Broom

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• Status
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• Hundred
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Descriptive Notes

Ecclesiastical spelling is usually Broome.[25]
St Peter, a small red brick church, was built in 1780, restored and enlarged in 1861.

Status

Ancient Parish [25]
Clent manor which included Broome, was originally in Worcestershire but was seized by the Sheriff of Staffordshire around 1016 and became administratively a detached part of Staffordshire surrounded by Worcestershire. For civil purposes, it was transferred back to Worcestershire in 1844. It has always been in the Diocese of Worcester. It was reconstituted in 1953 as 'Broome' civil parish.:
Ancient Parish [25]
Clent manor which included Broome, was originally in Worcestershire but was seized by the Sheriff of Staffordshire around 1016 and became administratively a detached part of Staffordshire surrounded by Worcestershire. For civil purposes, it was transferred back to Worcestershire in 1844. It has always been in the Diocese of Worcester. It was reconstituted in 1953 as 'Broome' civil parish.

Location

O.S. Ref: SO902785
Just south of the border with the West Midlands, 1½ miles south of Hagley

Parish Church

St. Peter

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction

Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester [1]

Hundred

S. Seisdon, Staffordshire until 1844, Lower Halfshire, Worcestershire thereafter [11] [25]

Poor Law Union

Kidderminster [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes

Clent; Belbroughton; Chaddesley Corbett; Churchill (Broom) [1]

Parish Registers at Worcestershire Archives

[Contact details]

Bishops' Transcripts

Begin 1613 Worcestershire Archives [22]

International Genealogical Index (IGI)

[19]

Register Copies

At BMSGH Shop
Broome, St.Peter; Bishops' Transcripts: 1613-1665, 1758-84, Baptisms & Burials. 1664-1850, Marriages 1664-1850, Banns 1824-1850 - Book

At BMSGH Reference Library [7]
St Peter Baptisms Marriages and Burials 1664-1972 Banns 1755-1809 and 1824-1946

At Dudley Archives and Local History Service:

At Society of Genealogists [68]
BROOME (St. Peter) : Burials 1613, Christenings, Marriages & Burials 1619, 1625-40, 1660-1785, CB 1785-1850, Marriages 1786-99, 1809, 1816-37, 1844-49, banns 1824-48 Published Staffordshire Parish Registers Society 2004
BROOME (St. Peter) : Christenings & Burials 1666-1972, Marriages 1666-1809, 1816-36, 1938-72, banns 1755-1809, 1824-1946 [Microfilm.] Published Worcester : Worcestershire Archives, 1999 Source S: S Clives.

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents

At BMSGH Shop
St.Peter

At BMSGH Reference Library [7]
St Peter

At Worcestershire Archives [51]
St.Peter

At Society of Genealogists
St. Peter : Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 1 [Typescript.] - Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry - Author: Antrobus, D J & Harris, Pauline

Census Records

All the censuses between 1841 and 1901 are now available on a number of fee-paying (Subscription or PayAsYouGo) sites including Ancestry.co.uk, FindMyPast.co.uk, thegenealogist.co.uk and genesreunited.co.uk. The 1911 census is available in full or in part on some of these sites. We are unable to advise on the choice of site since researchers' personal preferences will be influenced by the content and search facilities offered by each site. Some sites offer a free trial.

Access to the library edition of Ancestry.co.uk is widely available at most record offices, including Worcestershire Archives, and some libraries. You are advised to book time on their computers before making a visit.

A free-to-view site is being developed at freecen.org.uk for the 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871 and 1891 censuses. Coverage of Worcestershire parishes is rather sparse at this time.

Census returns can usually be viewed at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints' Family History Centres.

Some repositories offer census details on microform, disc or printed copy. These include:

1851-1901 at

Worcestershire Archives [14]

1851 census Worcestershire, vol. 2 Kidderminster : transcript & surname index: Chaddesley Corbett, Rushock, Stone, Broom, Churchill, Wolverley - Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1992 - Author: Friend, A F

Society of Genealogists

Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent

Burial 1666-1865 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Schools Records

The following school records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff at Worcestershire Archives:
Broom[e] School
Log books, (2 vols.) - 1880-1933 - Ref: BA 531/4
Black and white picture of the school and some of its pupils. Note: on the reverse of the postcard is a note saying that Annie Elizabeth Morris attended the school when she was ten years old - [late 19th cent] - Ref: BA 11147(ii)

The records of schools and other educational establishments in this parish are detailed in a handlist available at Worcestershire Archives. The list refers to original documents so you will need to note the reference number and contact staff.

Directories

An extract from the Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis:

BROOM, a parish in the southern division of the hundred of SEISDON, county of STAFFORD, though locally in the county of Worcester, 4 miles (S.) from Stourbridge, containing 134 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and. diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £5. 3. 4 and in the patronage of the Earl of Dudley. The church is dedicated to St. Peter.