Overbury with Alstone, Teddington and Little Washbourne, Worcestershire Genealogy

England Worcestershire

'''Part of this parish is in Worcestershire. See also Overbury with Alstone, Teddington and Little Washbourne, Gloucestershire.'''

Parish History
"OVERBURY (St. Faith), a parish, in the unions of Tewkesbury and Winchcomb, Middle division of the hundred of Oswaldslow, Pershore and E. divisions of the county of Worcester, 5½ miles (N. E.) from Tewkesbury; containing, with the chapelries of Alstone, Teddington, and Little Washbourne, and the hamlet of Conderton, 875 inhabitants. The Independents have a place of worship."

From: Lewis, Samuel A. "A Topographical Dictionary of England" (1848), pp. 495-498. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51198 Date accessed: 21 October 2011.

Part of parish is in county of Gloucestershire and part in county of Worcestershire.

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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Census records
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Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Worcestershire 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
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Web sites
Worcester Branch of the Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and HeraldryAdd any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.