Eastnor, Herefordshire Genealogy

England Herefordshire



Parish History
Eastnor is an Ancient parish; the village and civil parish are 2 miles east of Ledbury, Herefordshire its neighbour.

The church of St John the Baptist dates from the 12th century and was restored by Sir George Gilbert Scott in 1852; it is designated a grade I listed building by English Heritage British listed building

See also The Buildings of England: Herefordshire, Nikolaus Pevsner, 1963 p122 ISBN 0-14-071025-6

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.

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
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
Contributor: add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.