Worcestershire Genealogical Records
Worcestershire Birth & Baptism Records
An index to births registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of birth certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Transcriptions of most Worcestershire parish baptism registers. They list children, their parents' names, residences, occupations and sometimes other details.
Transcripts of Anglican baptism registers from over 250 churches in Worcestershire.
A collection of indexes and transcripts of birth and baptism records that cover over 250 million people. Includes digital images of many records.
An index to births registered at the central authority for England & Wales. The index provides the area where the birth was registered, mother's maiden name from September 1911 and a reference to order a birth certificate.
Worcestershire Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to marriages registered throughout England & Wales. This is the only national marriage index that allows you to search by both spouse's names. Provides a reference to order copies of marriage certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Transcriptions of most Worcestershire parish marriage registers. They list brides and grooms, their residence, marital status and occasionally other details. Also included are transcripts of records that detail intentions to marry.
Abstracts of marriage licences granted by the Vicar-General in London. These licences could be used to marry in any church in the Province of Canterbury.
Transcripts of Anglican marriage registers from over 100 churches in Worcestershire.
A collection of indexes and transcripts of marriage records that cover over 160 million people. Includes digital images of many records.
Worcestershire Death & Burial Records
An index to deaths registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of death certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Transcriptions of most Worcestershire parish burial registers. They list the name of the deceased, the date of their death and/or burial and sometimes other details, such as age and occupation.
Images of millions of pages from cemetery and crematoria registers, photographs of memorials, cemetery plans and more. Records can be search by a name index.
A collection of indexes and transcripts of death and burial records that cover over 140 million people. Includes digital images of many records.
An index to deaths registered at the central authority for England and Wales. To 1866, only the locality the death was registered in was listed. Age was listed until 1969, when the deceased's date of birth was listed. Provides a reference to order a death certificate, which has further details.
Worcestershire Census & Population Lists
An index to and digital images of records that detail 40 million civilians in England and Wales. Records list name, date of birth, address, marital status, occupation and details of trade or profession.
The 1911 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
A list of those eligible to vote, including their address and qualification to vote.
A name index to records recording taxes levied against owners of hearths in Worcestershire.
The 1901 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
Newspapers Covering Worcestershire
A database allowing full text searches of a newspaper covering regional news, family announcements, obituaries, court proceedings, business notices and more in the Worcestershire area.
A near complete run for 1756 & 1757, later coverage has gaps. Original images, searchable by an OCR index.
A London newspaper that later became The Sun.
A left-wing, British daily that sold up to 2 million copies a day at its peak.
Digital images, searchable by text, of a British daily tabloid.
Worcestershire Wills & Probate Records
Searchable index and original images of over 12.5 million probates and administrations granted by civil registries. Entries usually include the testator's name, date of death, date of probate and registry. Names of relations may be given.
An index to probates and administrations granted by the Consistory Court of the Bishop of Worcester. Contains the deceased's name, occupation, residence and whether the grant was for probate or administration. Also lists which records contain an inventory.
An index to estate administrations performed by the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. The index covers the southern two thirds of England & Wales, but may also contain entries for northerners.
An index to probates and administrations granted by the Consistory Court of the Bishop of Worcester. Contains the deceased's name, occupation, residence.
A searchable database of mid-17th Century probates performed by the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. Supplies details of testator and executor.
Worcestershire Immigration & Travel Records
A name index connected to original images of passenger lists recording people travelling from Britain to destinations outside Europe. Records may detail a passenger's age or date of birth, residence, occupation, destination and more.
A full index of passenger lists for vessels arriving in the UK linked to original images. Does not include lists from vessels sailing from European ports. Early entries can be brief, but later entries may include dates of births, occupations, home addresses and more. Useful for documenting immigration.
An index to and images of documents recording over 1.65 million passengers who arrived in Victoria, Australia, including passengers whose voyage was paid for by others.
Details on over 600,000 non-British citizens arriving in England. Often includes age and professions. Useful for discerning the origin of immigrants.
Details on thousands of 17th century British immigrants to the U.S., detailing their origins and nature of their immigration.
Worcestershire Military Records
A list of names found on World War One monuments in Worcestershire, with some service details.
A list of names found on World War Two monuments in Worcestershire, with some service details.
A searchable list of over 100,000 British Army POWs. Records contains details on the captured, their military career and where they were held prisoner.
Details on around 165,000 men serving in the British Army, Navy and Air Force who were held as prisoners during WWII.
Index and original images of over 5 million medal index cards for British soldiers It can be searched by individual's name, Coprs, Unit and Regiment. Due to the loss of many WWI service records, this is the most complete source for British WWI soldiers
Worcestershire Court & Legal Records
A list of those eligible to vote, including their address and qualification to vote.
Abstracts of legal records that cover numerous affairs of the county of Worcestershire, including military, criminal, land and trade. Contains a name & place index.
Transcriptions of pleas brought before a court. They largely concern land disputes and cover: Lincolnshire, 1218-9, and Worcestershire, 1221.
An index to names and places mentioned in act books of the Province of Canterbury. It records various licences and conferments, such as marriage and physician licences.
Records of over 300,000 prisoners held by quarter sessions in England & Wales. Records may contain age, occupation, criminal history, offence and trial proceedings.
Worcestershire Taxation Records
A name index to records recording taxes levied against owners of hearths in Worcestershire.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
This vital collection details almost 1.2 million properties eligible for land tax. Records include the name of the landowner, occupier, amount assessed and sometimes the name and/or description of the property. It is a useful starting point for locating relevant estate records and establishing the succession of tenancies and freehold. Most records cover 1798, but some extend up to 1811.
An index linked to original images of registers recording apprenticeship indentures. Details are given on the trade and nature of apprenticeship. Many records list the parents of the apprentice.
