Wyre Piddle, Worcestershire Genealogy

England Worcestershire  Worcestershire Parishes

Chapelry History
"WYRE-PIDDLE, a chapelry, in the parish of Fladbury, union of Pershore, Middle division of the hundred of Oswaldslow, Pershore and E. divisions of the county of Worcester, 1¾ mile (N. E. by E.) from Pershore; containing 188 inhabitants. It comprises 330 acres, two-thirds of which are arable. The chapel is an ancient structure, at the west end of the village: the font is Norman. The Wesleyans have a place of worship."

From: Lewis, Samuel A., "A Topographical Dictionary of England" (1848), pp. 703-707. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51435 Date accessed: 30 September 2011.

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
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
Worcester Branch of the Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and HeraldryAdd any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.