Monnington on Wye, Herefordshire Genealogy

England Herefordshire



Parish History
Monnington on Wye St Mary is an Ancient Parish and the church is attached to Monnington Court which folklore suggests as the death place of Owain Glyndwr (anglicised Owen Glendower) and the churchyard as the burial place.

The parish church of St Mary Monnington on Wye Monnington Walk Monnington on Wye has been designated as a grade I listed building British listed building



See also Monnington on Wye Wikipedia for information about the civil parish of Brobury, Herefordshire with Monnington on Wye.

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.

Herefordshire Archives Harold Street Hereford HR1 2QX England Tel: 01432 260750 Fax: 01432 260066 Email: archives@herefordshire.gov.uk Website: here

Family History Library film numbers in their collection

Census records
See Herefordshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Weobley 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.