A compilation of records from the Court of the Exchequer primarily dealing with taxes and land. These records are in Latin.
Worcestershire Land & Property Records
A list of those eligible to vote, including their address and qualification to vote.
An account of the Hereford bishopric estates in the 13th century.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
This vital collection details almost 1.2 million properties eligible for land tax. Records include the name of the landowner, occupier, amount assessed and sometimes the name and/or description of the property. It is a useful starting point for locating relevant estate records and establishing the succession of tenancies and freehold. Most records cover 1798, but some extend up to 1811.
Poll books record the names of voters and the direction of their vote. Until 1872 only landholders could vote, so not everyone will be listed. Useful for discerning an ancestor's political leanings and landholdings. The collection is supplemented with other records relating to the vote.
Worcestershire Directories & Gazetteers
An exhaustive gazetteer, containing details of settlement's history, governance, churches, postal services, public institutions and more. Also contains lists of residents with their occupation and address.
A directory of residents and businesses; with a description of each settlement, containing details on its history, public institutions, churches, postal services, governance and more.
Contains a classified listing of companies and independent traders by each town or village in Worcestershire.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
Worcestershire Cemeteries
Images of millions of pages from cemetery and crematoria registers, photographs of memorials, cemetery plans and more. Records can be search by a name index.
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Profiles of several hundred mausolea found in the British Isles.
Several thousand transcribed memorials remembering those connected with the nautical occupations.
A searchable database of photographs relating to railways and canals in Britain.
Worcestershire Obituaries
The UKs largest repository of obituaries, containing millions of searchable notices.
A growing collection currently containing over 425,000 abstracts of obituaries with reference to the location of the full obituary.
A collection of 364 obituaries of Quakers from the British Isles. The volume was published in 1849 and includes obituaries of those who died in late 1847 through 1848.
This transcribed and searchable work by Sir William Musgrave contains 10,000s of brief obituaries. The work is a reference point for other works containing information on an individual.
A text index and digital images of all editions of a journal containing medical articles and obituaries of medical practitioners.
Worcestershire Histories & Books
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Photographs of monuments, stained glass windows, fonts, memorials and other architectural facets of parish churches in Worcestershire.
Photographs and images of churches in Worcestershire.
High quality photographs of Worcestershire church exteriors.
An index of windmills in the county, with brief notes and some photographs.
Worcestershire School & Education Records
A name index connected to digital images of registers recording millions of children educated in schools operated by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education. Records contain a variety of information including genealogical details, education history, illnesses, exam result, fathers occupation and more.
A name index linked to original images of registers recording the education and careers of teachers in England & Wales.
A name index linked to original images of short biographies for over 120,000 Oxford University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A transcript of a vast scholarly work briefly chronicling the heritage, education and careers of over 150,000 Cambridge University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A searchable database containing over 90,000 note-form biographies for students of Cambridge University.
Worcestershire Occupation & Business Records
Short histories of former public houses, with photographs and lists of owners or operators.
An index to and images of registers recording over 3.7 million trade union members.
Books listing doctors who were licensed to operate in Britain and abroad. Contains doctor's residencies, qualification and date of registration.
A rich collection of records documenting those who worked for railway companies that were later absorbed by the government. Records include: staff registers, station transfers, pensions, accident records, apprentice records, caution books, and memos. Records may include date of birth, date of death and name of father.
Indexed medical journals from British ships containing personal and medical details of patients. The journals list names, ages, rank/status, diseases, illness duration and notes on symptoms and treatment. Contains details on military men as well as people immigrating or being deported to colonies.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Worcestershire
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Worcestershire Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
Over 600 pedigrees for English and Welsh families who had a right to bear a coat of arms.
The most comprehensive listing of Knights of the Crown, listing details where known to the order, date, place and reason for elevation.
Worcestershire Church Records
The parish registers of Worcestershire are a collection of books essentially documenting births, marriages and deaths. Their records can assist tracing a family as far back as 1820.
Transcriptions of registers that record baptisms, which typically occur shortly after birth; marriages and burials. They can help establish links between individuals back to the 16th century.
Photographs of monuments, stained glass windows, fonts, memorials and other architectural facets of parish churches in Worcestershire.
A transcription of registers that record the affairs of the diocese, such as governance, ordination, judicial matters, visitations, confirmations etc.
Lists of the Bishop of Hereford and position holders of its subordinate bodies.
Biographical Directories Covering Worcestershire
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Brief biographies of Anglican clergy in the UK.
A directory containing lengthy biographies of noted British figures. The work took over two decades to compile. Biographies can be searched by name and are linked to images of the original publication.
Worcestershire Maps
Digital images of maps covering the county.
Detailed maps covering much of the UK. They depict forests, mountains, larger farms, roads, railroads, towns, and more.
Maps showing settlements, features and some buildings in mainland Britain.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
Maps of parishes in England, Scotland and Wales. They are useful in determining which parish records may be relevant to your research.
Worcestershire Reference Works
A beginner’s guide to researching ancestry in England.
Compiled in 1831, this book details the coverage and condition of parish registers in England & Wales.
A comprehensive guide to researching the history of buildings in the British Isles.
A service that provides advanced and custom surname maps for the British Isles and the US.
A dictionary of around 9,000 mottoes for British families who had right to bear arms.
Historical Description
WORCESTERSHIRE is an inland shire in the west midland, near the Welsh border and in the basin of the Severn, not far above the reach of the tides, and about 30 miles from the open channel: its shape is very irregular, but it may be looked upon as having four sides, those towards the east and west nearly parallel, and those towards the south and north likewise nearly parallel, but tending southerly, and the northern side being the larger. On the north is Staffordshire; on the north-east and east, Warwickshire; on the south-east and south, Gloucestershire; on the west, Herefordshire; and on the north-west, Shropshire: the length from north to south is about 34 miles, and the breadth about 30 miles. The area, which in 1895 was extended by the transfer of 3,969 acres from Staffordshire, 711 acres from Salop, and in 1897 by 1,163 acres from Herefordshire, is 485,022 acres, and the population in 1861 was 307,397; 1871, 338,837; in 1881, 380,283, and in 1891, 386,047-males, 184,539; females, 201,508. The number of inhabited houses in 1891 was 79,726.
