Warley Wigorn
Status
A township in Worcestershire (Halfshire Hundred) in Halesowen Ancient Parish, which was in Worcestershire and Shropshire until 1844, but entirely Worcestershire thereafter. The township was a separate Civil Parish in 1866 and abolished in 1884 to help create Warley Civil Parish.[ [25]
Location
O.S. Ref: SO997877
About 7 miles west of central Birmingham. A very fragmented parish which included Rood End, Langley Green, Londonderry and Causeway Green.
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 repositoriesoffer census details on microform, disc or printed copy. These include:
Oldbury, including Quinton, Warley, Warley Salop & Warley Wigorn; And Handsworth (inc Perry Barr)
1871 Census on CD-Rom Piece Nos. 2968 to 2974 ; Including Surname Index BMSGH Shop
1841 51 at Worcestershire Archives [14]
1841-1901 Sandwell Community History and Archives Service
Manorial Records
Worcestershire Archives [50]
Abstracts of admissions and surrenders 1716-1858 [19th cent.]; Account book re legal transactions 1842-90; Court roll 1716-1836
Directories
An extract from the Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis:
WARLEY-WIGORN, a hamlet in that part of the parish of HALES-OWEN which is in the lower division of the hundred of HALFSHIRE, county of WORCESTER, 3 miles {N. E. by E.) from Hales-Owen, containing 878 inhabitants. John Moore, in 1797, bequeathed £100, now producing £9 a year, for which fourteen poor children are educated.
Last Updated: 22/07/2012
