Kilpeck, Herefordshire Genealogy

Guide to Kilpeck, Herefordshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
KILLPECK (St. David), a parish, in the union of Dore, Upper division of the hundred of Wormelow, county of Hereford, 8¼ miles (S. W.) from Hereford. It abounds with romantic and richly-varied scenery. To the west of the church are some slight remains of a castle, and on the south are vestiges of a priory, situated in a pleasant vale.

Kilpeck St Mary and St David is an Ancient parish in Herefordshire.

The Norman parish church is described in detail Kilpeck Parish Church Wikipedia

The church of St Mary and St David in the civil parish of Kilpeck has been designated as a grade I listed building British listed building

See also Kilpeck St Mary and St David Kilpeck Wikipedia

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Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.
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Church Records
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Church of England
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Non-Conformists (All other Religions)

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at Findmypast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)

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 Herfordshire 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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Websites
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/HEF/Kilpeck/index.html