Kyre Wyard Worcestershire Family History Guide

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Kyre Wyard is an Ancient Parish in the county of Worcestershire.

Alternative Names: Kyre Magna, or Great Kyre

The church is dedicated to St. Mary.

Parish registers begin: 1694

Adjacent Parishes

Kyre Wyard 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.

Kyre Wyard, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812

Kyre Wyard, 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.

Kyre Wyard, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1947

Kyre, St Mary, Herefordshire Marriages 1707-1837

Death and Burial Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of deaths and burial records.

Kyre Wyard, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1997

Kyre, Herefordshire Burials 1694-1839

Kyre Wyard Parish Records

An index of parish records of people from Kyre Wyard 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.

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.

Jeffreys, Henry (Jeffries), esq., of Horne Castle, co. Worcester, bachelor, about 22, father dead, and Elizabeth Pitt [? Pytts], of Keire, co. Worcester, spinster, about 22, consent of father, Edward Pytt, of same, esq. — at Keir, Clifton, or Henly, said county, alleged by James Pytts, of Keii’e aforesaid, esq. 8 Dec. 1660. V.

Source: London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869; Edited by Joseph Foster; London 1887

Historical Directories

Kyre Magna Billings Directory of Worcestershire 1855

Kyre Magna, or Great Kyre, is a small Parish situate 4 miles S. from Tenbury, containing in 1851 a population of 136 inhabitants.

The Church is a small, ancient edifice, consisting of nave, chancel, and south transept, with western tower and spire of wood. The transept and chancel have late Norman arches, and the former has a piscina. The eastern chancel window is of neatly stained glass, and the chancel contains several marble monuments to the memory of the family of the Pytts. The living is a Rectory, in the patronage of William Lacon Childe, Esq. Rev. T. E. M. Holland, Curate; Mr. William Benbow, Clerk. Service – 12 p.m.

DIRECTORY

Childe William L., Esq., Kyre House
Box John, tailor
Davis Reece, blacksmith
Hill Richard, farmer, The Firs
Jones William, farmer, Pigeon House
Maylett Ann, farmer, Kyre Cottage Owens James, farmer, Kyre Common
Patrick John Waldron, farmer, The gate House
Winton The Misses, ladies’ boarding and day school, Parsonage
Post Office – Mr. Reece Davis, Sub-Postmaster, Arrival, 11 a.m.; despatch, 3 30 p.m.

Source: Billings Directory of Worcestershire 1855

Kyre Magna and Kyre Parva Lewis Worcestershire Directory 1820

KYRE MAGNA.

Goode Thomas, farmer
Hill Richard, farmer Jones Abraham, smith
Patrick Samuel, farmer
Pytts Mrs., gent.
Taylor John, farmer

KYRE PARVA.

Benbow H., farmer
Benbow J., shopkeeper
Bevan James, farmer
Bowkett John, farmer
Brazier Thomas, farmer
Griffin John, farmer
Hill Thomas, farmer
Hyde Henry, farmer
Hyde Mary, farmer
Jordon John, farmer
Spilsbury Francis, farmer
Stinton John, farmer

There is a description for Kyre in the Directory as follows: –
Kyre Wyre, 3 ½ miles from Tenbury, containing 30 houses, and 165 inhabitants. The hamlet of Kyre Minor adjoins this parish, and is noted for the quantity of Wild Saffron growing therein.

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

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

KYRE (GREAT), or Kyre-Wyard, a parish in Tenbury district, Worcester; adjacent to Herefordshire, 4 miles SE of Tenbury r. station. It has a post-office, of the name of Kyre, under Tenbury.

Acres, 1,520. Real property, 1,459. Pop., 154. Houses, 36. The property is divided between two. Kyre House belonged formerly to the Pytts and the Childes, and belongs now to T. Oxley, Esq.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £115. Patron, W. L. Childe, Esq. 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 1848

Kyre (Great), or Kyre Wyard, a parish in the upper division of the hund. of Doddingtree, union of Tenbury, county of Worcester; 16 miles west by north of Worcester.

Living, a discharged rectory in the archd. of Salop and dio. of Hereford; rated at £6 17s. 8½d., returned at £150; gross in come £130. Tithes commuted in 1839; aggregate amount £157. Patroness, in 1835, Mrs. Pytts.

In 1715, Mrs. Ann Pytts founded and endowed alms houses here for 8 poor widows; one to be selected from each of the following parishes: — Great Kyre, Little Kyre, Hanley Child, Stoke-Bliss, Collington, Butterly, Thornbury, and Edwin Ralph; each widow receives 2s. 6d. weekly. This sum was augmented in 1743 by Sir George Fettiplace, who gave, by will, a rent-charge of £8 per annum, to be paid in halt-yearly pavments of 10s. to each alms woman: income, in 1837, £102 10s.; expenditure £91 12s. 6d. Other charities, in 1830, £8 per annum.

Poor rates, in 1838, £59 11s. In 1835, hops were cultivated in Great and Little Kyre to the extent of 78 acres. Acres 1,580. Houses 38. A. P. £1,252. Pop., in 1801, 165; in 1831, 159.

Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1848

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1831

Kyre (Great), a parish in the upper division of the hundred of Doddingtree, county of Worcester, 4 miles (S. E. by S.) from Tenbury, containing 162 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Salop, and diocese of Hereford, rated in the king’s books at £6. 17. 8½., and in the patronage of Mrs. Pitts. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. An almshouse for eight poor widows, who are partly clothed and receive 2s. 6d. per week, was founded by Mr. Fettiplace.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1831.

Worcestershire Delineated C. and J. Greenwood 1822

Kyre-Wyard – a parish in the hundred of Doddingtree, upper division, 3½ miles S.E. from Tenbury, and 131 from London; containing 37 inhabited houses. The living is a rectory, in the diocese of Hereford, and archdeaconry of Salop; the Rev. F. Severne, incumbent; instituted 1776; patron, Mrs. Pytts. Population, 1801, 165 – 1811, 159 – 1821, 162.

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.

Kyre House Worcestershire Delineated C. and J. Greenwood 1822

Kyre-house, the residence of Mrs. Pytts, is an elegant mansion adjoining the church: the grounds are well designed, and in the park is a piece of standing water of twenty-five acres, well stocked with fish. Habington in his MS.S. mentions this place as having some of the finest oaks in England, many of which still remain.

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

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