Bayton, Worcestershire Family History Guide
Bayton Ancient Parish which was abolished in 1669 to create Mamble with Bayton Ecclesiastical Parish.
Alternative names: Mamble with Bayton
Other places in the parish include: Mamble and Shakenhurst.
The church is dedicated to St. Bartholomew
Parish registers begin: 1737
Nonconformists in Mamble with Bayton Ecclesiastical Parish: Roman Catholic
Table of Contents
Adjacent Parishes
Bayton Parish Registers
Search online registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and burials including digitised images of original records and registers and indexed transcriptions.
Bayton, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
Bayton, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1812-1922
Bayton, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1947
Bayton, 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.
Bayton St Bartholomew Monumental Inscriptions 1689-1997
Marriage Licences and Allegations
London Marriage Licences and Allegations 1521 to 1869
The following have been extracted from London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869.
Abbreviations. — B. Bishop of London’s Office; D. Dean and Chapter of Westminster; F. Faculty Office of Archbishop of Canterbury; V. Registry of the Vicar-General of Canterbury.
Wilkinson, Thomas, of Lindrich, co. Worcester, bachelor, about 28, and Anne Morley, of Bayton, said county, spinster, about 30, at her own dispose — at Lindrich, or Claynes, or St. Michael, in Bedwardine, co. Worcester. 1 May, 1679. V.
Source: London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869; Edited by Joseph Foster; London 1887
Parish Records
An index of parish records of people from Bayton Worcestershire. The index includes information from Calendar of the Quarter Sessions papers Worcestershire v1 and London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869.
Quarter Session Records
The records below have been extracted from the book Calendar of the Quarter Sessions papers Worcestershire v1.
14 November 1 592. Recognizance before John Washebourne by Francis Nicholls of Kyre Yeoman and Richard Kingley of Worcester Flescher for the appearance of William Carter of Baynton. XXXVIII. 6.
Directory Transcriptions
Bayton Billings Directory of Worcestershire 1855
Shakenhurst Lewis Worcestershire Directory 1820
Wigley Edm. Meysey. Esq
Source: S Lewis Worcestershire General and Commercial Directory for 1820.
Parish History
Bayton
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
Bayton, a parish in the district of Cleobury-Mortimer and county of Worcester; on the verge of the county, 6 miles W by S of Bewdley r. station. It has a post office under Bewdley. Acres, 1,960. Real property, £2,587. Pop., 447. Houses, 100. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Mamble, in the diocese of Hereford. The church is good.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1851
Bayton, a parish in the lower division of the hund. of Doddingtree, county of Worcester; 6 miles west by south of Bewdley. Living, a discharged vicarage united with that of Mamble. The great and small tithes, moduses, &c., the property of the vicar, were commuted in 1814. There are two daily and two Sunday schools here. Pop., in 1801, 389; in 1831, 445. Houses 88. Acres 1,960. A.P. £1,904. Poor rates, in 1837, £121.
Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851.
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1831
Bayton, a parish in the lower division of the hundred of Doddingtree, county of Worcester, 1¾ mile (SE. by S.) from Cleobury-Mortimer, containing 466 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Salop, and diocese of Hereford, rated in the king‘s books at £5. 0. 2½., endowed with £200 private benefaction, and £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the Crown. The church is dedicated to St. Bartholomew.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1831
Worcestershire Delineated C. and J. Greenwood 1822
Bayton – a parish in Doddingtree hundred, lower division, 6 miles W.S.W. from Bewdley, and 134 from London; containing 86 inhabited houses, on the borders of Shropshire. The church has lately been repaired, and the tower rebuilt at the expense of the late Meysey Wigley, Esq., of Shakenhurst, in this parish. Here are several coal-pits, that supply the adjacent parishes. It is a vicarage, in the diocese of Hereford and archdeaconry of Salop; Rev. Thomas Davies, incumbent; instituted 1820; patron, the King. Population, 1801, 389 – 1811, 403 – 1821, 466.
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.
Shakenhurst
Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870
Shakenhurst, a hamlet in Bayton parish, Worcester; 1 mile SW of B. village. S. House is the seat of C. Wicksted, Esq.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Worcestershire Delineated C. and J. Greenwood 1822
Shakenhurst, in the parish of Bayton, 8 miles from Bewdley, the residence of Mrs. Wigley.
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.
Administration
- County: Worcestershire
- Civil Registration District: Cleobury Mortimer
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Hereford
- Rural Deanery: Burford
- Poor Law Union: Cleobury Mortimer
- Hundred: Doddingtree
- Province: Canterbury