Almeley, Herefordshire Genealogy

England Herefordshire  Herefordshire Parishes



Parish History
Almeley St Mary is an Ancient Parish in Herefordshire; the civil parish is Almeley.

The parish church of St Mary has been designated as a grade I listed building British listed building

See also Almeley Wikipedia for history of the Parish and the Society of Friends history of Almeley Quaker history of Almeley

Gazetteer entry from Lewis, Samuel A. A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 39-44. here

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.

Herefordshire Archives Harold Street Hereford HR1 2QX England Tel: 01432 260750 Fax: 01432 260066 Email: archives@herefordshire.gov.uk Website: here

Link to the Family History Library film numbers in their collection

See also Herefordshire Church Records

Census records
See Herefordshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Weobley 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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