Credenhill, Herefordshire Genealogy

England Herefordshire



Parish History
Credenhill is an Ancient Parish; the parish church of St Mary dates from the 12th century and has been designated as a grade I listed building by English HeritageBritish listed building.

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Credenhill like this:

CREDENHILL, a parish in the district and county of Hereford; on an affluent of the river Wye, adjacent to the Hereford and Brecon railway, 4½ miles NW by W of Hereford. It has a station on the railway; and its post town is Bishopstone, under Hereford. Acres, 1, 224. Real property, £2, 500. Pop., 199. Houses, 42. The property is divided among a few. A well-wooded hill here is crowned by a double-ditched camp of about 40 acres; and commands a fine view. Credenhill House is the seat of the Eckleys. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £297.* Patron, the Rev. J. Eckley. The church is ancient but good; and contains monuments of the Eckleys.

Credenhill is also noteworthy for two historical associations:


 * The Reverend Charles Bulmer rector grew apples used to make cider and the Bulmer's cider company founded in 1887 became a leading prodcuer of cider Credenhill Wikipedia
 * The former RAF Hereford became home to the Special Air Service SAS 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
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Census records
See Herefordshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Hereford 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
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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