The Romans found in this shire a Welsh, tribe named the Cornavii, whom they overthrew; afterwards the English took it, and it was held by the strong tribe of the Wicking, or Hwickians, who had a commonwealth here, which afterwards was under the kings of the Mercians, or Middle English, and at length under the one English king. In the vale of Evesham the great leader Simon de Montfort was overthrown by Prince Edward, afterwards Edward I.; and at Worcester Oliver Cromwell routed the Scotch host and Prince Charles.
The county is one of the finest in England, being rich land, in hill and vale, well wooded and well watered. On the south-west border are the Malvern hills, and in a line north from these the Abberley hills; on the east are the Lickey and Clent hills, and in the south are the Bredon hills, which are off-shoots of the Cotswolds. Gloucester and Bristol are the ports of Worcestershire. The navigable Severn runs through the comity from north to south, by Wribbenhall, Bewdley and Stourport (where it receives the Stour), and by the villages of Shrawley Holt and Grimley to Worcester, below which it receives the Teme, and thence by Severn Stoke and Upton to Tewkesbury; there are several locks in the river now, the lowest at Tewkesbury; it will bear ships of 80 tons as high as Worcester, and of 60 tons as high as Bewdley, the river being navigable 180 miles. The Stour is in the north, running by Wolveirley and Kidderminster to Stourport, and is canalized throughout. The Teme is in the west, and enters the county near Tenbury, where it receives the Kyre brook, and flows by Lindridge and Shelsley Beauchamp to Knightwick, and thence by Lulsley, Doddenham and Leigh, where it receives the Leigh brook, and thence by Powick to itsi junction with the Severn below Worcester. The Warwickshire Avon winds through Worcestershire in the south-east by Offenham, Evesham, Pershore, Eckington and Bredon to Tewkesbury, where it joins the Severn: it is navigable from Stratford-upon-Avon. A brook, under different names, flows by Chaddesley Corbett, Elmley Lovett, Doverdale and Salwarpe to the Severn. The vale of the Severn is called the vale of Worcester, and the vale of the Avon that of Evesham, both rich land. There are mineral springs at Malvern, Evesham, Dudley and Flyford Flavel, and chalybeate at Kidderminster.
The canals are those joining the Severn with the other English rivers. The Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal communicates with the Grand Trunk, by the Stour, Kidderminster and Wolverhampton. The Dudley Canal runs through the north from Birmingham by Dudley to Stourbridge. The Leominster and Kington Canal is a small one in the west. The Droitwich Canal is from the Severn to Droitwich. The Worcester and Birmingham Canal runs from Worcester, north-easterly, throughout the shire, having part of the Birmingham and Stratford Canal as a branch.
The railways belong chiefly to two systems-The Great Western and the Midland. The Great Western (Midland section) enters the county at Church Honeybourne, passing through Evesham, Pershore, Worcester, Droitwich (from which, place is a short line to Stoke Prior), Hartlebury Junction, Kidderminster, Stourbridge and Dudley, to Wolverhampton and the north; from Worcester is the Worcester and Hereford line, through Malvern to Hereford and South Wales, and from this line is the branch to Bromyard, Herefordshire; and a branch from Dudley to Old Hill and Halesowen; from Stourbridge is a line through Cradley and Rowley Regis to Birmingham. The Severn Valley line branches from Hartlebury Junction, and passes through Stourport and Bewdley, joining the main line at Shrewsbury; from Bewdley is a line through Tenbury, joining the Shrewsbury and Hereford at Wooferton junction, and another to Kidderminster. The Midland railway (Birmingham and Bristol line), from Birmingham, passes through King’s Norton (from which is a branch to Halesowen), Bromsgrove, Droitwich, Worcester and Defford, thence to Cheltenham and Bristol; there are two branches from Ashchurch (Gloucester) on this line-one to Evesham, and thence to Alcester and Redditch, joining the main line at Barnet Green, and another to Tewkesbury, thence through Upton-on-Severn to Great Malvern.
The Bewdley coal basin is in the north-west, and is worked at Mamble (Rock) and Bayton. The Dudley coal basin is in the north, and it contains likewise beds of ironstone. The brine springs are in the north midland, at Droitwich and Stoke Prior, at which latter place beds of rock salt were found in 1829; 178,636 tons of salt were produced in 1898, valued at £80,386. A strong clay is found throughout the shire; but in the north there is a rich loamy sand in the east are some light soils. The soil in the vales is very deep and rich, and in parts alluvial. The air is mild and healthy, even on the Malverns; but on the eastern hills it is colder. This is a good shire for tillage; wheat, barley, beans and fruit are grown; hops are also, grown, 4,024 acres being under cultivation in 1895. Market gardening is extensively carried on, especially around Evesham, and cider is largely made. In the rivers, salmon, trout, grayling, shad and lampreys are found. The mineral wealth is in coals, iron and salt. Coals to the extent of 895,071 tons, valued at the mines at £261,062, and 4,612 tons of iron ore, were raised in 1898. Pig iron was manufactured to the extent of about 50,000 tons in 1898, three blast furnaces being at work. There are quarries of limestone, Silurian limestone being raised to the extent of 54,822 tons, in 1898, valued at £10,739. Fire clay is largely found and fire bricks made in the north, in the neighbourhood of Stourbridge, and brick earth is found nearly everywhere; 115,909 tons of fire clay were raised in 1898, of the value of £28,977. Brick clay was also raised to the extent of 563,229 tons, and gravel and sand 26,917 tons.
