Woolhope, Herefordshire Genealogy

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

Parish History
WOOLHOPE (St. George), a parish, in the union of Ledbury, hundred of Greytree, county of Hereford, 7¾ miles (W. by S.) from Ledbury; containing the townships of Buckenhill and Putley. The parish consists of 4129 acres.

Woolhope is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire; see Woolhope Wikipedia

Woolhope is an Ancient Parish which includes within the parish boundary Buckenhill and detached parts of Putley, see neighbouring Putley, Herefordshire See parish boundary map A church near you website

The Parish Church of St George Woolhope has been designated as a grade II* listed building British listed building

An illustrated architectural history of the church is available through the work of Kings College London Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture website

See also Herefordshire Churches

Find Neighboring Parishes
Use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map
 * Type the name of the parish in the search bar
 * Click on the location pin on the map
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 * Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.
 * See England Civil Registration for online resources and information.

Church Records
The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor. Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.

Church of England
Due to the increasing access of online records: Hover over the collection's title for more information Other Websites These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
 * Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
 * Dates in the following table are approximate
 * UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
 * Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records

Non-Conformists (All other Religions)

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at Findmypast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)

Poor Law Unions
Ledbury 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/Woolhope/index.html