Michaelchurch Escley Herefordshire Family History Guide

Status: Ancient Parish

Alternative names: Michael Church Eskley, Michaelchurch Eskley

Parish church: St. Michael

Parish registers begin:

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Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Historical Descriptions

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

MICHAELCHURCH-ESKLEY, a parish, with a village, in the district and county of Hereford; on the river Eskley, an affluent of the river Monnow, under the Black mountains, 3½ miles E of the boundary with Brecon, 7 miles NW of Pontrilas r. station, and 7¾ SE of Hay. Post town, Abergavenny. Acres, 4,567. Real property, £3,043. Pop., 448. Houses, 87. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of St. Margaret’s, in the diocese of Hereford. The church is early English, with a tower; and was recently in disrepair. There are an endowed school with £5 a year, and charities £18.

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 Marriages, 1538–1973

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

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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

Maps

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Administration

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