Brockhampton (near Bromyard), Herefordshire Genealogy

England Herefordshire

Parish History
Brockhampton chapel in Brockhampton Park was formed as a chapel within Bromyard, Herefordshire Ancient Parish and includes in the parish Norton with Brockhampton and Lower Brockhampton.

The chapel dates from 1790 and is part of the Brockhampton Park estate. The chapel has been designated as a grade B listed building by English Heritage. British listed building

For further information about the Brockhampton Estate see Brockhampton Estate Wikipedia

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church records
Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection

Census records
See Herefordshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Bromyard Poor Law Union,Herefordshire

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Herefordshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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