Newton, Herefordshire Genealogy

England Herefordshire



Parish History
Newton St John the Baptist is an Ecclesiastical Parish formed in 1848 from Clodock, Herefordshire Ancient Parish. The civil parish is Newton (Longtown) in South Herefordshire and should not be confused with Newtown near Leominster or other places in the county with the same name.

The Parish church of St John the Baptist was consecrated in 1884 and has been designated as a grade II* listed building British listed building

Newton St John

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
Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records.

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

Census records
See Herefordshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Dore 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
Contributor: add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.