Alfrick Worcestershire Family History Guide
Alfrick chapelry, originally a chapelry of Suckley Ancient Parish in Worcestershire. In 1912 Alfrick was separated from Suckley with the creation of Alfrick and Lulsley Ecclesiastical Parish. The Civil Parish of Alfrick was created in 1866.
Church: St Mary Magdalene.
Parish registers begin: 1656
Following the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 Alfrick Parish ceased to be responsible for maintaining the poor in its parish. This responsibility was transferred to Martley Poor Law Union.
The village church is dedicated to Saint Mary Magdalene. It has original sandstone window casings, Dutch stained glass and exposed internal roof beams. On the exterior of its tower is a sundial.
Table of Contents
Adjacent Parishes
Alfrick 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.
Alfrick, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
Alfrick, 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.
Alfrick, 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.
Alfrick, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1997
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 Session Records
The records below have been extracted from the book Calendar of the Quarter Sessions papers Worcestershire v1.
(1610). Indictment of William Kinnard for assaulting Joyce the wife of Thomas Droit of Alfrick. A true Bill. V. 73.
16 June 1612. Recognizance before …….. by John Watts of Alfrick Butcher John Hankins of Worcester Weaver and Richard Watts of Alfrick Butcher for the appearance of the said Richard Watts at Sessions. XXX.
24 June 1619, Recognizance before William Ingram by John Webley of Alfrick for his appearance at Sessions. XXXX. 109.
Alfrick Parish Records
School Records
The National School Admission Registers & Log-Books 1870–1914 collection offers a rare glimpse into the educational journeys of children across England and Wales during a transformative era. These records often capture names, dates of birth, parental occupations, and school attendance patterns – making them invaluable for family historians, local researchers, and anyone tracing Victorian or Edwardian ancestry. You can view them free with a Findmypast Trial.
Alfrick County Primary School Admissions
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.
Allies Edward, Alfrick, Worcester, timber merchant, Aug. 24, 1841.
Historical Directory Transcriptions
Alfrick Lewis Worcestershire Directory 1820
Alfrick Littlebury’s Worcestershire Directory 1879
Alfrick with Lulsley Littleburys Directory 1905
Alfrick Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
Alfrick, a township-chapelry in Suckley parish, Worcester; near the river Teme, 7½ miles W of Worcester. It has a post-office under Worcester. Acres, 1,790. Pop., 474. Houses, 99. The living is a curacy annexed to the rectory of Suckley. Charities, £14.1
Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845
Alfrick, a chapelry, in the parish of Suckley, union of Martley, Upper division of the hundred of Doddingtree, Worcester and W divisions of the county of Worcester, 7 miles (W by S) from Worcester; containing 434 inhabitants. It is bounded on the north by the river Teme, and consists of 1645 acres; the surface is undulated, and very well wooded and watered. The tithes have been commuted for a rentcharge of £240; and there is a glebe of 2½ acres, with a property in the chapel yard. The chapel is dedicated to St. Mary. There is a free school with an endowment of £10 per annum.2
The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1840
Alfrick, a hamlet and chapelry in the parish of Suckley, union of Martley, county of Worcester; 8 miles west by south of Worcester; on a branch of the Teme. Living, a curacy in the archd. and dio. of Worcester, but not in charge, being appended to the rectory of Suckley. There is a free school here, with an endowment of £8 per annum. The other charities connected with this chapelry produce the yearly sum of £6 2s. Pop., in 1801, 396; in 1831, 493. Houses 96. Acres 1,790. A. P. £1,790. Poor rates, in 1837, £210.3
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1831
Alfrick, a chapelry in the parish of Suckley, upper division of the hundred of Doddingtree, county of Worcester, 7 miles (W. by S.) from Worcester, containing 445 inhabitants. The chapel is dedicated to St. Mary. Here is a free school with an endowment of £10 per annum.4
Worcestershire Delineated C. and J. Greenwood 1822
Alfrick – a hamlet in the parish of Suckley, hundred of Doddingtree, upper division, 7 miles W. from Worcester, containing 83 inhabited houses: the inhabitants have a chapel of their own, which is kept in good repair; they likewise contribute towards the support of the church at Suckley. Population, 1801, 396 – 1811, 404 – 1821, 445.5
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
Administration
- County: Worcestershire
- Civil Registration District: Martley
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Worcester (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Worcester
- Rural Deanery: Powick
- Poor Law Union: Martley Poor Law Union
- Rural Sanitary District: Martley Rural Sanitary District
- Rural District: Martley Rural District
- Hundred: Doddingtree Hundred
- Province: Canterbury
- Highway District: Martley
- Polling District: Suckley
- County Court District: Worcester
- Petty Sessional Division: Worcester
- The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A Fullerton & Co. N.d.c. [1870-72]. ↩︎
- 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. ↩︎
- Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1840. ↩︎
- Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1831 ↩︎
- 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. ↩︎
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.
