Abbots Morton Worcestershire Family History Guide
Abbots Morton Ancient Parish and Civil Parish is situated in the county of Worcestershire. The parish of Abbots Morton incorporates the hamlets of Morton Spirt, The Low and Gooms Hill as well as the village of Abbots Morton. The parish was abolished in 1957 with the creation of Rous Lench and Abbots Morton Ecclesiastical Parish.
Local Government Areas: Blackenhurst Hundred, Alcester Poor Law Union, Alcester Rural Sanitary District, Feckenham Rural District (1894-1933), Evesham Rural District (1933-74)
Ecclesiastical Areas: Pershore Rural Deanery (until 1861), Feckenham Rural Deanery (1861-1957)
Church: St. Peter
Parish registers begin: 1728
A national schoolroom at Goom’s hill was built in 1844.
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Adjacent Parishes
Abbots Morton Parish Registers
Search online registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and burials including digitised images of original records and registers and indexed transcriptions.
Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records
These records include images of Church of England parish registers of baptism, marriage, and burial records.
Abbots Morton, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
Abbots Morton, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1812-1922
Marriage and Banns Records
These records include images of Church of England parish registers of marriages and banns records.
Abbots Morton, Church of England Marriages and Banns 1754-1947
Death and Burial Records
These records include images of Church of England parish registers of deaths and burial records.
Abbots Morton, Church of England Deaths and Burials 1813-1997
The following Worcestershire Monumental Inscriptions, hosted by Findmypast, are a collection of transcriptions created by the Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry.
Abbotts Morton St Peter Monumental Inscriptions 1288-1988
Crime & Punishment
Search online Worcestershire criminal records including records of prisoners, gaol and Quarter Sessions records with digitised images of the original records.
Worcestershire, Calendar of Prisoners
This wide‑ranging collection brings together almost three centuries of Worcestershire prison and criminal justice material. It includes early gaol lists, recognisances, indictments, presentments, and handwritten calendars from the 1600s and 1700s, as well as the later printed Calendars of Prisoners used in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Depending on the date, entries may note a person’s name, occupation, residence, the charge against them, details of their trial, or the sentence imposed. These records offer valuable glimpses into crime, poverty, and everyday life across the county.
To view the images of the original records, use the dropdown menu on the right-hand side of the Ancestry search page in the “Browse This Collection” box – the older gaol lists, recognisances, indictments and handwritten calendars are all hidden there with links to images of the original records.
Calendar of Criminal Prisoners 1756
Calendar of Criminal Prisoners in County Gaol 1762
Calendar of Prisoners 1660-1934
Calendar of Prisoners, Box 01 1890-1891
Calendar of Prisoners, Box 02 1892
Calendar of Prisoners, County Brideswell 1759-1827
Calendar of Prisoners, Handwritten Lists 1815
Calendar of Prisoners, Vol. 01 1901-1911
Calendar of Prisoners, Vol. 02 1912-1921
Indictments and Presentments 1700-1770
List of Those in County Gaol 1655-1656
Return of Prisoners Committed for Trial 1816-1820
Rough List of Cases and Sentences Awarded 1822
Worcester City, Gaoler´s List of Prisoners 1772-1839
Quarter Sessions Order Books
The Quarter Sessions Order Books record the names and cases of thousands of people who appeared before Worcestershire’s Justices of the Peace between the 1600s and the early 20th century whether as defendants, complainants, victims, witnesses, or parish officials involved in everything from minor offences and assaults to settlement disputes, bastardy cases, licences, and local administrative matters. Entries may note names, ages, dates, the nature of the complaint or offence, and the outcome of the case.
Worcester City Order Books 1632-1940
You may find the following books helpful …
Quarter Sessions
The records below have been extracted from the book Calendar of the Quarter Sessions papers Worcestershire v1.
(1607). Indictment of Philip Bartlam of Morton Abbots husbandman for breaking the close of Henry Tandye at Abbots Morton and lopping an elm growing therein. A true Bill. XLII. 48.
9 January 1610. Recognizance before Francis Dingley by Thomas Stevens of Abberton Husbandman Richard Williams of Abbots Morton Clerk and Ralph Stevens of Abberton Husbandman for the appearance of the said Thomas at Sessions. XVIII. 16.
12 June 1613. Recognizance before Sir Thomas Bigge by William Sheppy Yeoman and Richard Cotterill Yeoman both of Abbotts Morton for the appearance of the said William. XX. 20.
