Cradley, Herefordshire Genealogy

England Herefordshire Herefordshire Parishes



Parish History
Cradley St James the Great is an Ancient Parish and is the largest parish in Herefordshire; it includes Storridge. Cradley Storridge St John the Evangelist was formed as a chapelry from this parish

The church dates from the late 12th century and was substantially rebuilt in 1868-1869 and has been designated a grade B listed building by English Heritage British listed building

Cradley Wikipedia

See also Cradley

Cradley Storridge St John the Evangelist dates from 1856 and was built by Frederick Preedy of Worcester and has been designated a grade C listed building by English Heritage British listed building

CRADLEY, a parish in the hundred of Radlow, in the county of Hereford.

Lewis, Samuel A. ''FHL Book Call #942 E5L 1831 pg. 536''.

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
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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