Tedstone Wafer, Herefordshire Genealogy

England Herefordshire



Parish History
Tedstone Wafer St Mary was an Ancient Parish in Herfordshire and part of the parish boundary formed part of the county boundary with neighbouring Lower Sapey, Worcestershire; the village and civil parish is Tedstone Wafer. Although classified as an Ancient Parish St Mary was possibly an independent chapel (Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Volume II Northern England by Frederic A. Youngs)

The former church of St Mary has been designated as a grade C listed bulding British listed building

The church of St Mary was declared redundant on 26 September 1974; the united benfice of Edvin Loach and Tedstone Wafer had been created in 1972 from Edvin Loach, Worcestershire see Edvin Loach & Tedstone Wafer, Worcestershire

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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Census records
See Herefordshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Bromyard 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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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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