Lower Mitton Worcestershire Family History Guide

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Lower Mitton is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Worcestershire, created in 1844 from Kidderminster St Mary Parish.

Alternative names: Lower Mitton, Lower Mitton with Stourport, Stourport

Stourport has a separate entry

Parish church:

Parish registers begin: 1693

Nonconformists include: Roman Catholic and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Lower Mitton Parish Registers

Search online registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and burials including digitised images of original records and registers and indexed transcriptions.

Lower Mitton, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812

Lower Mitton, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1812-1922

Lower Mitton, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1997

Historical Directories

Pigot and Co.’s National Commercial Directory Worcestershire 1835

Lower Mitton Lewis Worcestershire Directory 1820

Bennett Thomas, vict.
Broad John, farmer
Bold Mary, gentlewoman
Bates Wm., carpenter
Beard Elizabeth, owner
Bayliss Benjamin, owner

Crane Samuel, farmer
Cole John, carpenter
Cole Thomas, carpenter
Caster John, tanner
Corbett Thomas, owner
Chambers Michael, machine maker
Chambers Robt., machine maker

Drew Thos., boat builder
Devilly Wm., carpenter
Dickens John, gent.
Dickens John, jun., owner

Foliott Mrs., gent.

Glover John, gent.

Hipwood J., boat builder
Hipwood T., boat builder
Harsnet Mrs., wheelwright
Higgens Joseph, owner

James Harry, smith
Jones Thomas, grocer
Jones William, sail maker
Jones J., severn captain
Jeffs Thomas, carpenter

Meredith John, vict.
Masefield Edw., chaise keeper

Nichols Mrs., school

Parr Mrs., farmer
Price Herbert, owner
Perks Wm., stone mason
Parker Zech, maltster

Rankin T., schoolmaster
Robinson & Co., carriers
Ryan John, gent.
Roberts Penelope, school

Stanley Rev. Jacob
Stringer John, jun. vict.
Smith A., bricklayer
Sheriff John, bricklayer

Trow Wm., coal dealer

Webb Thos., coal dealer

Youngjohns Rd., coach proprietor

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

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

MITTON (LOWER), a chapelry in Kidderminster parish, Worcester; containing the town, r. station, and post office of Stourport. Acres, 861. Real property, £10,135, of which £313 are in canals. Pop., 2,958. Houses, 630. The manor belongs to J. W. Craven, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £150. Patron, the Vicar of Kidderminster. The church is a neat brick structure, has been enlarged, and contains 1,090 sittings. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, two national schools, and a young men’s reading institution, with a good library. See STOURPORT.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland 1833

Mitton, Lower, co. Worcester.

P. T. Kidderminster (126) 4 m. SSW. Pop. 2S44.

A hamlet and chapelry in the parish of Kidderminster and lower division of the hundred of Halfshire; living, a curacy subordinate to the vicarage of Kidderminster, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, not in charge; chapel ded. to St. Michael; patronage with Kidderminster vicarage. Here is a manufactory of worsted yarn, an iron foundery, a tannery, and a vinegar yard.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland by John Gorton. The Irish and Welsh articles by G. N. Wright; Vol. II; London; Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand; 1833.

Administration

  • County: Worcestershire
  • Civil Registration District: Kidderminster
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Worcester (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Worcester
  • Rural Deanery: Kidderminster
  • Poor Law Union: Kidderminster
  • Hundred: Halfshire
  • Province: Canterbury