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 | |
Contents
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]
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]
Brockhampton (near Ross) parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
| Brockhampton (near Ross) Online Parish Records | ||||||
| Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | |
| FS BTs | 1583-1898 | 1583-1898 | 1583-1898 | |||
| FS | 1538-1975 | 1538-1973 | 1538-1991 | |||
| FMP | 1538-1935 | 1538-1936 | 1541-1992 | |||
| NBI | 1813-1839 | |||||
| IGI | ||||||
| FS Catalog PRs | ||||||
| FS Catalog BTs | ||||||
To find the names of the neighboring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.
The Herefordshire Archive and Records Centre houses many parish registers. See The records we hold for a list of records available there. How to contact them:
- Herefordshire Archive and Records Centre
Fir Tree Lane
Rotherwas
Hereford HR2 6LA
Telephone: +44 (0)1432 260750
Email: archives@herefordshire.gov.uk
Website: Herefordshire Archive and Records Centre
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
- ↑ ArcherSoftware.co.uk
