Brobury, Herefordshire Genealogy

England Herefordshire Herefordshire Parishes

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

Parish History
Brobury St Mary Magdalene was an Ancient Parish; it was united with Bredwardine, Herefordshire in 1851 and subsequently the building was partially demolished.

Those remaining parts of the building with extensions form part of a private dwelling.

Information about Bredwardine with Brobury parish can be found at St Andrew's Bredwarding

BROBURY (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Weobley, hundred of Grimsworth, county of Hereford, 8¾ miles East of Hay.

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
parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts and other types of church records, such as parish chest 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 FamilySearch Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection

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

Websites
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/HEF/Brobury/index.html

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