Grendon Bishop, Herefordshire Genealogy

England Herefordshire



Parish History
Grendon Bishop St John the Baptist is an Ecclesiastical Parish created in 1739 from a former chapelry in Bromyard, Herefordshire Ancient Parish.

The church which dates from 1787-1788 with Victorian restoration has been designated a a grade C listed building by English Heritage British listed building.

The church is no longer open.

The united benefice of Grendon Bishop and Wacton now serves the congregation.

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.

Church records
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Link to Family History Catalogue for Grendon Bishop

Census records
See Herefordshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Bromyard 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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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