Byton, Herefordshire Genealogy

England Herefordshire  Herefordshire Parishes

Parish History
Byton is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire close to the Welsh border see Byton Wikipedia

Byton St Mary is an Ancient Parish in the village and civil parish of Byton

The Parish church of St Mary has been designated as a grade II listed building British listed building

See also Church website with parish history.

A map of the parish boundary may be found at A church near you

BYTON,a parish in the hundred of Wigmore, county of Hereford.

Lewis, Samuel A. FHL Book Call #942 E5L 1831 pg.328.

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.

This parish was withinPresteigne registration district

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

Poor Law Unions
Kington 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
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
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