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The ParishPershore is a medium sized market town situated in the south central portion of Wocrestershire. Pershore is divided into 2 parishes that of St Andrew, forming the southern part of the town and the Abbey parish of the Holy Cross & St Edburga holding the centre and remainder. Pershore is located about 9 miles south east of the city of Worcester and sits on the northern banks of the River Avon. Pershore sits about 2 miles southwest of the A44, the main route between Worcester and London, and sits on the A4104 road which connects the A44 through to Malvern. Pershore's origins go back to early times, the Abbey was founded in the late 7th century and a Pershore received its charter from King Coenwulf as early as the 9th century. Following the Norman conquest the town was split between its own & Westminster Abbey, hence the two parishes (St Andrew being under the control of Westminster Abbey). As a regional market place it was a valued trading centre, mainly for local agricultural produce, and also some small manufacture developed notably glove making and wool stapling. Modern communications slightly bypassed Pershore as the Oxford to Wolverhampton rail line choose to follow the A44 and Pershore's station is thus 2 miles north of the town. In recent times Pershore has spread markedly in that direction almost becoming contiguous through to the A44. The Avon drains the parish southwestwards to join the Severn at Tewkesbury and thence to the Bristol Channel. Pershore is sited at just 20 metres above the sea and sits on a fairly level flood plain, albeit above the flooding levels, local heights rise to almost 60 metres on nearby Allesbborough Hill. Holy Cross & St Edburga parish is the larger of the two, it covered almost 4,400 acres and would have supported a population of around 2,100 parishioners. As mentioned Pershore, in Domesday times, was split between the two Abbeys, Holy Cross & St Edburga parish could boast 30 ploughs, meadows & pastures as well as a salthouse and 3 mills. |
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Register No | Covering Dates | Deposited With | Register Style | Quality Standard | Comments |
1 | 31st March 1754 - 4th June 1792 | Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service - Reference - 850/PERSHORE/9185/6/i | Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page | Grade 3 Register - there are sufficient quality issues with this register to indicate that some misreads will occur albeit few in number | Fading of the register may lead to a few misreads |
2 | 19th July 1792 - 25th December 1812 | Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service - Reference - 850/PERSHORE/9185/6/ii | Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page | Grade 3 Register - there are sufficient quality issues with this register to indicate that some misreads will occur albeit few in number | Fading of the register may lead to a few misreads |
3 | 6th January 1813 - 10th May 1837 | Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service - Reference - 850/PERSHORE/9185/7/iii | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
Norton
St James
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Stoulton
St Edmund
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Norton
St James
Kempsey St Mary |
Wyre
Piddle St Anne
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Pirton
St Peter
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Besford
St Peter
Pershore St Andrew |
Wick
St Mary
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