Yazor, Herefordshire Genealogy

England Herefordshire



Parish History
The redundant Anglican church of St Mary the Virgin Yazor ( an Ancient Parish) is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust and was built to replace the older church of St John the Baptist. St Mary the Virgin Yaxor Wikipedia

See the Churches Conservation trust information about the church here

The remains of the Old Church of St John the Baptist have been designated as a grade II listed building British listed Building

The redundant church of St Mary Yazor have been designated as a grade II listed building listed Building



See also Yazor Wikipedia

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.

From 1837 this area was part of Weobley registration district

Certificates may be obtained from Herefordshire The Register Office Town Hall St. Owens Street Hereford HR1 1RJ Phone 01432 260565

Fax 01432 261720

Email registrars@herefordshire.gov.uk

Church records
Original parish records are held at the Herefordshire Record Office under reference AC/66 1-8 covering 1620-1984 and in two other series T20 and AF93

The Genealogical Society of Utah link covers partial microfilming of the records other records are found at

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 Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection

Bishop's transcripts are held 1660-1845 with missing Years.

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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