WYRE PIDDLE

Index
Status
Location
Parish Church
Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction
Hundred
Poor Law Union
Adjoining Parishes
Parish Registers at Worcestershire Record Office
Bishops' Transcripts
International Genealogical Index (IGI)
Register Copies
Nonconformist
Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents
War Memorials
Census Records
Manorial Records
Parish Records on microfilm
Schools Records
Directories

Status:
A township in Fladbury Ancient Parish. A separate Civil Parish in 1866.[25]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO961473
1½ miles N.E. of Pershore & 10 miles S.E. of Worcester on the A4538

Parish Church:
St. Anne, a chapelry of St John the Baptist, Fladbury
At one time there seemed to be some ambiguity concerning the Church's dedication. In a book of monumental inscriptions held at Worcestershire Library and History Centre there are two lists, for the same church. One list shows the church dedicated to St. Thomas. However, at the time of the survey the church had not been dedicated to a saint. The church is now dedicated to St. Anne [51]

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Peculiar of the incumbent. [1]

Hundred:
Middle Oswaldslow [11] [25]

Poor Law Union:
Pershore [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Fladbury; Wick; Pershore Holy Cross; Pinvin [1]

Parish Registers at Worcestershire Record Office:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1671-1971	[5]
	Marriages	1670-1837	[5]
	Burials	1670-1812	[5]
	Banns	1754-1818	[5]

Some entries are included in Fladbury registers.[5]

Bishops' Transcripts:
At Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]
Begin 1615

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1716-1871
	Marriages	1716-1837

Register Copies:
At Society of Genealogists [68]
WYRE PIDDLE : Christenings 1716-1812, Marriages 1716-1837, banns 1754-1818; chapel wardens accounts 1803-1904 [Microfilm.]   Published Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of Utah, 1967      

WYRE PIDDLE : Christenings 1813-1971 [Microfilm.]   Published Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984   Acc. no. 63209b       Location Lower library   Shelf mark Mf 2220 or 3524

Nonconformist:
At Worcestershire Library and History Centre [30]
Methodist:
Christenings 1838-1966. Baptisms 1838-1966 are subject to a 50 year access restriction. 

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
At BMSGH Shop
St.Anne

At BMSGH Reference Library [7]
St Thomas (now dedicated to St Anne)

At Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
St.Anne

At Society of Genealogists [59]
WYRE PIDDLE (St. Thomas) : Monumental Inscriptions: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 8 [Typescript.]   IN: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 8   Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1989   Author Bushell, L (transcription.)   Author Farmer, G R (transcription.) Source D: BMSGH 

War Memorials:
For the names of those commemorated on Wyre Piddle War Memorial see:
http://www.rememberthefallen.co.uk/Casualties/ListByMemorial/Wyre Piddle War Memorial

Census Records:
All the censuses between 1841 and 1901 are now available on a number of fee-paying (Subscription or PayAsYouGo) sites including Ancestry.co.uk, FindMyPast.co.uk, thegenealogist.co.uk and genesreunited.co.uk. The 1911 census is available in full or in part on some of these sites. We are unable to advise on the choice of site since researchers' personal preferences will be influenced by the content and search facilities offered by each site. Some sites offer a free trial.

Access to the library edition of Ancestry.co.uk is widely available at most record offices, including Worcestershire Library and History Centre, and some libraries. You are advised to book time on their computers before making a visit. 

A free-to-view site is being developed at freecen.org.uk for the 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871 and 1891 censuses.  Coverage of Worcestershire parishes is rather sparse at this time.

Census returns can usually be viewed at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints' Family History Centres.

Some repositories offer census details on microform, disc or printed copy. These include:
1841-1901 at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [14]

Manorial Records:
Worcestershire Record Office [50]
Wyre Piddle, Fladbury: Court rolls 1621, 1648, 1674, 1712-13, 1717/8, 1748, 1770

Parish Records on microform at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [13]
Churchwardens accounts 1803-1904

Schools Records:
The following school records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff at Worcestershire Record Office:
Wyre Piddle C E School
Log books - 1871-1958 - Ref: BA 2305

A handlist of the records of schools and of other educational establishments held by Worcestershire Record Office for this parish can be found here.

Directories:
An extract from the Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis:

WYRE-PIDDLE, a chapelry in the parish of FLADBURY, middle division of the hundred of OSWALDSLOW, county of WORCESTER, 1¾ mile (N. E. by E.) from Pershore, containing 178 inhabitants. 

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Last updated on 13th March 2012

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