Worcester St Martin, Worcestershire Genealogy

England Worcestershire  Worcestershire Parishes

Parish History
Worcester St. Martin was abolished civilly in 1894, the part in the Worcester County Borough being created Worcester St Martin City Civil Parish (Cornmarket) and the remainder being Worcester St Martin County Civil Parish.

St. Martin, Cornmarket, Worcester (Until 1905);

St. Martin, London Rd., Worcester (1905 - *)

In 1905 the status and parochial rights were transferred from St. Martin in the Cornmarket to the London Road Mission Church, pending the building and consecration of the new St. Martin's Church in April 1911. In 1905 St. Martin in the Cornmarket became a chapel of ease in St. Swithun's Parish and known as Old St. Martin's, to distinguish it from the new St Martin's Church in London Road. St. Swithun ceased to be a parish in 1978. The parish then became Worcester St Martin in the Cornmarket. St.Swithun's Church is now closed for worship and has been in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust since 1977.

Note: Worcester, St. Martin and Worcester St. Peter were united by Order in Council, 1 January 1974.

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
The original records are held at the Worcestershire Record Office, City Centre Branch (otherwise known as the "Worcestershire Library and History Centre) Trinity Street Worcester WR1 2PW England Tel: 01905 765922 Fax: 01905 765925 Email: [mailto:WLHC@worcestershire.gov.uk WLHC@worcestershire.gov.uk ] Website: www.worcestershire.gov.uk/records/" For complete information, including map and hours of operation, see www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archon/searches/locresult_details.asp?LR=781

The Family History Library has microfilmed the parish registers and the bishop's transcripts. For the parish registers, you will need to look in the FHL catalog under England, Worcester, Worcester and find St. Martin's mixed in with other parishes for the city of Worcester. The Bishop's Transcripts for Worcester are not filed by parish, but by year for the whole county. Thus, each year's transcripts are on a different film. An FHL finding aid giving FHL film numbers by parish has been compiled and is available as FHL book 942.4 K29bt, also available on microfiche at Family History Centers, fiche 6035756 (2 fiches).

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Worcestershire 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
Worcester Branch of the Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry Add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.