Bretforton Worcestershire Family History Guide

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Bretforton Ancient Parish is situated in the county of Worcestershire.

Parish church: St Leonard

Parish registers begin: 1538

Adjacent Parishes

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Bretforton Parish Registers

Search online registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and burials including digitised images of original records and registers and indexed transcriptions.

Bretforton, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812

Bretforton, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1812-1922

Bretforton Worcestershire Baptisms 1538-1837

Bretforton, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1947

Bretforton Worcestershire Marriages 1538-1837

Bretforton, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1997

Bretforton Worcestershire Burials 1538-1837

The following Worcestershire Monumental Inscriptions, hosted by Findmypast, are a collection of transcriptions created by the Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry.

Bretforton St Leonard Monumental Inscriptions 1191-1985

Marriage Licences and Allegations

London Marriage Licences and Allegations 1521 to 1869

The following have been extracted from London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869.

Abbreviations. — B. Bishop of London’s Office; D. Dean and Chapter of Westminster; F. Faculty Office of Archbishop of Canterbury; V. Registry of the Vicar-General of Canterbury.

Lunne, Holmer,* of Clement’s Inn, Middlesex, gent., bachelor, about 25, and Mrs. Elizabeth Keightly, of Bretforton, co. Worcester, spinster, about 20, her father dead, her mother’s consent — at Bretforton aforesaid. 30 Nov. 1676. V. (* indexed as Holmes Lunne in the Harleian Society’s edition.)

Source: London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869; Edited by Joseph Foster; London 1887

Bretforton Parish History

Bretforton The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

Bretforton, a parish in Evesham district, Worcester; on the West Midland railway, 2 miles WNW of Honeybourne station, and 3½ E of Evesham. Post Town, Evesham. Acres, 1,683. Real property, £3,161. Pop., 565. Houses, 123. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £182. Patron, the Rev. G. Morris. The church is good. There is a national school.

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

Bretforton A Topographical Dictionary of England 1831

Bretforton, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of BLACKENHURST, county of Worcester, 3¾ miles (E.) from Evesham, containing 451 inhabitants. The living is a discharged Vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king’s books at £6. 5., and endowed with £600 private benefaction, and £1100 parliamentary grant. The Rev. Dr. Timbrill was patron in 1817. The church is dedicated to St. Leonard.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1831

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Administration

  • County: Worcestershire
  • Civil Registration District: Evesham
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Worcester (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Worcester
  • Rural Deanery: Evesham
  • Poor Law Union: Evesham
  • Hundred: Blackenhurst
  • Province: Canterbury