Craswell, Herefordshire Genealogy

England Herefordshire Herefordshire Parishes



Parish History
Craswall (historically also spelt Craswell, Crasswall and Crosswold) is an Ecclesiastical parish in Herefordshire at the foot of the Black Mountains and close to the Welsh border.

The Ecclesiastical parish was formed in 1728 from a chapelry in Clodock, Herefordshire Ancient Parish. See also Craswall Wikipedia

CRASSWALL, a chapelry in the parish of Clonock, hundred of Ewyaslacy, county of Hereford.

Lewis, Samuel A. ''FHL Book Call #942 E5L 1831 pg. 539''.

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
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Link to the Family History Library Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection

Census records
See Herefordshire Census

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
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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