Wythall Worcestershire and Warwickshire Family History Guide

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Wythall is an Ecclesiastical Parish partly in Worcestershire and partly in Warwickshire; Created in 1755 from Bromsgrove Ancient Parish. Refounded 1853 from Kings Norton Ecclesiastical Parish, Alvechurch Ancient Parish (both in Worcestershire) and Solihull Ancient Parish (Warwickshire).

Alternative names: Withall

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1760
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1788

Nonconformists include: Baptist and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Wythall Parish Registers

Death and Burial Records

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

Wythall St Mary Church & Cemetery Monumental Inscriptions 1630-1997

Wythall Kingswood Meeting House Monumental Inscriptions 1792-2008

Wythall Parish Records

School Records

The National School Admission Registers & Log-Books 1870–1914 collection offers a rare glimpse into the educational journeys of children across England and Wales during a transformative era. These records often capture names, dates of birth, parental occupations, and school attendance patterns – making them invaluable for family historians, local researchers, and anyone tracing Victorian or Edwardian ancestry. You can view them free with a Findmypast Trial.

Silvermead Junior School 1902-1914 Admissions

Historical Directories

Wythall Billings Directory of Worcestershire 1855

Bathurst Rev. Launcelot Chapel, Incumbent
Mynors Robert, Heath Hill
Willmore Jos., Esq., Silver st

Allen William, farmer, Withewood Heath

Bott Hannah, farmer, Silver st
Brooks William, farmer, Yew Tree Farm
Burman Joseph, farmer, Houndsfield, Holly Wood

Cranmore Charles, shopkeeper, Holly Wood
Cranmore John, farmer, Mickley Hall
Crisp William, bricklayer, Holly Wood
Crowley Ann, farmer, Drake’s Cross, Holly Wood

Davis John, farmer, Houndsfield, Holly Wood

Farmer Jonathan, farmer, Old Farm, Holly Wood
Foster John, farmer, Tanner’s Green

Greaves Alfred, farmer, Bell’s Farm, Holly Wood
Greaves Benjamin, farmer, Silver st
Greaves Benjamin, farmer, Withewood Heath
Greaves Richard, farmer, Inkford
Greaves William, farmer, Tanner’s Green
Guest John, farmer, Weatheroak Hill

Hands E. N., painter, Holly Moor
Hopkins John, farmer, Drake’s Cross, Holly Wood

James Thomas, shopkeeper, Holly Wood
Jones Charles, shoe maker

Lees James, farmer, Headley Heath

Martin Robert, farmer, Holly Wood
Martin J., shoe maker
Matthews Saymer, carpenter, Headley Heath
Miller Joseph, farmer, Headley Heath
Moore John W., victualler, Pack Horse, Holly Wood
Mosley John, farmer, Silver st
Mosley Richard, farmer and timber merchant, Holly Wood

Newey William, farmer, Shawshurst
Nixon Stephen, farmer, Bateman’s Green, Silver st

Oliver Thomas, farmer, Headley Heath

Palmer William, beer retailer, Swan, Holly Wood
Parkes John, farmer, Headley Heath
Parkes W., farmer, Black Greave House
Pountney James, blacksmith
Pratt Francis, gimblet maker

Sheldon Daniel, farmer, Withewood Heath
Smith Timothy, shoe maker, Withewood Heath
Stretton John, farmer, Weatheroak Hill
Stevens William, farmer, Grimspits, Holly Wood

Taylor James, tailor
Taylor Thomas, farmer, Weatheroak Hill
Taylor William, farmer, Goodrest, Holly Wood
Tibberton Mrs., farmer, Headley Heath
Turner Joseph, farmer, Lea Green, Holly Wood

Wakefield Waldron, farmer, Born Hill
Wakeman William, farmer, Weatheroak Hill
Webster Daniel, farmer, Heath Hill

Source: Billings Directory of Worcestershire 1855

Parish History

Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870

Wythall, or Withall, a chapelry in Kings-Norton and Alvechurch parishes, Worcester, and in Solihull parish, Warwick; 3½ miles SSE of Kings-Norton r. station. It was constituted in 1853; and its post-town is Birmingham. Pop., 1,093. Houses, 250. The manor belongs to J. Taylor, Esq. Weatheroak Hall is the seat of R. Mynors, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £140. Patron, the Vicar of Kings-Norton. The church was rebuilt in 1863. There are Baptist and Wesleyan chapels, and free schools.

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

Maps

British National Grid Ref: SP 07314 74912
BNG Eastings, Northings: 407314, 274912
Latitude, Longitude: 52.372207, -1.893997

National Library of Scotland Maps – includes OS 25 inch 1892-1918 maps, a vast range of other historical OS maps and land use maps

Vision of Britain Historical Maps – includes topographic maps, boundary maps and land use maps

Administration

  • County: Worcestershire; Warwickshire
  • Civil Registration District: Kings Norton
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Worcester (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Worcester
  • Rural Deanery: Droitwich
  • Poor Law Union: Bromsgrove
  • Hundred: Halfshire; Hemlingford
  • Province: Canterbury