Yardley
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Status
Ancient Parish [25]
A number of daughter parishes have sprung from Yardley parish entailing many ecclesiastical boundary alterations. In :-
1849 - to help create Yardley Wood Ecclesiastical Parish.
1867 - to create Acocks Green Ecclesiastical Parish. In 1931 the boundary of Acocks Green was altered to help, together with Sparkhill St John the Evangelist Ecclesiastical Parish & Springfield Ecclesiastical Parish, create Tyseley Ecclesiastical Parish
1878 - to create Hay Mills Ecclesiastical Parish
1894 - to create Sparkhill St John the Evangelist Ecclesiastical Parish . In 1908 Sparkhill lost part to Sparkbrook Christ Church Ecclesiastical Parish, Warwickshire
1911 - Springfield Ecclesiastical Parish created from Sparkhill.
1931 the boundary of Sparkhill St John the Evangelist Ecclesiastical Parish was altered to help, together with Acocks Green Ecclesiastical Parish & Springfield Ecclesiastical Parish, create Tyseley Ecclesiastical Parish
1907 - Hall Green [Marston Chapel], formerly a chapel of Yardley Ecclesiastical Parish , was created an Ecclesiastical Parish from Yardley Ancient Parish. By 1950s, called 'Marston Green'. Later it was Hall Green Parish Church.
1932 - to create Stechford Ecclesiastical Parish
1948 - it gained part of Sheldon Ancient Parish, Warwickshire
1956, together with Kings Norton Ecclesiastical Parish, to create, South Yardley Ecclesiastical Parish
1967 - to help create Garretts Green Ecclesiastical Parish
1968 - to help, together with Tile Cross Ecclesiastical Parish (Warwickshire), create Lea Hall Ecclesiastical Parish.
Yardley was abolished civilly in 1912 entirely to Birmingham Ancient Parish.[25]
Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester until 1905, Archdeaconry & Diocese of Birmingham (1905-1957), Archdeaconry of Aston & Diocese of Birmingham (1957 - *) [25]
Adjoining Parishes
Aston (Warwickshire); Marston; Sheldon (Warwickshire); Solihull (Warwickshire); Kings Norton [1]
Parish Registers at Worcestershire Archives
| Coverage | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Transcripts | General | 1539-1700 | [27] |
No Parish Registers held at Worcestershire Archives. Original registers at Library of Birmingham.[5]
International Genealogical Index (IGI)
| Coverage | ||
|---|---|---|
| Bishops' Transcripts | Births / Christenings | 1608-1701 (70%) |
Register Copies
At BMSGH Reference Library [7]
Part 1 Baptisms Marriages and Burials 1539-1632
A Library of Birmingham [60]t
Christenings 1539-1950 Marriages 1539-1969 Burials 1537-1935
At Society of Genealogists [68]
YARDLEY : Christenings, Marriages & Burials 1820-27 (Bishops' Transcripts) (including Marston Chapel) [Microfilm.] Published Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of Utah, 1998
YARDLEY (Job Marston Chapel, Hall Green) : Christenings 1704-50, 1761-1840, Marriages 1704-14, 1728-46, 1862, Burials 1705-18, 1725-49, 1761-1840 [Microfiche.] Published Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry 2002 Author Harrison, Yvonne (transcription.) Source D: Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry.
YARDLEY (Job Marston Chapel, Hall Green) : Christenings 1704-50, 1764-69, 1780-1840, Marriages 1704-14, 1728-46, Burials 1705-49, 1780-1840 [Typescript.] Published , 1966 Author Phelps, S D (transcription).
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:
1841 at Worcestershire Archives [14]
1841 - 81 Birmingham Central Library
At Society of Genealogists:-
1871 census Greater Birmingham (part) plus Budbrooke, Dunchurch & Leamington surname & folio index plus images of the folios for pieces RG 10/2968-2974, 3076-3086, 3088-3089, 3119, 3134-3160 & 3187-3193 [CD-ROM] - Published Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry 2004 - Author Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry.
Warwickshire 1891 census returns: Solihull registration district RG 12/2461-2466 [Microfilm.] - Published London Public Record Office 2003.
Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent
Burial 1703-65 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index
Schools Records
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.
Other Sources
Yardley Workhouse register of inmates 1812-37 [Microfiche.] Published : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1995 Author Harrison, Yvonne (transcription.) BMSGH Shop
At Society of Genealogists :-
The heraldry of St. Edburgha's church, Yardley (an heraldic guide) - Published Stourton : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1988 -Author Juby, Bernard A (comp.)
Yardley Workhouse register of inmates 1812-37 [Microfiche.] Published : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1995 Author Harrison, Yvonne (transcription.) Source D: BMSGH.
A short history of Yardley & its parish church Published , 1915 Author Sutherns, William
Directories
Extracts from the Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis:
YARDLEY, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of HALFSHIRE, county of WORCESTER, 4½ miles (E.) from Birmingham, containing 2313 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £9. 19. 4½ and in the patronage of Edmund Wigley, Esq. The church, dedicated to St. Edburgh, exhibits various specimens of the English style of architecture, with a fine tower and spire of the later date; it has lately received an addition of one hundred and twenty sittings, of which one hundred are free, the Incorporated Society for the enlargement of churches and chapels having granted £100 towards defraying the expense. Here are various bequests, producing a considerable income, for the education and relief of the poor. Great quantities of tiles are made in the neighbourhood, and conveyed to Birmingham, whence they are sent by the canals to various parts of the kingdom.
MARSTON, a chapelry in the parish of YARDLEY, lower division of the hundred of PERSHORE, though locally in the upper division of the hundred of Halfshire, county of WORCESTER, 4½ miles (S. E.) from Birmingham. The population is returned with the parish. The living is a donative. The chapel was erected in 1704 by Job Marston, Esq.
Last Updated: 28/01/2016
