Cradley, Herefordshire Genealogy
Guide to Cradley, Herefordshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Cradley, Herefordshire | |
|---|---|
 Cradley St+James+the+Great Herefordshire | |
| Type | England Jurisdictions |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Radlow |
| County | Herefordshire, England Genealogy |
| Poor Law Union | Bromyard |
| Registration District | Bromyard |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1560 | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: 1660 | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Frome |
| Diocese | Hereford |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Legal Jurisdictions | |
| Probate Court | Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Episcopal Consistory) |
| Location of Archive | |
| Herefordshire Record Office | |
Contents
Parish History[edit | edit source]
CRADLEY (St. James), is a parish, in the union of Bromyard, hundred of Radlow, county of Hereford, 3½ miles (W. by N.) from Malvern. [1]
Cradley is the largest village and also a civil parish in Herefordshire; East and West Cradley are within the civil parish. Cradley Herefordshire Wikipedia
Cradley St James the Great is an Ancient Parish and is the largest parish in Herefordshire; it includes Storridge. Cradley Storridge St John the Evangelist was formed as a chapelry from this parish.
The church dates from the late 12th century and was substantially rebuilt in 1868-1869 and has been designated a grade B listed building by English Heritage British listed building
See also Cradley
Cradley Storridge St John the Evangelist dates from 1856 and was built by Frederick Preedy of Worcester and has been designated a grade C listed building by English Heritage British listed building
The National Gazetteer 1868+ transcription by Colin Hinson
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]
Cradley parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
| Cradley 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
Link to the FamilySearch Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collectionCradley
Census Records[edit | edit source]
Census returns for East and West Cradley 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 the Family History Center 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]
Bromyard Poor Law Union, Herefordshire Genealogy
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]
Contributor: add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 713-717. Accessed and adapted 23 July, 2013.
- ↑ ArcherSoftware.co.uk
