Bidford on Avon, Warwickshire Genealogy
| Bidford on Avon, Warwickshire | |
|---|---|
| Type | Ancient Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Barlichway |
| County | Warwickshire |
| Poor Law Union | Alcester |
| Registration District | Alcester |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1644 | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: 1612 | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Warwick |
| Diocese | Worcester |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Legal Jurisdictions | |
| Probate Court | Court of the Bishop of Worcester (Episcopal Consistory) |
| Location of Archive | |
| Warwickshire County Record Office | |
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Parish History[edit | edit source]
Bidford, is a village, a parish, and a subdistrict, in Alcester district, Warwickshire. The village is on the river Avon, 3¾ miles SSE of Alcester railway station, and 7 miles WSW of Stratford-on-Avon; the post office is under Bromsgrove. The parish includes also the hamlets of Barton, Broom. and Marlcliff. There are two Methodist chapels.[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]
Bidford on Avon, Warwickshire Genealogy parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
| AC = Warwickshire, England, Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials (Ancestry) - (£).[2][3][4] |
| Bidford on Avon, Warwickshire Genealogy Online Parish Records | ||||||
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| Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | |
| AC | 1651-1812 | 1651-1812 | 1651-1812 | 1651-1812 | 1651-1812 | 1651-1812 |
| AC | 1813-1910 | 1813-1910 | 1754-1910 | 1754-1910 | ||
- 1535 - 1984 - England, Warwickshire, Parish Registers, 1535-1984 at FamilySearch — index and images
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.
Probate records[edit | edit source]
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Warwickshire 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]
- ↑ John Marius Wilson Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72) Adapted. Date accessed November 21, 2013.
- ↑ 'Warwickshire, England, Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812,', Ancestry, accessed 17 June 2014.
- ↑ 'Warwickshire, England, Baptisms, 1813-1910,', Ancestry, accessed 1 July 2014.
- ↑ 'Warwickshire, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1910,', Ancestry, accessed 26 August 2014.
