Whitchurch Herefordshire Family History Guide

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

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].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Herefordshire, Whitchurch – Cemeteries ( 4 )
Herefordshire, Whitchurch, monumental inscriptions
Author: Herefordshire Family History Society

Monumental inscriptions for St. Dubricius, Whitchurch, Herefordshire
Author: Woolven, David; Gwent Family History Society

Monumental inscriptions for Whitchurch U.R.C., Herefordshire : grid reference 552172
Author: Woolven, David; Gwent Family History Society

Monumental inscriptions for Whitchurch, U. R. C., Herefordshire
Author: Woolven, David; Gwent Family History Society

England, Herefordshire, Whitchurch – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Whitchurch, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Herefordshire, Whitchurch – Church records ( 3 )
Baptisms, 1820-1833
Author: Independent Church (Whitchurch, Herefordshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Whitchurch, 1660-1854
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Whitchurch (Herefordshire)

Parish registers for Whitchurch, 1761-1951
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Whitchurch (Herefordshire)

England, Herefordshire, Whitchurch – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Parish register printouts of Whitchurch, Hereford, England (Independent, Doward Chapel) ; christenings, 1820-1833
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Herefordshire, Whitchurch – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for the parish of Whitchurch, 1776-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Herefordshire)

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