Eldersfield, Worcestershire Family History Guide
Eldersfield is an Ancient Parish in the county of Worcestershire.
Parish church: St. John the Baptist
Parish registers begin: 1718
Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Wesleyan Methodist.
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Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
Eldersfield, a parish in Upton-on-Severn district, Worcester; adjacent to Gloucestershire, near the Malvern hills, 6 miles W by S of Tewkesbury r. station, and 7½ SSW of Upton-on-Severn. It has a post-office under Tewkesbury. Acres, 3,307. Real property, £6,162. Pop., 782. Houses, 174. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £290. Patron, the Rev. R. Holmes. The church has a tower and spire, and is good. There is a Wesleyan chapel. A school has £18 from endowment; and other charities £20.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A Fullerton & Co. N.d.c. [1870-72].
The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1851
Eldersfield, a parish in the lower division of the hund. of Pershore, union of Upton-upon-Severn, county of Worcester; 6 miles west-west by south of Tewkesbury. Living, a vicarage in the archd. and dio. of Worcester; rated at £8 16s. 3d.; gross income £260. Patron, in 1835, Sir A. Lechmere, Bart. Here is a daily school, endowed by Mrs. Pollock with the interest of £500. Other charities, in 1829, £17 10s. per annum. Poor rates, in 1838, £460. Acres 3,400. Houses 144. A. P. £5,337. Pop., in 1801, 750; in 1831, 787.
Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851.
Worcestershire Delineated C. and J. Greenwood 1822
Eldersfield – a parish in the hundred of Pershore, lower division, 7 miles W. from Tewkesbury, 110 from London; containing 146 inhabited houses. The living is a rectory; the Rev. C. Dunn, incumbent; instituted 1813; patron, Sir Anthony Lechmere, Bart. Population, 1801, 750 – 1811, 729 – 1821, 743.
Source: Worcestershire Delineated: Being a Topographical Description of Each Parish, Chapelry, Hamlet, &c. In the County; with the distances and bearings from their respective market towns, &c. By C. and J. Greenwood. Printed by T. Bensley, Crane Court, Fleet Street, London, 1822.
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Bentley’s Directory of Eldersfield 1840 – Archive.org
Directory Transcriptions
Eldersfield (with the Hamlets of Corse Lawn, Link End, and Rue Green) Billings Directory of Worcestershire 1855
ELDERSFIELD is situate about 9 miles from Upton, 7 from Tewkesbury, and 9 from Gloucester, containing in 1851 a population of 704 inhabitants.
CORSE LAWN is about 2 miles S.E. from the church.
LINK END is a small hamlet belonging to the parish, from which it is distant about 2 miles E.
RUE GREEN is another small hamlet, about half a mile N.E. from the village.
THE CHURCH, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, is a stone edifice, in the early English style of architecture. It has a very handsome spire, containing six musical bells. The living is a vicarage. Rev. Richard Holmes, Vicar; Mr. Thomas Dee, Clerk. Service – 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.
The NATIONAL SCHOOL is supported by contributions and the children’s payments. Mr. Thomas Dee, Master; Mrs. Dee, Mistress. Average number of scholars, 35.
DIRECTORY
Holmes Rev. Richard, Vicar
Briscoe James, farmer, Nash End
Briscoe Benjamin, beer retailer, Bridge End
Chandler Joseph, farmer, Red House
Hall William, farmer, Eldersfield Court
Hatton William, farmer, Marsh Court
Hatton William, farmer, The Hill
Hodges George, market gardener, Gadfield’s Elm
Hogg Mary, farmer, Parsonage Farm
Jeffs Thomas, farmer
Jennings Henry, farmer
Jennings Thomas, farmer, The Hill
Messenger Thomas, farmer
Penson Mary Ann, farmer, Moor End
Penson Thomas, farmer, Cromer’s Farm
Poole William, carpenter
Shipton James, miller and farmer, The Hill
Stew Thomas, blacksmith, Bridge End
CORSE LAWN
Awford William, shopkeeper
Barrett Richard, blacksmith
Beale Michael, beer retailer and carrier
Beale William, farmer, Chettles Farm
Bick George, farmer
Bishop William, farmer, Drinker’s End
Coates William, wheelwright
Crook John, victualler and dealer, Green Dragon
Hartwright James, farmer, Lucas Farm
Hawker Isaac, farmer
Hunt Joseph, shopkeeper
Manning George, butcher and farmer
Newman James, blacksmith and farmer
Weaver James, tailor
Wilkes Joseph, farmer
Yeomans Mrs., farmer
LINK END
Fowler James, farmer, Link End House
Fowler Sarah, farmer, Link End Farm
Halsey John, farmer
Birt Samuel, farmer
Baylis Henry, farmer, Rue Green
Post Office, Corse Lawn – John Crook, Sub-Postmaster. Arrival, 9 30 a.m.; despatch, 3 30 p.m.
CARRIERS
Gloucester, Beale, from Corse Lawn, Tues. and Sat., 6 p.m. Bray, from Rue Green, Sat., 6 a.m.
Tewkesbury, Bray, from Rue Green, Wed., 6 a.m.
Source: Billings Directory of Worcestershire 1855
Administration
- County: Worcestershire
- Civil Registration District: Upton upon Severn
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Worcester (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Worcester
- Rural Deanery: Powyke
- Poor Law Union: Upton upon Severn
- Hundred: Pershore
- Province: Canterbury