Eve Hill, Worcestershire Family History Guide
Eve Hill is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Worcestershire, created in 1844 from Dudley St Thomas Ancient Parish.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin: 1844
Nonconformists include:
Table of Contents
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
Gazetteer of the British Isles 1887
Eve Hill, eccl. dist., Dudley par. and bor., E. Worcestershire, pop. 7358.
Source: John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887)
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.
Adcock William and Thomas. Eve-hill, Birmingham, grocers. March 4, 1826.
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 …
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.
Administration
- County: Worcestershire
- Civil Registration District: Dudley
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Worcester (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Worcester
- Rural Deanery: Kidderminster
- Poor Law Union: Dudley
- Hundred: Halfshire
- Province: Canterbury
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.
