Name | Avenbury |
Type | Parish (ancient), Civil parish |
Coordinates | 52.1755°N 2.496°W |
Located in | Herefordshire, England |
Also located in | Hereford and Worcester, England (1974 - 1998) | | Herefordshire, England (1998 - ) |
See also | Broxash Hundred, Herefordshire, England | hundred of which the parish was a part | | Bromyard Rural, Herefordshire, England | rural district 1894-1974 | | Malvern Hills District, Hereford and Worcester, England | district municipality 1974-1998 | | Herefordshire District, Herefordshire, England | unitary authority covering the area since 1998 |
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia
Avenbury is a civil parish in Herefordshire, England. It is on the A465 road, just south of Bromyard, and by the River Frome. The population of this parish at the 2011 UK census was 225.
The church was founded ca. 840 AD but rebuilt in Norman times; the tower was built in the 13th century. The church was closed in 1931. Many of the Baskerville family are buried in the churchyard.
Research Tips
- Herefordshire Archive and Records Centre, Fir Tree Lane, Rotherwas, Hereford HR2 6LA is where paper and microfilm copies of all records for Herefordshire are stored. The Archives Centre has a website where the index to the archives (and also the wills catalog) can be searched. One item in the catalog is List of all Herefordshire parish register and bishops transcripts holdings which is a PDF file with information provided in an old version of Excel.
Online sources which may also be helpful:
- GENUKI gives pointers to other archive sources as well as providing some details on each parish in the county. The emphasis here is on ecclesiastical parishes (useful before 1837)
- A listing of all the Registration Districts in England and Wales since their introduction in 1837 and tables of the parishes that were part of each district and the time period covered with detailed notes on changes of parish name, mergers, etc. Do respect the copyright on this material.
- The FamilySearch Wiki for Herefordshire provides a similar but not identical series of webpages to that provided by GENUKI
- A Vision of Britain through Time has a group of pages of statistical facts for almost every parish in the county
- Unfortunately, only one volume on Herefordshire has been published in the Victoria County History series. British History Online have produced a series of Ordnance Survey first edition maps for the county which may be helpful for mid-nineteenth century inquiries
- Ancestry.co.uk lists its collections of Herefordshire genealogical material.
- FindMyPast collections of historical records can be searched for Herefordshire. They have collections of parish records for the pre-1837 period.
Categories: Herefordshire, England | Avenbury, Herefordshire, England | Broxash Hundred, Herefordshire, England | Bromyard Rural, Herefordshire, England | Malvern Hills District, Hereford and Worcester, England | Herefordshire District, Herefordshire, England
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