Queenhill, Worcestershire Family History Guide

Queenhill is a chapelry of Ripple Ancient Parish in Worcestershire.

Other places in the parish include: Holdfast.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin: 1733

Nonconformists include:

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Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

QUEENHILL, a hamlet and a chapelry in Ripple parish, Worcester. The hamlet lies adjacent to the river Severn, 2½ miles SSE of Upton r. station.

Acres, 730. Real property, £1,315. Pop., 106. Houses, 23. The chapelry includes also the hamlet of Holdfast, and comprises 1,380 acres. Post-town, Upton-on-Severn. Real property, £2, 278. Pop., 196. Houses, 46.

The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the rectory of Ripple, in the diocese of Worcester. The church is good.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Worcestershire Delineated C. and J. Greenwood 1822

Queenhill – a hamlet and chapelry to the parish of Ripple, in the hundred of Pershore, lower division, 3 miles N.N.W. from Tewkesbury, and 107 from London; containing 18 inhabited houses. Population, 1801, 101 – 1811, no return – 1821, 94.

Source: Worcestershire Delineated: Being a Topographical Description of Each Parish, Chapelry, Hamlet, &c. In the County; with the distances and bearings from their respective market towns, &c. By C. and J. Greenwood. Printed by T. Bensley, Crane Court, Fleet Street, London, 1822.

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Worcestershire, Queenhill – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Queenhill, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Worcestershire, Queenhill – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Queenhill, 1608-1867
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Queenhill (Worcestershire)

Parish registers for Queenhill, 1580-1837
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Queenhill (Worcestershire)

England, Worcestershire, Queenhill – Probate records ( 1 )
Wills for the Peculiar Court of Ripple, 1663-1771
Author: Church of England. Peculiar Court (Ripple, Worcestershire)

Directories

Queenhill Lewis Worcestershire Directory 1820

Bateman William, farmer
Binnall Wm. carpenter
Cooper John, farmer
Cowley Thomas, farmer
Gray William, farmer
Green John, farmer
Lloyd Thomas, farmer
Smith Joseph, farmer

Source: S Lewis Worcestershire General and Commercial Directory for 1820.

Holdfast and Eastington Lewis Worcestershire Directory 1820

Barnes Thomas, gent.
Barnes J. K. gent.
Berkeley John, esq.
Berkeley John, jun. gent.
Clarke William, farmer
Martin Rev. Joseph
Potter Henry, farmer
Rayer William, esq.
White Joseph, farmer