Hi folks, I want to view the Chirbury Parish Registers, particularly the Marriage Register, for the latter half of 1837. They don't appear to be available on the usual websites, any suggestions where I may be able to access them (preferably online as I no longer live locally).
Thanks in advance.
I live in Australia but planning a trip to the UK for later this year. I would like to determine if a trip to St Mary Bromfield is worthwhile to view the grave of Mary Elizabeth HODGSON buried 3 August 1876 and possibly her husband Charles died 1905 (I can't find PR burials for 1905 to confirm). Is there anyone who could confirm if a legible gravestone exists to make the journey worthwhile and if burials for 1905 are accessible. Thanks
Hello Tim
The Shropshire parish records which appear on the Find my Past (subscription) web site are only available up to 1900 and this is why you can't find the 1905 burial.
When you are in the UK you can visit Shropshire Archives in Shrewsbury where you should be able to view the burials for 1905. Check their opening days and times which will probably only be Wednesday and Thursday.
The monumental inscriptions at St. Mary the Virgin, Bromfield, Shropshire have been created in two separate and distinct times. The first were made in 1883 with additions up to about 1906 and were made by the son and daughter of the then vicar. There is no known plan to indicate where the graves are located but if you do get into Shropshire Archives the original document does have a description of the locations to help you find the ones you are looking for.
There are two HODGSON graves mentioned in the above transcript which might help you.
1. Mary Elizabeth wife of Charles Hodgetts HODGSON d. Aug 1876 aged 36
2. Joseph Vaughan 2nd son of Charles Hodgetts & Mary Elizabeth HODGSON b. 28 Jun d. 4 Aug 1870. L. H. 11 Jul 1879
The second transcript was made by members of the Shropshire FHS in 1995 and includes one grave which might help you.
Joseph Vaughan son of Charles HODGSON & Mary Elizabeth HODGSON b. 28 Jun d. 4 Aug 187(0)
A plan with this transcript indicates that the grave is located in the north west corner of the churchyard. If you enter the churchyard through the gate from the road and turn left then walk to the edge of the churchyard you should find a large tomb. Your grave is next to it.
For the avoidance of doubt this thread is concerned with the church at Bromfield, Shropshire and no other place of a similar spelling.
Michael
My Great Grandparents Alfred and Mary EDWARDS lived in Little Isle at the bottom of Clee Hill during the first World War, and were still there around 1940. My mother remembers visiting them when she was a child.
Unfortunately, I do not have the name of the house. I would like to know if there are any existing maps of the area, and how I could find out if the house is still standing.
This is a picture of the house taken around 1930.
Many thanks
Hello Sarah
In your message you say that you don't have the name of the house but in actual fact it is most unlikely that it will have had a name during the time your family was living there.
The picture you have is probably your best bet to locate the cottage but it would mean visiting the area and walking round the little lanes looking for distinct features like the position and shape of the windows and doors and don't forget to look at the chimneys because they will be visible from a distance.
Little Isle shows up on the modern Ordnance Survey maps at map reference SO 601 743 where it is shown on the east side of the B4214 which itself runs south from the A4117 at Cleehill.
Unfortunately Google Streetview does not include the narrow lanes which make up Little Isle so your only hope is to have a trip there and just walk round and see what you can find. Bear in mind that many of the cottages will have been modified in the last 50 - 100 years but this shouldn't prevent you finding the correct one.
All the best.
Michael
I'm researching the HALL family around Burwarton, southern Shropshire. I have identified a couple of interest: William HALL marrying Mary HALL in Burwarton on 28 Sep 1721. The downloaded SFHS Marriage Index record ID = 24387.
Is it possible to get a copy of the source of this information please? I ask as the Burwarton Parish Register only records William HALL marrying on this date, but not who he married.
Best wishes
Peter Hall, Perth, Australia
Hi Paul,
Copy of the original register is shown below.
The bride apparently wasn't recorded.
However, I note that William HALL and Mary Christened at least six children at Burwarton soon after the marriage.
Is it just a coincidence that a Mary PRICE is the next entry after the marriage?
Martha 9th Sept 1722
John 27th Feb 1723
William 27th Mar 1726
Mary 1st May 1729
Ann 9th Jan 1731
Thomas 10th Feb 1733
Gwynne
Hello Andrew
The Shropshire BMD <https://www.shropshirebmd.info> does confirm that Sarah BLOCKLEY married Thomas MORGAN at Chirbury, St Michael in 1837. The FreeBMD web site <https://www.freebmd.org.uk> shows the marriage as having taken place in the last quarter (Oct Nov Dec) of 1837 but at that time Chirbury was in the Montgomery Registration District to add a bit of confusion. The register is now at Shrewsbury and a copy can be ordered using the reference on the ShropshireBMD web site.
Michael