Brilley, Herefordshire Genealogy

England Herefordshire Herefordshire Parishes



Parish History
Brilley St Mary was formed as a chapelry in Kington, Herefordshire Ancient Parish. The parish boundary forms part of the boundary with Wales.

See Brilley Wikipedia

BRILLEY, a chapelry in the parish of Kington, hundred of Huntington, county of Hereford.

Lewis, Samuel A. FHL Book Call #942 E5L 1831.

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

The parish was within Presteigne registration district

Church records
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Link to the Family History Library Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection

Census records
See Herefordshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Kington Poor Law Union, Herefordshire

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Herefordshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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