The variety and extent of the manufactures of Worcestershire are such as to entitle it to a foremost position among the manufacturing counties of England, and of these industries that of carpet-making is prosecuted with great success at Kidderminster, the looms of which furnish a larger quantity of carpets suitable for ordinary domestic use than those of any other manufacturing town in the world; the fabrics, made here include Brussels and Wilton carpets and rugs, which form the staple trade the Royal Axminster carpets, a patented speciality, are now made by two firms only.
The manufacture of china ware, introduced into Worcester by Dr. Wall, in 1751, is now one of its leading features, and the productions of the Royal Porcelain Works, which have obtained the highest awards both in English and Continental Exhibitions, are not excelled, for beauty and elegance of design or excellence of workmanship, by any similar products either at home or abroad.
The ceramic manufactures of Worcester are not, however, confined to porcelain, but are extended to the making of printed and encaustic tiles, and of diachromatized wood slabs, serving the same purpose, the works for which, now belonging to a Limited Company, are situated at Rainbow Hill. Fire bricks, porcelain baths, clay retorts and similar goods are made at Stourbridge, and glass has long been a product of this neighbourhood, the clays of which, from their power of resistance to heat, are particularly suitable for the making of glass crucibles and pots; window-glass, in its various forms, and table glass are also made here. Redditch, long famous for its needles, has also acquired great reputation for fish-hooks, fishing-rods and tackle, in the manufacture of which it surpasses the efforts both of American and Continental firms. Iron making and coal mining are chiefly carried on at the works and collieries of the Right Hon. the Earl of Dudley, comprising the collieries: and ironstone mines in the Dudley district, the blast furnaces, the iron making works at Round Oak, and the Castle Hill works, where all the necessary machinery, plant and rolling stock are constructed. The manufacture of iron and of chain cables is also pursued at Netherton, at which place there is a testing house licensed by the Board of Trade for the testing of chains and cables requiring to be officially stamped; near Dudley the making of iron bridges and general engineering form a separate and important industry. Agricultural mAchinery and implements, and special mAchinery, are largely manufactured at Worcester; iron and tin-plate working and japanning is carried on at Worcester and Wilden; and the making of hollow-ware, both tinned and enamelled, at Stourport; iron tubes are produced at Netherton, and in the same district iron and wire fences and gates are constructed, and wrought nails, rivets, chains, horse shoes and screws made, the last named employing many hands, and requiring very expensive and elaborate machinery for their production. Railway signals are chiefly constructed at Worcester, the manufactures of which, besides those already mentioned, include stove grates, kitchen ranges, and iron castings generally; vinegar, now made in this city to the extent of 2,000,000 gallons a year; British wines; brushes and brooms, first made in the city in 1776; carriages and harness; and gloves, mostly of skin, the making of which in this city dates from 1661, when the Worcester Glovers Company was incorporated: there are also in the neighbourhood very extensive nurseries, producing large quantities of fruit and ornamental trees and shrubs, and flowers of every kind; other productions of the county are woollen and worsted, bombazine, silk, coach lace, plush, horsehair and ribbons. There are salt works at Stoke Prior, the only place in the county for the industry of the few in England other industries of Worcestershire are alkali works, breweries, maltings, crate making, coke burning, tanning, vinegar distilling, vitriol works, comb, lantern and button making, leather staining, and paper manufacture.
There are five hundreds-Halfshire, Doddintree, Oswaldslow; Pershore and Blackenhurst: since 1831 there have been 10 police divisions; in West Worcestershire, Worcester, Kidderminster, Hundred House, and Upton; in East Worcestershire, Droitwich, Northfield, Pershore, Stourbridge, Dudley and Blockley. Worcester, Bewdley, Droitwich and Kidderminster have their own police. The county is in the Oxford circuit, has one court of quarter sessions, and is divided into 20 petty sessional division’s. The assize town is Worcester, and quarter sessions are held there.
The county contains 242 civil parishes and parts of 5 others; the shire is partly in the diocese of Worcester, and archdeaconry of Worcester, and partly in that of Hereford, in the archdeaconry of Ludlow and rural deanery of East Burford. The Worcester archdeaconry is subdivided into the rural deaneries of Blockley, Bredon, Bromsgrove, Droitwich, Dudley, Evesham, Feckenham, Kidderminster, Pershore, Powick, Upton, East Worcester and West Worcester.
The municipal boroughs are Bewdley, the seat of the horn working trade, population in 1891, 2,876; Droitwich (of salt), 4,021; Dudley (of iron), 45,740; Evesham (the centre of a fruit-growing district), 5,836; Kidderminster (of carpets), 24,803, and Worcester (gloves, ceramics and the centre of the hop trade), 42,908. Other towns are Bromsgrove (of nails), 7,934; Halesowen (of iron), 3,603; Malvern (an improving watering place), 6,107; Oldbury (of iron), 20,370; Pershore (of woolstapling), 3,412; Redditch (of the needle manufacture), 11,295; Stourbridge (of glass and fire clay), 9,386; Stourport (tanning and carpet making), 3,504; and Tenbury, which has a college of music, 2,054; and there is a Congregational college at Yardley, near Birmingham.
The Registration Districts are:
| No | Place | Area | Population in 1891 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 374 | Dudley | 17,205 | 142,705 |
| 375 | Stourbridge | 16,855 | 82,824 |
| 376 | Kidderminster | 37,234 | 41,134 |
| 377 | Tenbury | 36,624 | 7,282 |
| 378 | Martley | 54,807 | 15,809 |
| 379 | Worcester | 8,231 | 43,966 |
| 380 | Upton— on-Severn | 53,432 | 23,466 |
| 381 | Evesham | 46,679 | 16,069 |
| 382 | Pershore | 52,123 | 13,005 |
| 383 | Droitwich | 54,201 | 18,242 |
| 384 | Bromsgrove | 50,397 | 33,311 |
| 385 | King’s Norton | 28,927 | 127,422 |
The following is a list of the hundreds, with the parishes contained in them:
Hundred of Lower Blackenhurst:-Abbott’s Moreton, Church Lench (part of), Hampton or Great Hampton, Norton and Oldberrow.
