Michaelchurch Escley Herefordshire Family History Guide
Status: Ancient Parish
Alternative names: Michael Church Eskley, Michaelchurch Eskley
Parish church: St. Michael
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers:
- Bishop’s Transcripts:
Nonconformists include:
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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
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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
Maps
Vision of Britain historical maps
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