Aylton, Herefordshire Genealogy

England Herefordshire



Parish History
The small undedicated parish church of this Ancient Parish stands on a platform adjacent to Aylton Court Farm House about 3 miles west of Ledbury.

The estate was extensive and likewise the parish. There has been settlement here since Saxon times and the manorial estate is documented. The earliest written form of the name is Aileuetona in 1138. Later variations are Alhamstone (1278), Aylmeton (1291), Aylston (1341), Ailyneton (1351), Aylistone (1368), and Aylton de la Bath (1619). This latter name, combined with the benefice listing of Aylton as a "chapel with cure" in 1351, suggests that historically the pond adjacent to the church may have been thought to have restorative powers. Aylton chapel was also listed as "vetus villa" in the charters of Lanthony Prima in Wales.

The oast at Court Farm has recently been restored and the mediaeval barn has also been restored in recent years.

The church has two bells one possibly 12th century the other circa 1639.

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

See also Herefordshire Church Records

Census records
See Herefordshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Ledbury 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
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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