Mathon Worcestershire Family History Guide

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Mathon is an Ancient Parish in the county of Worcestershire.

Other places in the parish include: North Hill.

Parish Church: St. John the Baptist

Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Protestant Dissenters.

Adjacent Parishes

Mathon 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.

Mathon, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812

Mathon, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1812-1922

Mathon, Herefordshire Baptisms 1784-1784

Marriage and Banns Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of marriages and banns records.

Mathon, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1947

Mathon, St John the Baptist, Herefordshire Marriages 1632-1836

Death and Burial Records

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

Mathon, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1997

Mathon, Herefordshire Burials 1813-1839

Mathon Parish Records

An index of parish records of people from Mathon Worcestershire. The index includes information from Gloucestershire Marriage Allegations 1681-1700 and Calendar of the Quarter Sessions papers Worcestershire v1.

Marriage Licences and Allegations

The following have been extracted from Gloucestershire Marriage Allegations 1681-1700.

1695/6 Feb. 22 Mr. John Nash, Mathorne, Worcs., 48, W., and Jone Baskervile, Longhope, 48, W

Quarter Session Records

15 October 1592. Alehouse Recognizance before Edmund Colles by Richard Sadler of Mathon Yeoman and Francis Glover of Great Malvern Tailor for Thomas Neede of Howsell in the Parish of Leighe Husbandman. XXXVIII. 10.

Mathon Directory Transcriptions

Mathon Billings Directory of Worcestershire 1855

Mathon is a large parish, situate at the foot of the Malvern hills, from which place it is distant about 4½ miles. It is a large agricultural parish, on the borders of Herefordshire, with a population, according to the last census, of 824 inhabitants, and an area of 3366 acres.

The Church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, is a very ancient building, exhibiting various styles of architecture. It consists of nave and chancel, with square turreted tower, containing six bells. There are several monuments and tablets to various ancient families who have resided in the neighbourhood.

The living is a Vicarage, in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster. Rev. Archibald James Douglas, Vicar; Rev. Philip H. Lee, Curate; Mr. Peter James, Clerk. Service – 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.

There is a small Parochial School, supported by contributions and the children’s payments. Mary Ann Cohen, Mistress. Average number of scholars, 40.

DIRECTORY

Douglas Rev. Archibald James, Vicar
Lee Rev. P. H., Curate
Vale Rev. William S., Allcourt
Vale Mrs., Allcourt

Archer Samuel, carpenter
Atkin John, tailor

Bennett Thomas, farmer, South End

Calder William, farmer, Old Country Farm

Downing John, farmer, Mathon House

Ecock Joseph, blacksmith

Greaves John, farmer

Holyoake Mrs., farmer, Croft Farm

James Peter, shopkeeper, and Parish Clerk
Jauncey John, farmer, Holling’s Hill
Jauncey Robert, farmer, Church Farm
Johnson Charles, carpenter
Jones Frederick, shoe maker

Pitt Robert, shoe maker
Price George, wheelwright
Price John, wheelwright

Racester Ann, farmer
Racester John, farmer, Mathon Lodge
Rutter Edward, farmer

Saice William, shopkeeper and blacksmith
Shapland John, farmer, Moor End Farm
Smith Robert, farmer, Upper House
South John, farmer, Netherley

Thomas Elisha, shopkeeper
Thomas William, beer retailer, The Case is Altered
Trigg William, victualler, Cliffe’s Arms

Wall William, farmer, Bank Farm

Source: Billings Directory of Worcestershire 1855

Mathon Lewis Worcestershire Directory 1820

Mathon, 8 miles from Worcester, containing 89 houses, and 547 inhabitants.

Armishall John, farmer

Bond William, farmer
Bowers Edward, farmer
Bowers Thomas, farmer
Branch John, farmer

Cole John, farmer

Gwillam Thomas, farmer

Hall John, farmer
Harcourt Thomas, farmer
Hatton Thomas, farmer
Hatton Thos. jun. farmer
Heming Richard, farmer
Hill Richard, farmer

Jones Widow, farmer
Jones William, farmer
Jones Wm. jun. farmer

Kings Benjamin, farmer

Layton William, farmer
Layton Thomas, farmer
Lloyd Mark, farmer

Masters William, farmer

Racster Mary, farmer
Ravenhill Thomas, vict.
Reece Rev. George

Smith William, farmer
Symmonds Wm., farmer

Woodyatt William, gent.
Woodyatt Thos., farmer

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

Parish History

Mathon The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

Mathon, a parish in the district of Ledbury and county of Worcester; under the Malvern hills, adjacent to Herefordshire, 3 miles W of Great Malvern r. station.

It contains part of the chapelry of West Malvern, which has a post office under Malvern. Acres, 3,366. Real property, £6,284. Pop. in 1851,824; in 1861,1,014. Houses, 194. The increase of pop. was chiefly within West Malvern chapelry; and the entire pop. in the Mathon part of that chapelry in 1861 was 539.

The property in Mathon proper is divided among a few; and that in West Malvern chapelry is much subdivided. The manor belongs to the Dean and Chapter of Westminster. Mathon Court is the seat of Mrs. Vale; Moorend House, of R. A. Swain, Esq.; Southend, of T. Bennett, Esq.; and Netherly, of R. M’Bean, Esq.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £194 Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Westminster. The church is variously Norman, decorated English, and later; underwent some recent embellishment; comprises nave and chancel, with a tower; and contains a fine old carved pulpit, a new octagonal stone font, and monuments of several ancient families. There is a national school.

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

Worcestershire Delineated C. and J. Greenwood 1822

Mathon – a parish in the hundred of Pershore, lower division, 9 miles S.W. from Worcester, and 115 from London; containing 98 inhabited houses. It is a vicarage; the Rev. George Pritchett, incumbent; instituted 1794; in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster. Population, 1801, 547 – 1811, 586 – 1821, 633.

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.

Family History Links

The Worcestershire and Dudley Historic Churches Trust Site

Administration

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