Burghill, Herefordshire Family History Guide

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Burghill is an Ancient Parish in the county of Herefordshire.

Other places in the parish include: Tillington.

The civil parish of Burghill includes Tillington, Portway and Eltons Marsh.

Parish church: St Mary the Virgin

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1655
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1661

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Burghill Parish Registers

Search online indexed transcriptions of baptisms, marriages and burials. Taken from the original parish registers, these entries may include names, dates, family relationships, residences, occupations and other details noted by the minister, with earlier records naturally offering fewer details.

Baptism Records

These records include indexed transcriptions of Church of England parish registers of baptisms.

Burghill Herefordshire Baptisms 1637-1874

Marriage and Banns Records

These records include indexed transcriptions of Church of England parish registers of marriages.

Burghill Herefordshire Marriages 1656-1885

Burghill, St Mary Herefordshire Marriages 1656-1837

Death and Burial Records

These records include indexed transcriptions of Church of England parish registers of deaths and burials.

Burghill Herefordshire Burials 1785-1839

Parish History

Burghill

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BURGHILL, a village, a parish, and a subdistrict, in the district and county of Hereford. The village stands near the river Lug, 1½ mile SW of Moreton r. station, and 3¾ NW of Hereford; and has a post office under Hereford. The parish includes also the township of Tillington. Acres, 3,704. Real property, £7,018. Pop., 934. Houses, 197. The property is divided among a few. Burghill Court is the seat of B. Biddulph, Esq. An ancient square camp occurs in the parish, near the Portway to Kenchester.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £94. Patron, B. Biddulph, Esq. The church is Norman, with a pinnacled tower; was entirely restored in 1854; and contains a fine altar screen, a figured font, and a monument of Sir John Milbourne, Bart. A school has £8 from endowment; and other charities £12. The subdistrict contains twelve parishes, most of another, and an extra-parochial tract. Acres, 23,851. Pop., 5,737. Houses, 1,195.

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

Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850

Burghill, 4 miies N.W. Hereford. P. 863.

Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.

Tillington

Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845

Tillington, a township, in the parish of Burghill, hundred of Grimsworth, union and county of Hereford, 5 miles (NW by N) from Hereford; containing 462 inhabitants.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.

Administration

  • County: Herefordshire
  • Civil Registration District: Hereford
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Hereford
  • Rural Deanery: Weston
  • Poor Law Union: Hereford
  • Hundred: Grimsworth
  • Province: Canterbury