Broadway

 

Descriptive Notes

Broadway, with its wide main street, is often referred to as the 'Jewel of the Cotswolds'. It lies beneath Fish Hill on the western Cotswold escarpment.

Status

Ancient Parish [25]

Location

O.S. Ref: SP097362
Broadway is nearly surrounded by the county of Gloucestershire & is 5½ miles S.E. of Evesham

Parish Church

St. Eadburgha, Snowshill Road, which dates back to the 12th century and St.Michael & All Angels, Church Street built during the 1830s

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction

Archdeaconry & Diocese of Gloucester until circa1840, Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester (circa 1840 - *) [25]

Hundred

Upper Pershore [11] [25] [28]

Poor Law Union

Evesham [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes

Wickhamford; Badsey; Willersey (Gloucestershire); Saintbury (Gloucestershire); Weston sub Edge (Gloucestershire); Chipping Campden (Gloucestershire); Blockley; Snowshill (Gloucestershire); Buckland (Gloucestershire); Childs Wickham (Gloucestershire) [1]

Parish Registers at Worcestershire Archives

[Contact details]

    Coverage Source
Microform Christenings 1541-1970 [5]
  Marriages 1539-1966 [5]
  Burials 1539-1966 [5]
  Banns 1772-1928 [5]
Originals Marriages 1539-1992 [12]
  Banns 1772-1959 [12]

Bishops' Transcripts

Begin 1608 Worcestershire Archives [22]

International Genealogical Index (IGI)

[19]

    Coverage
Parish Registers Births / Christenings 1541-1609; 1701-1875
  Marriages 1539-1880
Bishops' Transcripts Births / Christenings 1608-1700 (80%)
Independent or Congregational Births 1801-1837

Register Copies

Marriages 1539-1812 Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Records Office

At Society of Genealogists [68] :-
BROADWAY : Christenings 1541-1704, Marriages 1539-1547, 1555-67, 1574-1812, Burials 1539-1704 [Manuscript.] Published , Nd. Author Price, R (trans.) Author Bramwell, D (trans.)

BROADWAY (St. Michael & All Angels) : Christenings 1541-1966, Marriages & Burials 1539-1966, Banns 1772-1928, Confirmations 1955-65, Settlement certificates, removal orders, examinations, bastardy certificates, bonds of indemnity, workhouse & other papers etc. 1651-1842, Overseers' account books 1648-1824, Constables' account book 1696-1723, Churchwardens' account books 1798-1840 etc. [Microfilm.] Published Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of Utah, 1994 Source S: J L Lampitt.

At [FreeREG]
Free Internet searches of baptism, marriage and burial records, transcribed from parish and non-conformist registers of the U.K., are available at: http://www.freereg.org.uk/cgi/Search.pl

FreeREG is a new project. The database currently contains a few million records only, so you should not expect to find all your ancestors in the database.

The coverage for this parish currently stands at: Christenings: 1800-12

Further records may have been added since this posting

Nonconformist

At Worcestershire Archives :
Independent: Births 1801-1837; Christenings1801-1837
St Saviours RC: Christenings 1830-1994; Marriages1833-1994; Deaths 1828-1994. Communicants 1831-1837 Confirmations 1836

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents

Church of England and Non-conformist

At BMSGH Shop
Churchyard
St. Michael & All Angels
United Reformed church
St. Saviour RC church

At BMSGH Reference Library [7]
Cemetery
Churchyard
St Michael and All Angels
St Saviour Roman Catholic

United Reform Church
At Worcestershire Archives [51]
Churchyard
St. Michael & All Angels
United Reformed church
St. Saviour RC church

List of graves in St Eadburgha's churchyard (20th century)
Inscriptions on tombstones & memorials, United Reformed Church (1978, transcript)

At Society of Genealogists [59]
BROADWAY (Churchyard) : Monumental Inscriptions: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions vol. 13 [Typescript.] IN: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions vol. 13 Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1994 Author Bushell, L (trans.) Author Farmer, G R (trans.) Source D: Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry

BROADWAY (St. Michael & All Angels) : Monumental Inscriptions in the church: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 11 [Typescript.] IN: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 11 Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1991 Author Farmer, G R Author Bushell, L G Source D: BMSGH

