Boraston, Shropshire Family History Guide

Boraston is a chapelry of Burford Ancient Parish in Shropshire.

Alternative names: Buraston-with-Whetmore, Buraston and Boreaston

Parish church:

Parish registers begin: None

Nonconformists include: None

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

Buraston-with-Whetmore Shropshire The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1851

Buraston-with-Whetmore, a township in the parish of Burford, hund. of Overs, county of Salop; 2 miles north-east of Tenbury, in the vicinity of the Leominster canal. A chapel-of-ease has been erected here. Pop., in 1801, 291; in 1821, 226. Houses and acres with the parish. A. P. £1,587. Poor rates, in 1837, £98.

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

Buraston with Whetmore Shropshire Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845

Buraston, with Whetmore, a chapelry, in the parish of Burford, union of Tenbury, hundred of Overs, S. division of Salop, 1¾ mile (N. E.) from Tenbury; containing 223 inhabitants. The Kington canal passes on the southern side of the village.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.

Buraston or Boreaston Gregory Shropshire Gazetteer 1824

Buraston; or Boreaston. A township in the parish of Burford, and in the hundred of Overs. 7 miles south-west of Ludlow. Buraston and Whetmore townships contain 46 houses, 226 inhabitants.

Source: The Shropshire Gazetteer, with an Appendix, including a Survey of the County and Valuable Miscellaneous Information, with Plates. Printed and Published by T. Gregory, Wem, 1824.

Parish Records

FamilySearch

United Kingdom, England, Shropshire, Boraston – Cemeteries ( 2 )
Church and churchyard Boraston, Shropshire : monumental inscriptions 1859-1995
Author: Shropshire Family History Society. South Shropshire Group

Monumental inscriptions of Boraston Shropshire, 1888

United Kingdom, England, Shropshire, Boraston – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Boraston, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

United Kingdom, England, Shropshire, Boraston – Church records ( 2 )
Parish chest records, 1756-1884
Author: Burford (Shropshire)

Parish registers for Boraston, 1837-1912
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Boraston (Shropshire); Church of England. Chapelry of Nash (Shropshire)

United Kingdom, England, Shropshire, Boraston – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Boraston, Shrops., Eng

United Kingdom, England, Shropshire, Boraston – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Parish chest records, 1756-1884
Author: Burford (Shropshire)

Poll Books

Boraston and Whatmore, Shropshire, Poll Book 1865

Below are the names of those that voted in the election of July 1865 between Col. The Hon. P. E. Herbert, Sir Baldwin Leighton, Bart., and R. Jasper More, Esq.

Poll Book of the Election, July 1865 for the Southern Division of Shropshire.

Cleobury Mortimer Polling District

Boraston and Whatmore — Townships of

1415 Amies Samuel

1416 Arthur John

1417 Lucas Benjamin

1418 MacLoughlin Rev. Hubert

1419 Meakin Richard

1420 Millichamp John

1421 Mytton William

1422 Mytton James

1423 Mytton Thomas

1424 Reynolds William

1425 Smith John

1426 Stiff William Phillimore, see 503, 861

1427 Wood William

Administration

  • County: Shropshire
  • Civil Registration District: Tenbury
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Hereford
  • Rural Deanery: Burford
  • Poor Law Union: Tenbury
  • Hundred: Overs
  • Province: Canterbury