Ganarew, Herefordshire Genealogy

England  Herefordshire  Herefordshire Parishes  Parish History GANEREW (St. Swithin), a parish, in the union of Monmouth, Lower division of the hundred of Wormelow, county of Hereford, 2½ miles (N. E. by N.) from Monmouth. The road from Monmouth to Ross runs through the parish. On the summit of a hill called Little Doward, a lofty iron skeleton-tower has been erected by R. Blakemore, Esq., from which is a splendid view of several reaches of the picturesque Wye; and on the same hill are traces of a camp which Caractacus is supposed to have formed, and where broad-arrow heads have been found. Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 275-279 Ganarew St Swithin is an Ancient parish and part of the parish boundary forms the national boundary with Wales. The church dates from about 1850 built by J Pritchard of Llandaff and has been designated a grade II listed building by English Heritage British Listed Building. Ganarew Wikipedia Resources 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 <span class="fck_mw_template"> Census records <span class="fck_mw_template"> See Herefordshire Census</a> Probate records Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Herefordshire Probate Records</a> 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. <ul><li>England Jurisdictions 1851</a> </li><li>Vision of Britain</a> </li></ul> Web sites Contributor: add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.

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