Lulsley

Status

A chapel in Suckley Ancient Parish. A separate Civil Parish in 1866. Ecclesiastically severed in 1912 to create Alfrick & Lulsley Ecclesiastical Parish. [25]

Location

O.S. Ref: SO745555
About 8 miles west of Worcester along the A44
Ravenhill is a hamlet of Suckley. [57]

Parish Church

St Giles - the chapel was declared redundant on 30 May 1972 and is now deconsecrated.

The church was built in 1892-3, but the foundations of the original church, except for the W part of the old nave, remain to its E. The 12thc. font and sculptural fragments were moved to Alfrick church in 1974, when the church was sold and converted into a private house. [69]

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction

Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester [1]

Hundred

Upper Doddingtree [11]

Poor Law Union

Martley [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes

Doddenham; Broadwas; Alfrick, Suckley; Knightwick [1]

Parish Registers at Worcestershire Archives

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		Coverage	Source
Microform	Christenings	1656-1964	[5]
	Marriages	1656-1963	[5]
	Burials	1656-1963	[5]
Originals	Christenings	1656-1968	[12]
	Marriages	1656-1969	[12]
	Banns	1762-1801; 1882-1969	[12]

Vol 1 is a joint register with Alfrick. The registers were filmed with those of Alfrick.

Suckley Parish Registers also include some entries relating to this parish. [5]

Bishops' Transcripts

Begin 1622 Worcestershire Archives [22]

International Genealogical Index (IGI)

[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1783-1875
Bishops' Transcripts	Births / Christenings	1622-41
	Marriages	1622-1641

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 1779-1840 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Directories

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

LULSLEY, a chapelry in the parish of SUCKIEY, upper division of the hundred of DODDINGTREE, county of WORCESTER, 7½ miles (W. by N.) from Worcester, containing 120 inhabitants. The chapel is dedicated to St. Giles.

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