Rowley Regis
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Status
A chapel in Staffordshire (N.Seisdon Hundred) in Clent Ancient Parish (Clent was in Worcestershire in time of Domesday Book, soon thereafter considered in Staffordshire (N.Seisdon Hundred). Clent was transferred to Worcestershire in 1844 for civil purposes.) Rowley Regis had separate civil identity early in Staffordshire.
It was a separate Ecclesiastical Parish in 1848. Abolished civilly in 1966, part to Dudley County Borough (as County Borough becomes associated with Staffordshire) & Ancient Parish, part to West Bromwich County Borough (associated with Staffordshire) & Ancient Parish, part to create Warley County Borough (associated with Worcestershire) & Civil Parish and part to Halesowen Municipal Borough & Ancient Parish, Worcestershire.[25]
Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester until 1905, Archdeaconry & Diocese of Birmingham (1905 - *) [25]
Parish Registers at Worcestershire Archives
| Coverage | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Transcripts | Christenings | 1772-1812 | [27] |
| Marriages | 1754-1812 | [27] | |
| Burials | 1772-1812 | [27] | |
| General | 1539-1684; 1685-1772 | [27] |
No Parish Registers held at Worcestershire Archives. The original registers are at West Bromwich Library. [5]
International Genealogical Index (IGI)
| Coverage | ||
|---|---|---|
| Parish Registers | Births / Christenings | 1539-1812 |
| Marriages | 1539-1812 |
Register Copies
Transcript: 1539-1812 Dudley Archives & Local History Service
At Sandwell Community History and Archives Service :-
Transcripts: Christenings 1539-1914 Marriages 1539-1914 Burials 1539-1914
Microform: Christenings 1914-63 Marriages 1914-74 Burials 1914-70
Originals: Christenings 1539-1974 Marriages 1539-1974 Burials 1539-1970 Banns: 1770-81, 1957-70
At Society of Genealogists [68] :-
ROWLEY REGIS : Bishops' Transcripts Christenings, Marriages & Burials 1606-07, 1619-21, 1624-27, 1632-36, 1639-41, 1660-1701 (gaps), 1820-37, Christenings & Burials 1838-42, Christenings, Marriages & Burials 1842-44, 1846-58, Christenings & Burials 1859-74 [Microfilm.] Published Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of Utah, 1998 Source S: A Thompson.
ROWLEY REGIS : Christenings, Marriages & Burials 1539-1812 Published : Staffordshire Parish Registers Society, 1912-15
ROWLEY REGIS : Christenings, Marriages & Burials 1606-1700 (Bishops' Transcripts) [Microfilm.] Published Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of Utah, 1960
ROWLEY REGIS : Christenings, Marriages & Burials 1813-49 Published Staffordshire Parish Registers Society, 2006 Author Willetts, A (transcript.) Author Bloore, P D (transcript.)
ROWLEY REGIS : Marriages(Index) 1685-1714: Boyd's marriage index [Typescript.] IN: Boyd's marriage index Published , 1925-55 Author Boyd, Percival ed. Source D: P Boyd.
ROWLEY REGIS (St. Giles) : Christenings, Marriages & Burials 1539-1812 [Microfiche.] Published : Staffordshire Parish Registers Society, Nd. Author Staffordshire Parish Registers Society (transcript.) Edition Fiche copy of 1912 edn.
Quaker digest registers of births, marriages & burials - Warws., Leics. & Rutland QM : Births 1623-1837, 1636-1815, 1646-1762, Marriages 1648-1837, 1659-1794, 1668-1711, Burials 1659-1837, 1661-1836, 1636-1781 (includes Tamworth, Handsworth, West Bromwich, Rowley Regis, Lichfield, Wednesbury, Aldridge, Staffs.; Chipping Camden, Stow on the Wold, Sezincote, Glos.; Ratcliffe on Soar, Notts.; Warley, Oldbury, Salop; Shipston on Stour, Tredington, Old Swinford, Dudley, Stourbridge, Worcs.) [Microfilm.] Published London : World Microfilms Publications, 1989
Nonconformist
At Sandwell Community History and Archives Service
Wesleyan: Copies: 1863-1969; Originals:1863-1969
At Dudley Archives & Local History Service
Hayseech Methodist Church: Christenings 1870-1987
Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents
St Giles BMSGH Shop
ROWLEY REGIS (St. Giles) : Monumental Inscriptions: Staffordshire monumental inscriptions, vol. 17 IN: Staffordshire monumental inscriptions, vol. 17 Published : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1998 Author Page, Alan & Pauline et al. (transcript.) Source D: Birmingham & Midlands Society for Genealogy & Heraldry Society of Genealogists [59]
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 Archives, 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:
1901 at Worcestershire Archives [14]
Surname index 1851 census Staffordshire vol. 16 : Dudley registration district part 1 - Rowley Regis & Tipton - Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1999 - Author: Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry (trans.) Society of Genealogists
Schools Records
The records of schools and other educational establishments in this parish are detailed in a handlist available at Worcestershire Archives. The list refers to original documents so you will need to note the reference number and contact staff.
Other Sources
A Rowley Regis rent roll, 1556 : in Collections for a history of Staffordshire, 3rd series, 1936 IN: Historical Collections Staffordshire, 1936 (spine) Published Staffordshire Record Society 1936 Author Homer, J T Source D: Estate of M B Carolan. Society of Genealogists
Directories
An extract from the Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis:
ROWLEY-REGIS, a parish in the northern division of the hundred of SEISDON, county of STAFFORD, 3 miles (S. E.) from Dudley, containing 6062 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Clent, in the archdeaconry of Stafford, and diocese of Worcester. The church is dedicated to St. Giles. There is a place of worship for Baptists. Lady Elizabeth Monnins, in 1703, founded a free school, with an endowment of £15 a year, for the education of twenty-four children; and in 1790, George Macklinnan gave a rent-charge of £21, which is applied to teaching thirty children. Coal is obtained in the vicinity.
Last Updated: 28/01/2016
