Knightwick with Doddenham, Worcestershire Genealogy
Knightwick with Doddenham, Worcestershire | |
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Type | Ecclesiastical Parish |
Civil Jurisdictions | |
Hundred | Doddingtree; Oswaldslow |
County | Worcestershire, England Genealogy |
Poor Law Union | Martley |
Registration District | Martley |
Records begin | |
Parish registers: 1539; Separate registers exist for Doddenham beginning 1538 | |
Bishop's Transcripts: 1612; Separate records exist for Doddenham beginning 1612 | |
Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
Rural Deanery | Worcester |
Diocese | Worcester |
Province | Canterbury |
Legal Jurisdictions | |
Probate Court | Court of the Bishop of Worcester (Episcopal Consistory) |
Location of Archive | |
Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service | |
Contents
Parish History[edit | edit source]
KNIGHTWICK (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Martley, Lower division of the hundred of Oswaldslow, Worcester and W. divisions of the county of Worcester, 8½ miles (W.) from Worcester. This parish is situated on the borders of Herefordshire, and separated from Doddenham by the river Teame.[1]
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This section requires expansion with: a summary overview of the history of this parish. |
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]
Knightwick with Doddenham parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
Knightwick with Doddenham Online Parish Records | ||||||
Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | |
FS | 1538-1975 | 1538-1973 | 1538-1991 | |||
ANC | 1541-1812 | 1541-1812 | 1541-1812 | |||
TGEN | 1538-1900s | 1538-1900s | 1538-1900s | |||
BOYD | 1538-1850 | |||||
NBI | 1538-1935 | |||||
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.
Records are also available at the The Hive (where the Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service is located).
Census records[edit | edit source]
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a Family History Center or at the Family History Library.
Probate records[edit | edit source]
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Worcestershire 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]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England, (1848). Date accessed and adapted: 11 October 2013.
- ↑ Searching Parish Records online (Worcestershire) - The Following Parishes are Available at TheGenealogist, ParishRegister.co.uk, accessed 23 April 2019.
- ↑ ArcherSoftware.co.uk
Worcester Branch of the Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry
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