14 June 1612. Recognizance before Sir Francis Egioke by Edward Fryar Butcher John Hunt Yeoman and Henry Tandy Husbandman all of Abbotts Morton for the appearance of the said Edward and for his keeping the peace towards Ann Cluffs of Abbotts Morton Spinster. XX, 8.
20 July 1613. Recognizance before Sir Thomas Bigge by Robert Clouse of Abbots Morton Yeoman for the appearance of Ann his wife. XX. 15.
23 April 1618. Recognizance before John Baker by John Tandie Husbandman Edward Tandye Husbandman and George Badger Arrasworker all of Abbots Morton for the appearance at Sessions of the said Jonhn Tandie and Ann his wife and for their keeping the peace towards Gillian Fryer. XXVIII. 1.
Abbots Morton Parish Records
A Calendar of Wills and Administrations registered in The Consistory Court of the Bishop of Worcester v.2 1601 to 1652
The following names of Abbots Morton people have been extracted from the book A Calendar of Wills and Administrations registered in The Consistory Court of the Bishop of Worcester v.2 1601 to 1652. The book lists Wills and Administrations that were preserved in the Probate Registry at Worcester for the period 1601 to 1652.
1601 Showle, Mary, Abbotts Morton. W. I.
1601 Showed, Francis, Abbotts Morton. W. I.
1602 Tandy, Richard, Abbotts Morton. W. I.
1604 Sheppey, Richard, Abbotts Morton. Admon. and I.
1606 Ellins, John, husbandman, Abbotts Morton. W. I.
1606 Clowghe, Eleanor, widow, Abbotts Morton. W. I.
1608 Cowly, Robert, husbandman, Abbotts Morton. W. I.
1609 Lewes a/s. Bancks, William, labourer, Abbotts Morton. W.
1610 Tompson, Thomas, husbandman, Abbotts Morton. W. I.
1612 Tandy, Henry, husbardman, Abbotts Morton. W. I.
1613 Tandie, Thomas, Abbotts Morton. W. I.
1613 Ellins, Margery, widow, Abbotts Morton. W. I.
1614 Tandy, Henry, husbandman, Abbotts Morton. W. I.
1630 Clowgh, Margery, Abbotts Morton. W. I.
1632 Tandy, Henry, husbandman, Abbotts Morton. W. I.
1633 Ballard, Henry, yeoman, Abbotts Morton. W. I.
1636 Tandy, Thomas, Abbotts Morton. W. I.
1640 Tandy, Henry, labourer, Abbotts Morton. W. I.
1641 Cotterell, Richard, Abbotts Morton. Admon. and I.
1644 Tandy als. Weaver, Francis, Abbotts Morton. Admon.
1648 Powell, David, labourer, Abbotts Morton. Admon. and I.
1649 Clough, John, Abbotts Morton. Admon. and I.
Abbots Morton Directory Transcriptions
Abbot’s Morton Littlebury’s Worcestershire Directory 1879
Abbots Morton Billings Directory 1855
Abbots Morton Bentley’s Directory 1840
Abbots Morton Lewis Worcestershire Directory 1820
Abbots Morton Parish History
Abbots Morton The Little Guides, Worcestershire 1939
Abbots Morton (4m. S.W. Alcester), a sequestered village containing many timber-framed cottages, most of them thatched.
Church (St. Peter), chancel, nave, N. transept and modern vestry, S. porch and W. tower. Part of N. wall of nave 12th cent., chancel mid-14th cent., transept (rebuilt) and tower somewhat later. The latter, of two stages, has W. window with tracery of flamboyant tendency, remains of gargoyles, and a low saddle-back roof within an embattled parapet. The S. doorway is of 15th cent., and the S. chancel wall contains a 16th cent. doorway and a 3-light window of the same date with peculiar tracery (cf. Broadway). Within note: (i) the 12th cent. font (re-cut); (ii) that there is no chancel arch, but a tympanum resting on an ancient beam, below which is a modern screen; (iii) altar rails 17th cent.; (iv) roofs ancient with embattled wall plates in chancel; (v) the E. window containing some Flemish glass, 1590, scenes from the life of David, given by G. J. Walker in 1841. The N. window of the transept contains some ancient glass together with the Walker crest and shield of arms. There is a late 14th cent. bell with royal heads from a Worcester foundry inscribed: “Virgenis Egregie Vocor Capana Maria.”
Source: The Little Guides, Worcestershire by F. T. S. Houghton. Methuen & Co. Ltd. London. Second edition. 1939.
