Yazor, Herefordshire Genealogy
Guide to Yazor, Herefordshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Yazor, Herefordshire | |
|---|---|
 Yazor St John the Baptist Herefordshire. | |
| Type | Ancient Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Grimsworth |
| County | Herefordshire |
| Poor Law Union | Weobley |
| Registration District | Weobly |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1621 | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: 1660 | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Weobley |
| 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]
YAZOR (St. John the Baptist), a parish, in the union of Weobley, hundred of Grimsworth, county of Hereford, 4½ miles (S.) from Weobley. It comprises over 2047acres. The surface is undulated, and in the hills are quarries of limestone, and of freestone for building. [1]
The redundant Anglican church of St Mary the Virgin Yazor ( an Ancient Parish) is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust and was built to replace the older church of St John the Baptist. St Mary the Virgin Yaxor Wikipedia
See the Churches Conservation trust information about the church here
The remains of the Old Church of St John the Baptist have been designated as a grade II listed building British listed Building
The redundant church of St Mary Yazor have been designated as a grade II listed building British listed Building
See also Yazor Wikipedia
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.
From 1837 this area was part of Weobley registration district
Certificates may be obtained from
Herefordshire
The Register Office
Town Hall
St. Owens Street
Hereford
HR1 1RJ
Phone 01432 260565
Fax 01432 261720
Email registrars@herefordshire.gov.uk
Church records[edit | edit source]
Yazor parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
| Yazor 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]
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a Family History Center or at the Family History Library.
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 FHC Portal page which gives free access to premium family history software and websites that generally charge for subscriptions.
Poor Law Unions[edit | edit source]
Weobley 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]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 707-716. Accessed and adapted 23 July, 2013.
- ↑ ArcherSoftware.co.uk
Contributor: add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.
