Bromsgrove All Saints, Worcestershire Genealogy

England Worcestershire  Worcestershire Parishes

Parish History
In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Bromsgrove like this:

"Bromsgrove, par. and market town, in co. and 12 miles NE. of Worcester and 114 miles NW. of London by rail -- par., 11,147 ac., pop. 12,813; town, pop. 7960; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks, 2 newspapers. Market-day, Tuesday. B., situated in a beautiful valley, 1½ mile from its ry. sta., has mfrs. of buttons, nails, needles, and coarse linen. It contains many old houses, curiously ornamented; and has an elegant Gothic church, in which are several ancient monuments, particularly of the Talbots, Earls of Shrewsbury."

From: Vision of Britain, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of British Isles. Accessed: 18 November 2011

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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
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. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection

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
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
Worcester Branch of the Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry Bromsgrove Nonconformists - Worcester Branch of the BMSGH

Add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.