BROADWAY (United Reformed church (Congregational Presbyterian)) : Monumental Inscriptions: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 14 [Typescript.] IN: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 14 Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, Nd. Author Bushell, L (trans.) Author Farmer, G R (trans.) Source D: Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry

BROADWAY (St. Saviour RC church) : Monumental Inscriptions: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 14 [Typescript.] IN: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 14 Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, Nd. Author Bushell, L (trans.) Author Farmer, G R (trans.) Acc. no. 82716 Source D: Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry

War Memorials

For the names of those included on Broadway War Memorial see:
http://www.rememberthefallen.co.uk/memorial/broadway-war-memorial/

For the names of those included on a War Memorial at St.Michael & All Angels Church see:
http://www.rememberthefallen.co.uk/memorial/broadway-st-michael-and-all-angels-church/

For the names of those included on a War Memorial at St Eadburgha's Church see:
http://www.rememberthefallen.co.uk/memorial/broadway-st-eadburghas-church/

For the names of those included on a Memorial marking the site of a Whitley bomber aircraft crash see:
http://www.rememberthefallen.co.uk/memorial/broadway-tower-bomber-crash/

For the grave at St Michael's and All Angels churchyard of William Leonard Weager who died in 1943 see: http://www.rememberthefallen.co.uk/memorial/broadway-st-michael-and-all-angels-churchyard/

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:

1841-1901 at Worcestershire Archives [14]

Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent

Burial 1539-1851 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Parish Records on microform

At Worcestershire Archives [13]
Notes of parish church 1864-65
Overseer of the poor account book 1648-95, 1694-1777, 1799-1825
Constable accounts 1696-1723
Churchwardens accounts 1798-1817, 1802-40
Poor rate book 1801
Offertory account book 1862-1908
Surveyors highway account book 1836-7, 1840-3
Rate, private & general account book 1836-49
Confirmation register 1955-65
Terrier & inventory c1932-54, c1933
Settlement certificates, removal order, examinations, population enquiry forms & other papers 1700-1842
Removal orders, examinations, bastardy certificates & other papers 1700-1823
Settlement certificates, bonds of indemnity. Workhouse & other papers from 1651. Examinations, removal orders, bastardy certificates, magistrates orders & other papers 1766-1878
Removal orders, receipts, examinations, powers of attorney & other papers c 1700-1817
Bond of indemnity, bills, examinations & other papers c1739-1873
Bastardy certificates, examinations, removal orders & other papers c1764-1827
Bastardy certificates, examinations, powers of attorney & other papers c1763-1851

Schools Records

The following school records are original documents. Note reference number and contact staff at Worcestershire Archives:
Broadway Infants' C P School
Log book - 1928 - 55 - Ref: BA 4348

Broadway National School - 3rd Division.
Class register - 1861 - 62 - Ref: BA 7907

Broadway Wesley Sabbath School
Register of teachers & scholars - 1865 - 73 - Ref: BA 8608/24 (vi)

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

Settlement certificates, removal orders, examinations, bastardy certificates, bonds of indemnity, workhouse & other papers etc. 1651-1842, Overseers' account books 1648-1824, Constables' account book 1696-1723, Churchwardens' account books 1798-1840 etc. [Microfilm.] - Published: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1994 Society of Genealogists

A history of Broadway IN: Broadway : a 1000 years of history 972-1972 (cover) Published 1972? Author Houghton, C C Source D: Brooks-Davies Collection. Society of Genealogists

Directories

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

BROADWAY, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of PERSHORE, being the southern extremity of the county of WORCESTER, 5 miles (S. E.) from Evesham, containing 1382 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the peculiar jurisdiction of the Bishop of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £ 10.17. 6, endowed with £200 royal bounty,and in the patronage of Miss Eliz. Mills. The church is dedicated to St. Eadburgh. There are places of worship for Independents, Wesleyan Methodists, and Roman Catholics. Thomas Hodges, in 1686, gave land for the instruction of poor boys, directing the overplus to be applied in purchasing books and clothes, or in apprenticing; them. In the neighbourhood are quarries of good freestone.

Last Updated: 10/10/2016