Bolstone, Herefordshire Genealogy

England Herefordshire

Bolstone( sometimes spelt Boulstone) refers to Ballingham and Bolstone, Herefordshire Ancient Parish.

Parish History
Bolstone is a settlement within the Ancient Parish of Ballingham, Herefordshire.

The Parish Church of St John of Jerusalem dates from the 12th century and was restored in 1877 by W.E. Martin; it has been designated as a grade II listed building British listed building

The united benefice of Ballingham with Bolstone now serves the needs of the villages

See Bolstone Wikipedia

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. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records.

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

Census records
See Herefordshire Census

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Herefordshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes A-B 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.