Hundred of Upper Blackenhurst:-Aldington, Badsey, Bretforton, Church Honeybourne with Poden, North Littleton, Offenham, South Little and Wickhamford.
Hundred of Lower Doddingtree-Abberley, Astley, Bayton, Doddenham, Great Witley, Mamble, Ribbesford, Rock, Shelsley Beauchamp, Shrawley and Stockton.
Hundred of Upper Doddingtree-Acton Beauchamp, Alfrick, Areley Kings, Bockelton, Clifton-upon-Teme, Cotheridge, Eastham, Edvin Loach, Great Kyre, Hanley Child or Lower Hanley, Hanley William or Upper Hanley, Hillhampton, King’s Shelsey, Little Kyre, Lower Sapey, Lulsley, Martley, Orleton, Rochford, Shelsley Wash or Little Shelsey, Stanford-on-Tenne, Suckley and, Tenbury.
Hundred of Lower Halfshire-Belbroughton, Broom, Chaddesley Corbett, Churchill, Clent, Cradley, Dudley, Dudley Castle Hill, Frankley, Hadley, Kidderminster, Lower Mitton with Stourport, Lutley, Pedmore, Rushock, Stone, Stourbridge, The Lye, Upper Mitton, Upper Swinford, Warley Wighorn, Wollaston and Wollescote.
Hundred of Upper Halfshire:-Bentley Pauncefoot or Upper and Lower Bentley, Cakemore, Coston Hackett, Church Lench (part of), Crutch, Dodderhill, Doverdale, Elmbridge, Elmley Lovett, Feckenham, Grafton Manor, Hadzor, Halesowen, Hampton Lovett, Hasbury, Hawn Hill, Hunnington, Iley, King’s Norton, Kington, Lapal, Northfield, Oldbury, Redditch, North Redditch, Ridge-acre, Romsley, Salwarpe, Stoke Prior, Tutnall and Cobley, Upton Warren, Warley (Salop), Webheath and Yardley.
Hundred of Lower Oswaldslow:-Berrow, Bredicot, Broadwas, Churchill, Claines (part of), Croome D'Abitot, Earls Croome, Grimley, Halow, Hartlebury, Hill Croome, Hinlip, Holdfast, Holt, Kempsey, Kenswick, Knighton-on-Teme, Knightwick, Lindridge, Little Malvern, Little Witley, Norton-by-Kempsey, Oddingley, Ombersley, Pensax, Ripple, St. John Bedwardine (Worcester), St. Martin (Worcester) (part of), Spetchley, Stoulton, Warndon, Welland, White Ladies Aston, Whittington, Wichenford and Wolverley.
Hundred of Middle Oswaldslow:-Abbots Lench or Hoo Lench, Alvechurch, Bishampton, Bromsgrove, Charlton, Cropthorne, Crowle, Elmley Castle, Fladbury, Hanbury, Hawington, Hill and Moor, Himbleton, Huddington, Inkberrow or Inkborough, Marlborough-in-the Vines, Netherton, Rouse Lench, Sedgeberrow, Shell, Stock and Bradley, Throckmorton, Tibberton and Wyre Piddle.
| Place | Area |
|---|---|
| Blackenhurst hundred | 16,562 |
| Droitwich borough | 1,849 |
| Dudley borough | 3,930 |
| Evesham borough | 2,338 |
| Halfshire hundred | 124,569 |
| Kidderminster borough | 1,247 |
| Oswaldslow hundred | 154,828 |
| Pershore hundred | 95,892 |
| Worcester city | 1,263 |
Hundred of Upper Oswaldslow:-Blockley, Cleeve Prior, Shipston-on-Stour, Tidmington and Tredington.
Hundred of Lower Pershore:-Birts Morton, Bransford, Bushley, Castle Morton, Eldersfield, Great Malvern, Hanley, Castle, Leigh, Longden, Madresfield, Mathon, Newland, Powick, QueenhiII, South Malvern, Severn Stoke and Upton-upon-Severn.
Hundred of Upper Pershore:-Abberton, Alderminster, Beoley, Besford, Birlingham, Bricklehampton, Broadway, Broughton Hackett, Defford, Dormston, Eckington, Flyfurd Flavel, Grafton Flyford, Great Comberton, Holy Cross (Pershore), Little Comberton, Martin Hussingtree, Naunton Beauchamp, North Piddle, Pensham, Peopleton, Pinvin, Porton, St. Andrew (Pershore), Strensham, Upton, Snodsbury and Wick (near Pershore).
Borough of Bewdley:-Bewdley.
Borough of Droitwich:-Dodderhill-in-Liberties, St. Andrew (Droitwich), St. Nicholas (Droitwich) and St. Peter (Droitwich).
Borough of Evesham:-All Saints (Evesham), St. Lawrence (Evesham) and St. Peter Bengeworth (Evesham).
Borough of Kidderminster:-Kidderminster.
City of Worcester:-All Saints (Worcester), Blockhouse, Claines (part of), College Precincts, St. Alban (Worcester), St. Andrew (Worcester), St. Clement (Worcester), St. Helen (Worcester), St. Martin (Worcester) (part of), St. Michael Bedwardine (Worcester), St. Nicholas (Worcester), St. Peter (Worcester), St. Swithin (Worcester) and Whitstones.
