings 1693-1964 [5]
Marriages 1693-1961 [5]
Burials 1693-1964 [5]
Transcripts at WLHC General G1693-1811, 1813-1994 [27]

Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1702 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]
Coverage
Parish Registers Births / Christenings 1693-1811

Register Copies:
At BMSGH Reference Library [7]
Register of William de Geynesburgh, Bishop of Worcester 1302-7

At Society of Genealogists [68] :
WORCESTER (Cathedral) : Christenings & Burials 1693-1811, Marriages 1693-1754   Published : Worcestershire Parish Register Society, 1913   Author Browne, E Ophelia (transcription.)           Edition Privately printed Source D: P Boyd    

WORCESTER (Cathedral) : Christenings, Marriages & Burials 1693-1811 [Microfilm.]   Published Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972

At Dudley Archives & Local History Service [62]
Marriage licence bonds in the Edgar Tower, Worcester, 1600-98 index [Manuscript.]
Transcript: 1693-1811

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:

At BMSGH Reference Library [7]
Cathedral

At Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
Cathedral
Cathedral epitaphs Worcestershire Record Office [51]

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

WORCESTER (Cathedral of Christ & the Blessed Virgin Mary) : Monumental Inscriptions in the cathedral & their stories: pictures of life in the city & cathedral during 10 centuries   IN: Worcester cathedral monuments (spine)   Published Worcester : Phillips & Probert, 1925   Author Ede, W Moore 

War Memorials:
For the names of those commemorated on the War Memorials at Worcester Cathedral see:

Boer War Memorial
http://www.rememberthefallen.co.uk/Casualties/ListByMemorial/Worcester Cathedral Boer War

On the Cathedral Cloister Windows
http://www.rememberthefallen.co.uk/Casualties/ListByMemorial/Worcester Cathedral Cloister Windows

On the Cathedral Cloister Windows - Bell Ringer
http://www.rememberthefallen.co.uk/Casualties/ListByMemorial/Worcester Cathedral Cloister Windows Bell Ringer

On the Cathedral Cloister Windows - Chorister
http://www.rememberthefallen.co.uk/Casualties/ListByMemorial/Worcester Cathedral Cloister Windows Chorister

On the Cathedral Cloister Windows - Kings School
http://www.rememberthefallen.co.uk/Casualties/ListByMemorial/Worcester Cathedral Cloister Windows Kings School

On the Cathedral Cloister Windows - Vol Choir
http://www.rememberthefallen.co.uk/Casualties/ListByMemorial/Worcester Cathedral Cloister Windows Vol Choir

Kohima Memorial
http://www.rememberthefallen.co.uk/Casualties/ListByMemorial/Worcester Cathedral Kohima Memorial

Malaya Memorial
http://www.rememberthefallen.co.uk/Casualties/ListByMemorial/Worcester Cathedral Malaya Memorial

Worcestershire Hussars
http://www.rememberthefallen.co.uk/Casualties/ListByMemorial/Worcester Cathedral Worcestershire Hussars

Worcestershire Yeomanry
http://www.rememberthefallen.co.uk/Casualties/ListByMemorial/Worcester Cathedral Worcestershire Yeomanry

Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent:
Burial 1693-1840 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Other Sources:
At Society of Genealogists :
Worcester Cathedral   Published London Pitkin Pictorials Ltd. 1975   Author Kemp, E W Source D: E Perry.      

Worcester Cathedral : a guide to appreciation   Published Dean & Chapter of Worcester Cathedral Source D: D Horwill.      

Worcester Cathedral : a popular history with some notes on its architecture, library & school   Published Cheltenham : Tower Publications, Nd.   Author Ede, W Moore,   Author Hutchinson, F E et al.       Edition 16th edn. Source D: M Criddle.

A guide to the monuments in Worcester cathedral - Published , 1947 - Author Macdonald, Alec (trans.)

Worcester Cathedral   IN: Cathedral church of Christ & the Blessed Virgin Mary, Worcester (cover)   Published Worcester Littlebury & Company Ltd. Nd.   Author Wilson, J M
     
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Last updated on 17th December 2011