Bodenham, Herefordshire Family History Guide

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Bodenham is an Ancient Parish in the county of Herefordshire.

Other places in the parish include: Fenn and Fern, The Moor, The Vern, Venn and Vern, Whitchurch Maund, Bryan Maund, and Bowley.

Parish church: St. Michael

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1584
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1660

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Bodenham Herefordshire
BODENHAM The Cottage Homes 1900s

Bodenham Parish Registers

Search online indexed transcriptions of baptisms, marriages and burials. Taken from the original parish registers, these entries may include names, dates, family relationships, residences, occupations and other details noted by the minister, with earlier records naturally offering fewer details.

Baptism Records

These records include indexed transcriptions of Church of England parish registers of baptisms.

Bodenham Herefordshire Baptisms 1584-1925

Marriage and Banns Records

These records include indexed transcriptions of Church of England parish registers of marriages.

Bodenham Herefordshire Marriages 1584-1885

Bodenham, St Michael Herefordshire Marriages 1584-1837

Death and Burial Records

These records include indexed transcriptions of Church of England parish registers of deaths and burials.

Bodenham Herefordshire Burials 1730-1839

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BODENHAM, a village, a parish, and a subdistrict, in the district of Leominster, Hereford. The village stands near the river Lug, 2 ½ miles E of Dinmore r. station, and 6 ½ SSE of Leominster; and it has a post office under Leominster, and was once a market-town. The parish includes also the townships of Bowley, Bryan-Maund, Whitchurch-Maund, and the Moor. Acres, 5,260. Real property, £7,463. Pop., 1,096. Houses, 231. The property is divided among a few.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £686. Patron, John Arkwright, Esq. The church is ancient and good; and has an incomplete spire. There are a Wesleyan chapel, an endowed school with £30, and other charities with £24. The subdistrict comprises six parishes, parts of two other parishes, and a chapelry. Acres, 24,884. Pop., 4,021. Houses, 846.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1851

Bodenham, a parish in the hund. of Broxash, union of Leominster, county of Hereford; 8 miles north-north-east of Hereford. Living, a vicarage in the archd. and dio. of Hereford; rated at £12 1s. 5½d.; gross income £686. Patron, in 1835, R. Arkwright, Esq. The great and small tithes, the property of the bishop of Hereford, clerical rector and vicar, were commuted in 1802. Here are 2 daily schools, and a National one, endowed with £30 per annum. There is an endowment for poor housekeepers not receiving parochial aid. Pop., in 1801, 887; in 1831, 998. Houses 199. Acres 5,550, of which about 270 are in hops. A. P. £5,661. Poor rates, in 1837, £400.

Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851.

Administration

  • County: Herefordshire
  • Civil Registration District: Leominster
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Hereford
  • Rural Deanery: Weston
  • Poor Law Union: Leominster
  • Hundred: Broxash
  • Province: Canterbury