Morton Jeffries, Herefordshire Family History Guide

Morton Jeffries is an Ancient Parish in the county of Herefordshire.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin: 1711

Nonconformists include:

Parishes adjacent to Morton Jeffries

Historical Descriptions

Moreton Jeffries

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

MORETON-JEFFRIES, a parish in Bromyard district, Hereford; 4¾ miles N of Stoke-Edith r. station, and 5½ SW of Bromyard. Post town, Hereford. Acres, 703. Real property, £524. Pop., 41. Houses, 6. The property is all in one estate. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £50. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Hereford. The church has a small tower, and contains monuments of the Westwoods.

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

Morton-Jeffries, 8 m. N.E Hereford. P. 53.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland 1833

Moreton Jeffreys, co. Hereford.

P. T. Bromyard (125) 5½ m. SW. Pop. 64.

A parish in the hundred of Radlow; living, a curacy in the archdeaconry and diocese of Hereford, not in charge; ann. val. P. R. 37 l.; patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Hereford.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland by John Gorton. The Irish and Welsh articles by G. N. Wright; Vol. II; London; Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand; 1833.

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

BillionGraves Index

Find A Grave Index

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

Administration

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