Hanley Child Worcestershire Family History Guide

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Hanley Child is a chapelry of Eastham Ancient Parish in Worcestershire.

Parish registers begin: 1816

Nonconformists in Hanley Child include: Primitive Methodist and Society of Friends/Quaker.

Adjacent Parishes

Hanley Child 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.

Hanley Child (Teme Valley South), Worcestershire Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1922

Marriage and Banns Records

Hanley Child Marriages 1754 to 1836

The Hanley Child Marriages 1754 to 1836 are available free to read online, with options to download the pdf for personal research

Hanley Child Marriages 1754 to 1836 Worcestershire Parish Registers Vol II. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore.

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Hanley Child Marriages 1754 to 1836 Worcestershire Parish Registers Vol II. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore.

Eastham Parish Registers 1572 to 1812

The Eastham Parish Registers 1572 to 1812 are available free to read online, with options to download the pdf for personal research

The Registers of Eastham (with Hanley Child and Orleton) and Hanley William, in the Deanery of Burford, 1572 to 1812.

The registers of Eastham (with Hanley Child and Orleton) and Hanley William, in the Deanery of Burford, 1572 to 1812 1

The Registers of Eastham (with Hanley Child and Orleton) and Hanley William, in the Deanery of Burford, 1572 to 1812.

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HANLEY-CHILD, or LOWER HANLEY, a chapelry in Eastham parish, Worcester; on the river Teme, near the boundary with Hereford, 4 miles SE by S of Tenbury r. station. Post town, Tenbury. Acres, 922. Rated property, £1,064. Pop., 199. Houses, 40. The property is divided among a few. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the rectory of Eastham, 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

Hanley-Child, a chapelry in the parish of Eastham, county of Worcester; 4 miles east-south east of Tenbury. Acres 1,110. Houses 39. A.P. £694. Pop, in 1801, 158; in 1831, 210. Poor rates, in 1838, £48 7s.

Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851.

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

HANLEY-CHILD, a chapelry, in the parish of Eastham, union of Tenbury, Upper division of the hundred of Doddingtree, Tenbury and W. divisions of the county of Worcester, 5 miles (S. E. by E.) from Tenbury; containing 170 inhabitants. It consists of 923a. 2r. 8p., of a productive soil and hilly surface, and is intersected by the road from Tenbury to Droitwich. The tithes have been commuted for £140, and there is a glebe of 25½ acres. The chapel stands in an elevated situation three miles south of the parish church, and is a stone structure with a tower: it has been twice struck by lightning.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1831

Hanley-Child, a chapelry in the parish of Eastham, upper division of the hundred of Doddingtree, county of Worcester, 5 miles (S. E. by E.) from Tenbury, containing 195 inhabitants.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1831

Worcestershire Delineated 1822

Hanley-Child – a hamlet and chapelry in the parish of Eastham, Worcestershire, hundred of Doddingtree, upper division, 4 ½ miles S.E. from Tenbury, and 129 from London; containing 36 inhabited houses. Population, 1801, 158 – 1811, 151 – 1821, 195.

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.

Historical Directory Transcriptions

Hanley Child Lewis Worcestershire Directory 1820

Bullock James, farmer
Bray Robert, farmer
Eaton James, shoemaker
Hyde John, farmer
Jones William, farmer
Lokier Richard, farmer
Morris Samuel, farmer
Powell John, shopkeeper
Sanders John, farmer
Spilsbury William, farmer
Spilsbury John, farmer
Wastell John, farmer
Weaver William, farmer
Webb John, farmer

Source: S Lewis Worcestershire General and Commercial Directory for 1820.

Historical Maps

British National Grid Ref: SO 64999 65238
BNG Eastings, Northings: 364999, 265238
Latitude, Longitude: 52.284163, -2.514511

View detailed 19th-century Ordnance Survey maps from the National Library of Scotland Maps – includes OS 25 inch 1892-1918 maps, a vast range of other historical OS maps and land use maps. These maps reveal old street layouts, parish boundaries, and landmarks long since vanished.

Ludlow, Tenbury and District 1897: One Inch Sheet 181 (Old Ordnance Survey Maps - Inch to the Mile) This One Inch to the Mile map covers the area on the Shropshire - Herefordshire boundary, stretching from Leintwardine eastward to Tenbury Wells, and from Bromfield southward to the outskirts of Leominster. Woofferton Junction is in the centre of the map and there is included a detailed map of this on the reverse, also including part of Brimfield. View Map Details*
Ludlow, Tenbury and District 1897: One Inch Sheet 181 (Old Ordnance Survey Maps - Inch to the Mile)

Administration

  • County: Worcestershire
  • Civil Registration District: Tenbury
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Hereford
  • Rural Deanery: Burford
  • Poor Law Union: Tenbury
  • Hundred: Doddingtree
  • Province: Canterbury