Stretford, Herefordshire Genealogy

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Parish History
STRETFORD (St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Weobley, hundred of Stretford, county of Hereford, 4 miles (S. W. by W.) from Leominster; containing 35 inhabitants. The parish comprises 424a. 3r. 18p.: the road from Leominster to Weobley runs through it from east to west, and that from Wigmore to Hereford from north to south. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at £6.19. 8., and in the gift of T. Dunne, and E. Evans, Esqrs.: the tithes have been commuted for £94. 14., and the glebe comprises 15 acres.

The redundant parish church of St Cosmos and St Damian in the hamlet of Stretford in Herefordshire is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust see St Cosmos and St Damian Church Streford 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.

From 1837 this area was part of Weobley registration district

Certificates may be obtained from Herefordshire The Register Office Town Hall St. Owens Street Hereford HR1 1RJ Phone 01432 260565

Fax 01432 261720

Email registrars@herefordshire.gov.uk

Church records
Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts and other types of church records, such as parish chest records.

Herefordshire Archives Harold Street Hereford HR1 2QX England Tel: 01432 260750 Fax: 01432 260066 Email: archives@herefordshire.gov.uk Website: here

Film numbers in the Family History library collection

Census records
See Herefordshire Census

Poor Law Unions
Weobley 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
Contributor: add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.