Brockhampton (near Ross), Herefordshire Genealogy
Guide to Brockhampton (near Ross), Herefordshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Brockhampton (near Ross), Herefordshire | |
|---|---|
 Brockhampton All Saints Herefordshire | |
| Type | England Jurisdictions |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Greytree |
| County | Herefordshire, England Genealogy |
| Poor Law Union | Ross |
| Registration District | Ross |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1578 | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: 1661 | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Hereford |
| Diocese | Hereford |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Legal Jurisdictions | |
| Probate Court | Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Dean of Hereford |
| Location of Archive | |
| Herefordshire Record Office | |
Parish History[edit | edit source]
Brockhampton was formed as chapelry within Woolhope, Herefordshire Genealogy Ancient parish until it became an Ecclesiastical parish in 1771.
The church of All Saints was built in 1901-1902 as a parish church and is acclaimed as a fine example of the Arts and Craft movement and is nationally significant. It has been designated as a grade I listed building by English Heritage British listed building
See also Brockhampton by Ross Wikipedia Brockhampton near Ross
BROCKHAMPTON (Holy Trinity), a parish, in the union of Ross, hundred of Greytree, county of Hereford, 6 miles North of Ross.[1]
Resources[edit | edit source]
Find Neighboring Parishes[edit | edit source]
Use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map
- Type the name of the parish in the search bar
- Click on the location pin on the map
- Choose Options from the pop up box
- Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.
Church Records[edit | edit source]
The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor.
Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.
Church of England[edit | edit source]
Due to the increasing access of online records:
- Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
- Dates in the following table are approximate
Hover over the collection's title for more information
| Brockhampton (near Ross) Online Parish Records | ||||||
| FamilySearch Collections-Herefordshire | ||||||
| Parish Registers - FamilySearch Catalog | ||||||
| Bishop's Transcripts-Herefordshire | ||||||
| FreeREG | ||||||
| Find My Past-Herefordshire ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($) | ||||||
| Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage | ||||||
| Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free) | ||||||
| National Burial Index-FMP (Free) | ||||||
Other Websites
These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
- UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
- Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records
Non-Conformists (All other Religions)[edit | edit source]
- 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)
Census Records[edit | edit source]
Brockhampton census returns 1841-1891
FamilySearch Records includes collections of census indexes which can be searched online for free. In addition FamilySearch Centres offer free access to images of the England and Wales Census through Family History Center Portal Computers here have access to the Family History Centre Portal page which gives free access to premium family history software and websites that generally charge for subscriptions.
Category:England Family History Centres to locate local Family History Centres in UK
Introduction to Family History Centers to locate outside UK.
Many archives and local history collections in public libraries in England and Wales offer online census searches and also hold microfilm or fiche census returns.
Images of the census for 1841-1891 can be viewed in census collections at Ancestry (fee payable) or Find My Past (fee payable)
The 1851 census of England and Wales attempted to identify religious places of worship in addition to the household survey census returns.
Find my Past census search 1841-1901
Poor Law Unions[edit | edit source]
Ross Poor Law Union,Herefordshire
Probate Records[edit | edit source]
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Herefordshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.
Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Websites[edit | edit source]
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/HEF/BrockhamptonRoss/index.html
Contributor: add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 392-395. Date accessed: 24 August 2012