The County and City of Worcester Lunatic Asylum, at Powick, is an edifice of red brick, erected in 1852 and enlarged from time to time at a cost of £116,000, and containing, in 1900, 512 males and 628 females, and 174 staff; Edwd. Marriot Cooke M.B. medical officer and superintendent; George Marcus Panton Braine-Hartnell M.R.C.S. Eng., L.R.C.P.Lond. William Bubb M.R.C.S.Eng., L.R.C.P.Lond. Harry Bacon Wilkinson L.R.C.P.Lond., M.R.C.S.Eng. & John Ogilvie Veitch M.B., C.M.Edin. assistant medical officers; Rev. Samuel Morgans B.A. chaplain; Rev. Thomas Basil Feeny, Catholic chaplain; W. Price Hughes, clerk to committee of visitors; John G. Hadley, clerk; Ernest Edward Doughty, storekeeper; Frank A. Wheeler, auditor.
Her Majesty’s Prison, in Castle street, Worcester, is a structure of brick inclosed by a wall 15 feet in height, and was built in 1809 at an outlay of £10,000; it then contained 90 cells; in 1839, 80 cells were added, and in 1840 further improvements were made, since which about £50,000 has been spent on it in repairs and enlargements; it was reconstructed on the separate system in 1860 and some previous years at a cost of £24,000, and since its transfer to the Government the number of cells has been increased to 430; Capt. W. M. T. Synge, governor; Rev. Robert Raikes Needham, chaplain; Rev. William Tatlock, Catholic chaplain; Surgeon-Major George Edwin Hyde L.R.C.P.Lond., medical officer; R. S. Benson, clerk to the asylum; G. B. Gibson, chief warder; Miss Drake, matron.
The College of St. Michael, at Tenbury, is a handsome pile of buildings, which were erected in 1856 by the munificence of the late Rev. Sir Frederick A. Gore Ouseley bart. sometime warden; the object of this college is to prepare the sons of gentlemen for the higher forms of the large public schools; attached to the college is a foundation for choristers, who are instructed in music and form the choir of St. Michael’s church and also receive a sound classical and mathematical education. The college has a library of 8,000 volumes, some of them being of rare value. The private musical library of the late Sir Fredk. Ouseley contains among its many hundreds of volumes some very interesting manuscripts, one being the original of the “Messiah,” in Handel’s own writing. Rev. John Hampton M.A. late scholar of Queen’s College, Cambridge, Precentor of Hereford, warden; Rev. Edwin Hinchcliff M.A. headmaster; Rev. Charles Edward Carnegie B.A. assistant master; Edgar Charles Broadhurst F.R.C.O., L.R.A.M. instrumental music; Mons. C. A. De Vit B.A. University of Paris B.L. of Heidelberg, French.
Parliamentary Representation Of Worcestershire
Worcestershire formerly returned four members in two divisions, but under the provisions of the “Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885,” it now returns five members in five divisions.
No. 1.-The Western or Bewdley division comprises the sessional divisions of Hundred House, Malvern (except so much as is comprised in division No. 2), Stourport (except so much as is comprised in division No. 3), Tenbury & Worcester & the municipal boroughs of Bewdley & Worcester.
No. 2.-The Southern or Evesham division comprises the sessional divisions of Blockley, Evesham, Pershore & Upton-on-Severn, the municipal borough of Evesham & the parishes of Feckenham & Inkberrow, in Redditch sessional division, & the parish of Little Malvern, in Malvern sessional division.
No. 3.-The Mid or Droitwich division comprises the sessional divisions of Droitwich, Kidderminster & Stourbridge (except so much as is comprised in division No. 4), the municipal boroughs of Droitwich & Kidderminster, the parishes of Lower Mitton with Stourport & Upper Mitton, in Stourport sessional division, the parishes of Bentley Pauncefoot & Webheatn, in Redditch sessional division, & the parishes of Grafton Manor, Stoke Prior & Upton Warren, in Bromsgrove sessional division.
No. 4.-The Northern division comprises the sessional divisions of Halesowen & Oldbury, the municipal borough, of Dudley, the parishes of Cradley, Lutley & Lye, in Stourbridge sessional division, & the parish of Northfield, in Northfield sessional division.
No. 5.-The Eastern division comprises the sessional divisions of Bromsgrove (except so much as is comprised in division No. 3), Northfield (except so much as is comprised in division No. 4) & Redditch (except so much as is comprised in divisions No. 2 & No. 3).
Under the provisions of the above-mentioned Act, the boroughs of Bewdley, Droitwich and Evesham were merged into the county, and the borough of Worcester lost one member.
Military
Worcester is the depot of the Regimental District No. 29, the Worcestershire Regiment, comprising the 1st battalion (29th foot) and 2nd battalion (36th foot), and is the head quarters of the Worcestershire Militia, which forms its 4th & 5th. Battalions.
South Midland Volunteer Infantry Brigade
Formed of the:—
1st Vol. Bat. R. Warw. Reg.; head quarters, Birminghm.
2nd Vol. Bat. R. Warw. Reg.; head quarters, Coventry.
1st Vol. Bab. Leics. Reg.; head quarters, Leicester.
1st Vol. Bab. Worcs. Reg.; head quarters, Kidderminster Supply Detachment Bearer Company.
Western Counties Volunteer Infantry Brigade
Formed of the:—
1st Vol. Bat. Som. L. I.; head quarters, Bath.
2nd Vol. Bat. Glos. Reg.; head quarters, Gloucester.
2nd Vol. Bat. Worcs. Reg.; head quarters, Worcester.
1st Wilts Vol. R. C.; head quarters, Warminster.
2nd Vol. Bat. Wilts Reg.; head quarters, Chippenham Supply Detachment Bearer Company.
Fairs And Markets
Alvechurch, fairs on the first Wednesday in May & a statute fair on the first Wednesday in October.
