Whitchurch Herefordshire Family History Guide

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Whitchurch is an Ancient Parish in the county of Herefordshire.

Parish church: St. Dubricius

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1761
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1660

Nonconformists include: Independent, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Whitchurch 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.

Whitchurch, Herefordshire Baptisms 1661-1883

Marriage and Banns Records

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

Whitchurch, Herefordshire Marriages 1663-1872

Whitchurch, St Dubricius, Herefordshire Marriages 1636-1837

Death and Burial Records

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

Whitchurch, Herefordshire Burials 1717-1932

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WHITCHURCH, a parish, with a village, in the district of Monmouth and county of Hereford; on the river Wye, 5 miles NE of Monmouth r. station. It has a post-office under Monmouth. Acres, 1,956. Real property, £4,525. Pop., 857. Houses, 201. The property is much subdivided. The scenery is very fine. Limestone is quarried, and its hæmatite veins of iron-stone are of much value. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £290. Patron, W. Dry, Esq. The church is early English. There are an Independent chapel, a national school, a small lunatic asylum, and charities £15.

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

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

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