Ivington Herefordshire Family History Guide
Ivington or Ivington St John was formed as an Ecclesiastical parish in 1844 from the south western part of Leominster, Herefordshire Ancient parish. The church was built in 1841 with restoration in 1868 and is within the borough of Leominster. It includes Ivington Green, Aulden, Baron's Cross and Newtown within the parish boundary and as districts of the borough.
Status: Ecclesiastical Parish
Alternative names: Ivington, Hide Ash and Wintercott, Ivington St John
Parish church: St John
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1844
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1843
Nonconformists include:
Adjacent Parishes
- Stretford
- Monkland
- Hope under Dinmore
- Leominster
Historical Descriptions
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
IVINGTON, a chapelry in Leominster parish, Hereford; on a branch of the river Lug, 2¼ miles SW of Leominster r. station. Post town, Leominster. Real property, £2, 315. Pop., 750. Houses, 155. The property is much subdivided. An ancient camp is on Brierley hills; was occupied by Owen Glendower; and has yielded coins of the 14th century. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £100. Patron, the Vicar of Leominster. The church was built in 1843, and is in the pointed style. There is a national school.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
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Birth Marriage and Death Records
England, Herefordshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1583-1898
England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991
England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008
England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007
England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005
England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977
Great Britain Deaths and Burials, 1778-1988
Great Britain Marriages, 1797-1988
Great Britain, Births and Baptisms, 1571-1977
United Kingdom, Maritime Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1787-1933
Grave Indexes
Migration and Naturalisation Records
Migration Records at FamilySearch
Newspaper Archives
British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices
British Newspaper Archives, Obituaries
Census Records
England and Wales Census, 1841
England and Wales Census, 1851
England and Wales Census, 1861
England and Wales Census, 1871
England and Wales Census, 1881
England and Wales Census, 1891
England and Wales Census, 1901
England and Wales National Register, 1939
Probate and Court Records
England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957
Military Records
Great Britain, War Office Registers, 1772-1935
United Kingdom, Chelsea Pensioners' Service Records, 1760-1913
United Kingdom, Merchant Navy Seamen Records, 1835-1941
United Kingdom, Militia Service Records, 1806-1915
United Kingdom, Royal Hospital Chelsea: Discharge Documents of Pensioners 1760-1887 (WO 122)
United Kingdom, World War I Service Records, 1914-1920
United Kingdom, World War I Women's Army Auxiliary Corps Records, 1917-1920
Church Records
Bishop's transcripts for Ivington, 1843-1849
Parish registers for Ivington, 1844-1951
Taxation
Land tax assessments for the chapelry of Ivington, 1783-1830
Maps
Vision of Britain historical maps
Administration
County: Herefordshire
Civil Registration District: Leominster
Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Episcopal Consistory)
Diocese: Hereford
Rural Deanery: Leominster
Poor Law Union: Leominster
Hundred: Wolphy
Province: Canterbury