Bewdley, fair, April 23rd.
Bromsgrove, cattle fairs alternate Tuesdays, except December, which are held on the first three Tuesdays only; a pleasure, cattle & horse fair is held on June 24th; market day, Tuesday, for corn, vegetables & other produce.
Droitwich, market day, Friday.
Dudley, fairs held on the first Monday in March &; May, the second Monday in August & the first Monday in October, for the sale of horses, cattle, sheep & swine market days, Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday.
Evesham, fairs Monday after Easter day, Monday after Whit Monday, first Monday in July & second Mondays in August & September, last Monday in October, second. Monday in December (for pleasure, hiring & horses), & Fridays before & after October 11 (for hiring); market day, Monday, & cattle sales, alternate Mondays.
Feckenham, wake, the first Sunday after St. John the Baptist.
Halesowen, market day, Saturday.
Kidderminster, cattle fair every alternate Tuesday, & a pleasure fair the third Tuesday in June market days, Thursday & Saturday.
Ombersley, pleasure fair, May 29.
Pershore, a statute fair for hiring servants the Wednesdays before & after October 11; horse & cattle fairs on June 26; market day, Tuesday.
Redditch, fairs the first Saturday preceding the August bank holiday & the third Monday in September.
Shipston-on-Stour, fairs on the third Tuesday in April, June 22, Tuesday after October 10, & the first Tuesday in December; at the October fair servants are hired; there is a monthly cattle fair; market day, Saturday.
Stourbridge, fair last Monday in March; market day for corn on Friday & a general market on Saturday.
Stourport, market days, Wednesday & Saturday.
Tenbury, fair April 22 for cattle, & May 1 for pleasure market day, Tuesday.
Upton-on-Severn, market day, Thursday.
Worcester, fairs are held on September 19 (for cattle, hops & cheese), & the first Monday in December; a special Christmas fair is held on December 16th, unless it falls on a Saturday or Sunday, in which case the fair is held on the Monday following; market days, Wednesday & Saturday; cattle markets on Monday & Saturday.
The following table shows the acreage under each kind of crop, and the number of horses, cattle, sheep and pigs in the county of Worcester, as taken from the Agricultural Returns, 1898:—
| Crops | Acres |
|---|---|
| Corn and cereals | 80,020 |
| Roots, artificial grasses, cabbage, and rape | 29,292 |
| Clover and grasses | 29,828 |
| Permanent pasture | 249,761 |
| Hops | 3,567 |
| Bare fallow | 5,502 |
| Orchards | 20,448 |
| Small Fruit | 3,129 |
| Woods | 18,551 |
| Plantations | 637 |
| Live Stock | Number |
|---|---|
| Horses for agriculture and brood mares | 14,972 |
| Unbroken horses | 5,912 |
| Cows in milk or calf | 25,485 |
| Other cattle, 2 years and above | 13,337 |
| Ditto, 1 year and under two | 12,252 |
| Ditto, under 1 year | 13,208 |
| Ewes kept for breeding | 59,767 |
| Sheep, 1 year old | 36,579 |
| Ditto, under 1 year | 73,601 |
| Sows kept for breeding | 6,799 |
| Other Pigs | 3,360 |
| Parishes | 240 |
| In 1874, owners of land below 1 acre | 16,008 |
| Owners of land of 1 acre and upwards | 5,796 |
| TOTAL | 21,804 |
| Total acreage of rated lands | 441,060 |
| Rateable value | £2,183,825 |
| Heath land for grazing, acres | 2,818 |
| Total acreage of the county | 485,022 |
Worcester County Council
Local Government Act 1888, 51 & 52 Vict. c. 41.
Under the above Act, Worcestershire, after the 1st April, 1889, for the purposes of the Act, except certain boroughs, for which see below (a), became separate and distinct administrative county (sec. 461-b), each governed by a County Council, consisting of chairman, aldermen and councillors, elected in manner prescribed by the Act (sec. 2).
The chairman, by virtue of his office, is a justice of the peace for the county, without qualification (sec. 46).
The police for the county is under the control of a standing joint committee of the Quarter Sessions and the County Council, appointed as therein mentioned (sec. 9).
The coroners for the county are elected by the County Council, and the clerk of the peace appointed by such joint committee, and may be removed by them (sec. 83—2).
The clerk of the peace for the county is clerk of the County Council (sec. 83—1).
The administrative business of the county (which would, if this Act had not been passed, have been transacted by the justices) is now transacted by the County Council.
(a) The following large boroughs for the purposes of this Act are administrative counties in themselves, called County boroughs (sec. 30), of which the municipal authority has the power of a County Council (sec. 31)-Dudley, Worcester.
SITUATION, BOUNDARIES, AND EXTENT
Worcestershire is reckoned among the Midland counties of England, and is hounded upon the west by Hereford, from which it is separated in part by the Malvern Hills, a small portion of the river Teme, and further north by the little rivulet, called Cadmore Brook, which empties itself into the Teme, at a short distance to the west of Tenbury. At the junction of the Cadmore Brook with the Teme, this latter again becomes, for a short part of its course, a boundary separating this county from Shropshire, which is situated to the north west. Worcestershire is further separated from this county by a small portion of the Red river (which flows in a southerly direction to meet the Teme near Rochford) and two other small rivulets, which fall into the Severn, where that river enters this county from Shropshire. Upon the north is Staffordshire, from which it is separated in part by the river Stour. To the north-east and east this county is bounded by Warwickshire, and upon the south-east and south by Gloucestershire.
