Bosbury, Herefordshire Genealogy

England Herefordshire



Parish History
Bosbury is a village and civil parish about five miles north of Ledbury.

Holy Trinity church is an Ancient Parish which included Upleadon and Catley.

Bosbury is within the largest 19th century hop growing region outside Kent although in the late 20th century the area declined in this business and many hop yards and oasts were dismantled.

Bosbury was the site of the palace of the mediaeval bishops of Hereford and the palace reamins are found near the church at Old Court Farm.

The Knights Templar presence at the present Prior's Court farm is also indicated by the Templar grave within the church.

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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