Churchill Nr Kidderminster

Descriptive Notes

Sometimes 'Churchill in Halfshire'

Status

Ancient Parish [25]
Abolished civilly in 1933 to help create Churchill & Blakedown Civil Parish [25]
Blakedown, formerly in the parish of Hagley, was in 1888 transferred for ecclesiastical purposes only to Churchill in Halfshire.[5]

Location

O.S. Ref: SO879793
About 3½ miles N.E. of Kidderminster along the A456
Ismere is ½ mile N.W.; Wannerton 1 mile S.W. [57]

Parish Church

St. James the Great

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction

Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester until 1921, Archdeaconry of Dudley & Diocese of Worcester (1921 - *) [25]

Hundred

Lower Halfshire [15] [25] [28]

Poor Law Union

Kidderminster [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes

Kinver (STS); Hagley; Clent; Broom; Chaddesley Corbett, Kidderminster; Wolverley [1]

Parish Registers at Worcestershire Archives

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Churchill & Blakedown		Coverage	Source
Microform	Christenings	1540-1965	[5]
	Marriages	1541-1965	[5]
	Burials	1540-1965	[5]

Blakedown		Coverage	Source
Microform	Christenings	1872-1965	[5]
	Marriages	1882-1965	[5]
	Burials	1872-1965	[5]
	Banns	1905-65	[5]
Originals	Christenings	1882-1978	[12]

Churchill		Coverage	Source
Microform	Banns	1754-1924	[5]

Bishops' Transcripts

Begin 1612 Worcestershire Archives [22]

International Genealogical Index (IGI)

[19]

		Coverage
Bishops' Transcripts	Births / Christenings	1612-1640; 1660-1700 (70%)

Register Copies

At BMSGH Reference Library [7]
Blakedown Banns 1905-1965, Graves/Burials 1933-1965, Offertory Accounts 1860-1872,1868-1896 Preachers and Offertory Accounts 1872-1885

Blakedown Baptisms 1872-1965, Marriages 1882-1965, Burials 1872-1965

Churchill with Blakedown Baptisms Marriages and Burials 1540-1813 Marriages 1757-1965 Burials 1813-1965 Banns 1754-1924 Baptisms 1813-1965 offertory accounts 1860-1896, Preachers Offertory accounts 1872-1885 Services 1888-1930

At Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Record Office [71]
Marriages 1564-1812

Directories

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

CHURCHILL, a parish in the lower division of the hundred of HALFSHIRE, county of WORCESTER, 3½ miles (N. E. by E.) from Kidderminster, containing 141 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £5. 6. 8, and in the patronage of Lord Lyttelton. The church is dedicated to St. James. Here is a chalybeate spring, which was formerly much frequented.

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