Holmer, Herefordshire Genealogy

England Herefordshire

Parish History
Holmer St Bartholomew is an Ancient Parish immediately north of Hereford and includes Shelwick in its boundaries. Huntington, Herefordshire was a chapelry of this parish

The church dates from the late 12th century the upper half timbered tower from the 16th century and has been designated as a grade I listed building by English Heritage British Listed Building

The village and civil parish of Holmer and Shelwick includes Holmer, Munstone, Shelwick, Shelwick Green.

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Holmer like this:

HOLMER, a village, a township, and a parish, in the district and county of Hereford. The village stands near the Shrewsbury and Hereford railway, 2 miles N of Hereford; and has a post office under Hereford.-The township includes Shelwick hamlet, and bears the name of Holmer and Shelwick. Real property, £7, 504. Pop. in 1851, 618; in 1861, 1, 083. Houses, 213.—The parish contains also the township of Huntington; and comprises 3, 069 acres. Real property, £8, 778. Pop. in 1851, 747; in 1861, 1, 237. Houses, 242. The increase of pop. arose mainly from the operations of a Freehold Land society. The property of Holmer and Shelwick township is much subdivided; and that of Huntington is divided among three. Holmer Lodge, Westfield House, and Copelands are chief residences. The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacy of Huntington, in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £220.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Hereford. The parochial church is ancient; comprises merely nave and chancel, with a tower; and looks to be early English, but wants distinctive features. The tower was recently in need of repair. The church of Huntington is modern and neat. Charities £11.

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

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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