Madley, Herefordshire Genealogy

Guide to Madley, Herefordshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
MADLEY (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Dore, hundred of Webtree, county of Hereford, 7 miles (W. by S.) from Hereford. The church is a large and handsome edifice, principally in the decorated style, with an embattled tower. Here is a place of worship for Baptists.

Madley Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary is an Ancient Parish in the village and civil parish of Madley. See Madley Wikipedia which contains information about the birth of St Dubricius and the history of RAF Madley. Tyberton, Herefordshire was originally formed as chapelry from this parish.

The Parish church of the Blessed Virgin Mary has been designated as a grade I listed building British listed building

Madley Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

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Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.
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Church Records
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Church of England
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Non-Conformists (All other Religions)

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at Findmypast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)

Census Records
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The 1851 census of England and Wales attempted to identify religious places of worship in addition to the household survey census returns.

Poor Law Unions
Dore 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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Websites

 * Medley