Oldbury Shropshire Family History Guide

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Oldbury is an Ancient Parish in the county of Shropshire.

Parish church: St Nicholas

Parish registers begin: 1582

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational

Adjacent Parishes

Oldbury Parish Registers

Oldbury Parish Registers 1582-1812 Shropshire Parish registers Diocese of Hereford Vol. 16 (1915) Author: Shropshire Parish Register Society. General editor; W. G. D. Fletcher. Publisher: Privately printed for the Shropshire Parish Register Society. – This book is a free download from Parishmouse

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

OLDBURY, a village and a parish in Bridgnorth district, Salop. The village stands near the river Severn and the Severn Valley railway, 1 mile SSW of Bridgnorth; and has a post-office under Bridgnorth. The parish comprises 808 acres. Pop. in 1851, 131; in 1861, 207. Houses, 41. The increase of pop. arose from the operations of a Freehold Land society. Traces exist of an encampment from which the parliamentarian army, in the civil wars of Charles I., bombarded Bridgnorth Castle. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £254. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is ancient, and has a bell turret.

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

Shropshire Gazetteer 1824

Oldbury. A parish in the Chelmarsh, or Bridgnorth division of the hundred of Stottesden, a rectory discharged, in the diocese of Hereford, the deanery of Stottesden, and archdeaconry of Salop. 18 houses, 110 inhabitants. ¾ mile south-west of Bridgnorth.

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

England, Shropshire, Oldbury – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions at St Nicholas Church, Oldbury (near Bridgnorth), Shropshire, 1141-1999
Author: Shropshire Family History Society. South Shropshire Group; Davies, Roy

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

England, Shropshire, Oldbury – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Oldbury, 1662-1872
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Oldbury (Shropshire)

Parish poor law records, 1695-1939
Author: Oldbury (Shropshire)

Parish registers for Oldbury, 1582-1982
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Oldbury (Shropshire)

Registers of Oldbury

England, Shropshire, Oldbury – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Computer printout of Oldbury, Shropshire, England

Parish register printouts of Oldbury, Shropshire, England (Wesleyan Methodist Church) ; christenings, 1832-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Shropshire, Oldbury – Occupations ( 1 )
Parish poor law records, 1695-1939
Author: Oldbury (Shropshire)

England, Shropshire, Oldbury – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Parish poor law records, 1695-1939
Author: Oldbury (Shropshire)

England, Shropshire, Oldbury – Voting registers ( 1 )
Burgess rolls, electors and other public records, 1650-1885
Author: Bridgnorth (Shropshire : Borough)

FamilySearch – Birth Marriage & Death Census Migration & Naturalization Military Probate & Court

Poll Books

Oldbury, 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.

Bridgnorth Polling District

Oldbury, Parish of

688 Blount John

689 Bright Samuel

690 Brawn James

691 Brown Joseph

692 Cooper Charles John

693 Corser Thomas

694 Edwards Nicholas

695 Foxall Francis

696 Gittins Richard, see 486

697 Gordon William Pierson

698 Heblethwate Jonathan

699 Hinsley Thomas

700 Hinsley William

701 Jarratt Edward

702 Martin John

703 Matthias Alfred

704 Purton John, The Rev.

705 Porter John

706 Pursall James

707 Shipman John, see 858

708 Summers Thomas, see 864

709 Southwell George

710 Thursfield William, see 943

711 Tomkies Richard

712 Turley Thomas

Bankrupts

Below is a list of people that were declared bankrupt between 1820 and 1843 extracted from The Bankrupt Directory; George Elwick; London; Simpkin, Marshall and Co.; 1843.

Haslewood George Dowlar, Oldbury, Salop, apothecary, May 7, 1830.

Nash William, Oldbury, Salop, grocer, Aug. 19, 1842.

Nock Thomas, Oldbury, Salop, coal master, Nov. 26, 1841.  

Historical Maps

Dudley, Bridgnorth and District 1898: One Inch Sheet 167 (Old Ordnance Survey Maps - Inch to the Mile) This One Inch to the Mile map fills a major gap in the series. It covers the western part of the Black Country, plus a good section of east Shropshire. Coverage stretches from Dudley and Tipton westward to Morville, and from Bilston southward to Wolverley. Featuires include much of the Severn Valley Railway, Kinlet Park, the industrial area around Sedgley, the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal, etc. On the reverse is included a map of the village of Trysull. View Map Details*
Dudley, Bridgnorth and District 1898: One Inch Sheet 167 (Old Ordnance Survey Maps - Inch to the Mile)

Administration

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