Westwood
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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:
1901 at Worcestershire Archives [14]
Manorial Records
Worcestershire Archives [50]
Westwood: Account rolls 1333-94 with gaps, Court rolls 1342, 1347, 14th cent., 1584
Clethale: Court roll 1434
Directories
An extract from the Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis:
WESTWOOD, an extra-parochial liberty, in the upper division of the hundred of HALFSHIRE, county of WORCESTER, 2¼ miles (W. N. W.) from Droitwich. A priory, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin, for six nuns of the order of Fontevrault, was founded here in the reign of Henry II, and at the dissolution had a revenue of £75. 18. 11.
Last Updated: 22/07/2012
