Billesley Common Worcestershire Family History Guide

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Billesley Common Ecclesiastical Parish, also known as Billesley Holy Cross, in the county of Worcestershire was created in 1937 from Yardley Wood Ecclesiastical Parish, Moseley St Agnes Ecclesiastical Parish and Kings Heath Ecclesiastical Parish. It was situated in Kings Norton Rural Deanery 1937-57, and Moseley Rural Deanery 1957 onwards. The ecclesiastical boundary was altered in 1962 gaining part of Shirley Ecclesiastical Parish.

Historical Maps

Alan Godfrey Old Ordnance Survey Maps

Worcester (NE) 1902: Worcestershire Sheet 33.04 (Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Worcestershire)

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.

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.