Bromyard, Herefordshire Genealogy

England Herefordshire Herefordshire Parishes



Parish History
Bromyard St Peter is an Ancient Parish in the town and civil parish of Bromyard and Winslow; the parish boundaries included Linton Winslow and Norton. The chapelry of Brockhampton (near Bromyard), Herefordshire was formed from this parish. see Bromyard and Winslow Wikipedia and Bromyard Wikipedia

The church of St Peter Church Lane Bromyard has been designated as a grade I listed building British listed building

See also Bromyard St Peter and Bromyard and District Local History Society website Bromyard District parishes

The Congregational Church,Sherford Street Bromyard, which dates from the early 1800's has been designated as a grade II listed building British listed building

BROMYARD, a market town and parish in the Hundred of Broxash, county of Hereford.

Lewis, Samuel A. FHL Book Call #942 E5L 1831 pg.278.

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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Link to the Family History Library Catalogue showing the film numbers in their collection

Census records
Census returns for Bromyard 1841-1891

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
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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