RESEARCHING YOUR FAMILY HISTORY

Parish records are a vital source when tracing your family history and the majority of records for the parishes in the Tenbury Team Ministry have been archived for the period prior to the start of Civil Registration in 1837. As the parishes cover three counties the following list indicates which documents have been archived and their current location. Please contact the relevant archive in the first instance.

Over the coming months further records will be deposited in county archives so please check this page regularly for any updates.

If the record that you are seeking is not archived at present, and relevant information not available via Civil Registration please apply in writing to the Tenbury Team Ministry Office, The Vicarage, Church Street, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, WR15 8BP giving as many details as you can – church, full names, dates etc.. Undertaking searches of parish records can be time consuming, so please consider making a donation for the work undertaken.

Internet Resources:

Some records for St Mary’s, Burford are available on ‘www.ancestry.co.uk’ under Shropshire, England, Extracted Parish Records.

It is worth checking the free to access website www.familysearch.org as some entries may be indexed there.

Records deposited at Shropshire Archives:

Shropshire Archives, Shropshire Council, Community Services – Castle Gates, Shrewsbury, Shropshire. SY1 2AQ. Email: archives@shropshire.gov.uk

Burford 1st Portion – St John the Baptist, Nash & Boraston Church:

  • Marriages: 1837 – 1969 (Boraston)
  • Marriages: 1837 – 1939 (Nash)
  • Banns: 1825 -1953 (Nash & Boraston)
  • Burials: 1855 – 1989 (Nash & Boraston)

    • Burford 2nd Portion – St Mary’s, Whitton

  • Marriages: 1813 -1970 (some records on microfilm only)


    • Burford 3rd Portion – St Mary’s, Burford

  • Baptisms: 1558 – 2001
  • Marriages: 1558 – 2008 (some records on microfilm only)
  • Banns: 1797 – 2002
  • Burials: 1558 – 1871


    • St Peter’s, Coreley

  • Baptisms: 1543 – 1623, 1697 – 2010
  • Marriages: 1543 – 1623, 1697 – 2009
  • Banns: 1880 – 1956
  • Burials: 1543 – 1623, 1697 – 2010


    • St James’, Greete

  • Baptisms: 1663 – 1812
  • Marriages: 1663 – 1834
  • Banns: 1754 -1812, 1873, 1921 – 1928
  • Burials: 1663 – 1812


    • St John the Baptist, Hope Bagot

  • Baptisms: 1715 – 1742, 1754 – 2009
  • Marriages: 1715 – 1742, 1755 – 2009
  • Banns: 1755 – 1812, 1929 – 1967
  • Burials: 1715 – 1742, 1755 – 2009

    • St Mary, Whitton

  • Baptisms 1825 – 2009
  • Burials 1856 – 2010

    • Records deposited at Worcestershire Record Office:

    Worcestershire Record Office, County Hall, Spetchley Road, Worcester. WR5 2NP.
    Email: RecordOffice@worcestershire.gov.uk

    St Mary’s, Tenbury Wells

  • Baptisms: 1653 – 1963
  • Marriages: 1654 – 1994
  • Burials: 1653 – 1999
  • Banns: 1935 – 2000
  • Confirmations: 1950 – 1998
  • Burials in Churchyard Extension: 1919 – 1929


    • St Michael & All Angels, Oldwood, Tenbury Wells

  • Baptisms: 1856 – 1913
  • Banns: 1935 – 2004
  • Marriages: 1857 – 2005
  • Burials: 1857 – 2010
  • Confirmations: 1933 – 1956

    • Records deposited at Herefordshire Archive Service:

    Herefordshire Record Office, Harold Street, Hereford. HR1 2QX. Email: Pbouchier@herefordshire.gov.uk

    St Mary Magdalene, Little Hereford

  • Baptisms: 1725 – 1794, 1796 – 1877
  • Marriages: 1725 – 2003,
  • Banns: 1754 – 1995
  • Burials: 1724 – 1794, 1796 – 1938