WORCESTER ST MICHAEL BEDWARDINE

Descriptive Notes:

Status:
Ancient Parish [25]
Included Bishop's Palace & Cathedral churchyard (a peculiar in the jurisdiction of the Dean & Chapter of Worcester), the greater part of the latter being transferred ecclesiastically in 1910 to Worcester St. Helen Ancient Parish. Abolished civilly in 1898 to help create Worcester Civil Parish.[25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO850545
The original medieval church was established in the N.E. corner of the close as a cemetery chapel to the Cathedral. A new St.Michael's was built in 1839 in College Street, the original church being demolished in 1843. Its existence is now marked only by the ledgerstones near the war memorial. New St.Michael's was demolished in 1965.

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Peculiar of the Dean & Chapter of Worcester [1] Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester [25]

Hundred:
In the Cathedral liberty in Worcester & not in the Borough [11] [25] [28]

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

Adjoining Parishes:
Worcester St Alban; Worcester St Helen; Worcester St Peter; Worcester College Precinct; Worcester St John the Baptist Bedwardine; Worcester St Clement [1] [ Worcestershire Library and History Centre ]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1546-1908	[5]
	Marriages	1546-1908	[5]
	Burials	1546-1857	[5]
	Banns	1754-1843	[5]
Transcripts at WLHC	General	1546-1812	[27]

Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1621 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1546-1875
	Marriages	1548-1880

Register Copies:
Christenings 1546-1812 Marriages 1546-1754 BMSGH microfiche [9]
Transcript: 1546-1812 Dudley Archives & Local History Service [62]

At Society of Genealogists [68] :-
Christenings & Burials 1546-1812, Marriages 1548-1754 [Microfiche.] - Published Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry - Author Buchanan-Dunlop, W R (trans.)

Marriages (Index) 1548-1755: Boyd's marriage index [Typescript.] - Published , 1925-55 - Author: Boyd, Percival ed

Christenings 1546-1908, Marriages 1548-1648, 1660-1755, Burials 1546-1812 [Microfilm.] - Published Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of Utah, 1964

Christenings, Marriages & Burials 1621-44, 1666-72, 1681-1700 (BTs) [Microfilm.] - Published Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of Utah, 1960

Christenings & Burials 1546-1812, Marriages 1548-1754 [Microfilm.] - Published Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of Utah
Marriages 1754-1837, banns 1754-1843 [Microfilm.] - Published Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of Utah

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

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 HQq942.4405031

Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent:
Burial 1660-1840 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Parish Records on microform at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [13]
Churchwardens accounts 1543-1690
Churchwardens accounts & minutes 1639-1739
Churchwardens accounts & minutes 1734-1901
Miscellaneous documents 13th cent-c.1940

Other Sources:
The churchwardens' accounts of St. Michael's in Bedwardine, Worcester 1539-1603; to which are prefixed the churchwardens' accounts of the church of St. Helen, Worcester for 1519-20 : Worcestershire Historical Society [vol. 7] - Published Oxford : Worcestershire Historical Society, 1896 - Authors: Porter, A S & Amphlett, John (trans.) ed. Society of Genealogists

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