Abbots Morton The Imperial Gazetteer 1870
Abbots-Morton, a parish in the district of Alcester and county of Worcester; 6 miles N by E of Fladbury r. station, and 7 WSW of Alcester. It has a post-office under Bromsgrove. Acres, 1,420. Real property, £2,091. Pop., 245. Houses, 57. The property is all in one estate. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £146. Patron, G. J. A. Walker, Esq. The church is good.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Abbots Morton A Topographical Dictionary of England 1831
Morton (Abbot’s), a parish in the lower division of the hundred of Blackenhurst, county of Worcester, 5½ miles (W. S.W.) from Alcester, containing 236 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king’s books at £8., and in the patronage of T. B. Eades, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Peter.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1831
Abbots Morton The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1840
Abbots-Morton, a parish in the lower division of Blackenhurst hund., Alcester union, Worcestershire; 10 miles east from Worcester, and 6 from the Birmingham and Gloucester railway. Living, a rectory in the archd. and dio. of Worcester; rated at £8; gross income, £155. Patron, in 1835 Thomas Eades, Esq. Pop. in 1801, 191; in 1831, 233. Houses 52. Acres 1,420. A. P. £1,563. Poor rates, in 1837, £75.
Source: The Parliamentary gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1840.
Abbots Morton Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland 1833
Morton, Abbot’s, or Stony, co. Worcester.
P. T. Evesham (90) 7 m. N b W. Pop. 230.
A parish in the lower division of the hundred of Blackenhurst; living, a rectory in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester; valued in K. B. 8l.; church ded. to St. Peter; patron, the Dean and Chapter of Bristol.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland by John Gorton. The Irish and Welsh articles by G. N. Wright; Vol. II; London; Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand; 1833.
Abbots Morton Worcestershire Delineated 1822
Abbots Morton – a parish in the hundred of Blakenhurst, lower division, 8 miles N.N.E. from Evesham, and 104 from London, containing 44 inhabited houses. It is a rectory; Rev. John Eades, incumbent; instituted 1796; patron, T. B. Eades, Esq. Population, 1801, 191 – 1811, 231 – 1821, 236.
Source: Worcestershire Delineated: Being a Topographical Description of Each Parish, Chapelry, Hamlet, &c. In the County; with the distances and bearings from their respective market towns, &c. By C. and J. Greenwood. Printed by T. Bensley, Crane Court, Fleet Street, London, 1822.
Abbots Morton Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom 1808
Abbottsmorton, a parish in the hundred of Blakenhurst, Worcester, 4 miles from Evesham, and 100 from London; containing 40 houses and 191 inhabitants. It is a rectory, value 8l.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom. Benjamin Pitts Capper. 1808.
Historical Maps
Alan Godfrey Old Ordnance Survey Maps
The full range of Worcestershire maps produced by Alan Godfrey are available in the Worcestershire Maps section of the Books & Maps area. There you can search by principal villages and parishes, by key features for town and city plans, and sort the maps by type and scale. Coverage is taken from the places listed in Alan Godfrey’s own map descriptions, although smaller parishes may not be explicitly named. View all the Worcestershire & District Alan Godfrey Maps.
Useful Websites
The Worcestershire and Dudley Historic Churches Trust Site
Administration
- County: Worcestershire
- Civil Registration District: Alcester
- Poor Law Union: Alcester
- Rural Sanitary District: Alcester
- Rural District: Feckenham (1894-1933), Evesham (1933-1974)
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Worcester (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Worcester
- Rural Deanery: Pershore (until 1861), Feckenham (1961-1957)
- Hundred: Blackenhurst
- Province: Canterbury
- Petty Sessional Division: Pershore
- County Court District: Pershore
- Polling District: Inkberrow
- Highway District: Upton Snodsbury
County Archives
County Archives covering this parish include:
Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service
The Hive, Sawmill Walk, The Butts, Worcester, WR1 3PD
Tel: 01905 822866
Services provided: document copying, research and digitisation services – please contact the Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service for more information.
Website: Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service
County Maps
The Godfrey Edition reprints of Old Ordnance Survey Maps are invaluable for historians and genealogists. Many are taken from the highly detailed 1:2500 plans, reprinted at about 14 inches to the mile, showing individual houses, railways, factories, churches, mills, canals. Each map includes historical notes on the area. Alongside these large‑scale sheets, Alan Godfrey also publishes the smaller‑scale Inch‑to‑the‑Mile series, and a range of maps based on the OS five‑foot plans.
