Batsford, Gloucestershire Genealogy

England   Gloucestershire   Gloucestershire Parishes

'''Part of this parish is in Worcestershire. See also Batsford, Worcestershire.'''

Parish History
Batsford is an ancient parish partly in the county of Gloucestershire and partly in the county of Worcestershire.

This parish is in the upper division of the hundred of Kiftsgate, 2 miles from Moreton in the Marsh, containing 108 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Gloucester.

The church is dedicated to St. Mary and was rebuilt and enlarged in 1822. This parish enjoys the benefit of an endowed school at Moreton in the Marsh

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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Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Gloucestershire 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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