The shape of this county is extremely irregular, having upon every side small portions detached and insulated by the adjoining counties, as Dudley and its vicinity upon the north, which is surrounded upon all sides by Staffordshire; a narrow stretch of country, extending from about a mile and a half south of Shipstone-upon-Stour, and seven miles and a half north of it, and not exceeding two miles and a half, in its most extreme breadth, is insulated upon the east, by Warwickshire and Gloucestershire. Elmload is another insulated portion, to the south-east, in Gloucestershire, in which county is also another detached portion called Cuddesden; Tdwin Loch upon the west is insulated by the county of Hereford. Besides these portions, which are wholly insulated, the boundaries of the county form numberless indentures with the adjoining counties, resembling bays, promontories, and peninsulas. Measured from its most south-western boundary, formed in the neighbourhood of the village of Stauton by the river Ledden, to its most extreme north-eastern boundary, about two miles north-east of Yardly, on the confines of Warwickshire, the extent of this county is about 44 miles; but measured in a direct line, north and south along the course of the river Severn, from its entrance into the county a little beyond Bewdley, to its junction with the Avon, near Tewkesbury, where it leaves the county, its greatest length is about 24 miles, so that the mean length north and south is 34 miles. Its extreme breadth, as measured from its eastern boundary, which projects a little beyond Oldborough into the county of Warwick, to its most western boundary, formed by the junction of the Cadmore Brook with the Teme, about two miles west of Tenbury, is 34 miles. The shortest line, taken across the county from Atch Lench in the east, to Malvern in the west, is about 18 miles: so that we may compute the mean breadth at 26 miles. The circumference of the county, if we omit the irregular indentures it makes with those adjoining to it, does not much exceed 124 miles; but including them, it will amount to nearly 250 miles. The superficial contents of the area included within the boundaries, are, according to the most accurate surveys, 599 040 acres, to which if we add about 19,200 acres for the detached portions, we shall have 618,240 acres for the superficial contents, from which we must, however, deduct about 5000 acres for portions of the counties of Warwick, Salop, and Hereford, insulated by this county, leaving a remainder of 613,240 acres for the contents of Worcestershire.
NAME AND ANCIENT HISTORY
The county evidently takes its name from its principal city Worcester, the etymology of which is deduced from Wirecester, by changing a vowel. The name Wigornia, occurs in Florence of Worcester, who died about 60 years before Joseph of Exeter wrote. Abingdon derives the Saxon name from the wears on the river. The inhabitants, with those of the adjoining parts, were in Bede’s time, prior to the division of the island into counties, called Wiccii, a name derived, as we may reasonably conjecture, from the salt pits which it contains, the old English name of which is Witches.
This county formerly constituted the second part of the country of the Cornavii. In the time of the Romans it was swampy, overgrown with wood, and consequently but little known to that cautious and warlike people; neither Ptolemy nor Antoninus take any notice of it whatever; and of the four great Roman roads, which cross the kingdom, but one, viz. the Iknield-street, approaches its borders; the Iknield Way however crosses a small portion of the county, entering it near Broby, and passing on to Edgebaston in Warwickshire, leaves the town of Birmingham a little to the west.
The principal stations or camps, in this county, are on Wassal and Whitchbury Hill, near the banks of the Severn, in the neighbourhood of Kempsey, Little Malvern, and upon Woodbury Hill.
Worcestershire constituted under the Saxon heptarchy a part of the kingdom of Mercia, and was the frequent scene of sanguinary contests between the Saxons and the Danes.
This county was, according to Mr. Camden, the second part of the country of the Cornavii. Its inhabitants, with those of the adjoining districts, were, previous to the division of the island into counties, known by the general appellation of Wiccii, derived, either from the winding river whose banks they inhabit (Wick, in the old Saxon, signifying a creek or reach of a river) or from the salt pits, which are called in the old English language, Witchis.
After the Britons were expelled by the Saxons from the low lands, they retired beyond the Severn among the almost inaccessible mountains of Wales, and defended their new territories against the encroaching conquerors; so that this, with the other counties, through which this river flows, after leaving the widernesses of Wales, was for a long time the frontier between the two people, and, as Mr. Twyne observes, most of the great cities upon the east side of the Severn and the Dee, were built by the Romans or Saxons, or by both, to check the inroads of the Britons.
The Wiccii seem to have inhabited all that tract of country which anciently acknowledged the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Worcester, namely, all the portion of Gloucestershire which stretches along the eastern bank of the Severn, all the present county of Worcester, with the exception of 16 parishes in the north-west angle of the county beyond Aberley hills and the river Teme, and nearly the entire of the southern half of Warwickshire, including the town of Warwick, the capital of the county. For, as under the Saxon heptarchy, each kingdom had but one bishop, whose diocese comprehended the whole of that district, so, upon the subdivision of the kingdom of Mercia, five bishopricks were made in the year 679, and of these the bishoprick of Worcester was the prineipal, according to the account given us by Florence of Worcester.
The bishop undoubtedly had the whole province under his command, and was actually styled Bishop of the Wiccians, not Bishop of Worcester. The probability of this will appear more forcible, from what Florence further adds, that Oshere, Bishop of the Wiccians, persuaded Ethelred, King of Mercia, to make this division, from a wish that Wiccia, the province which he governed with viceroyal authority, might have the honour of a bishop of its own. His see was thus at Worcester, the metropolis of the province, which, according to the venerable Bede, bordered upon Wilts and Somerset, parts of the province of the West Saxons. The Coteswold Hills were included within the district of the Wiccians, being called in Edgar’s charter to Oswald the Mons Wiccisca. Sceorstar, or the Shire-stone, is said by Florence to be in Wiccia.
In the time of the Normans this county had for its first sheriff Urfo de Abetot, or d ’Abtot, to whom and his heirs William gave land with that title. He was succeeded in his honours and estates by his son Roger, who, having, as William of Malmesbury informs us, incurred the displeasure of Henry I. by ordering one of his servants to be slain, was dispossessed by that prince; the sheriffdom passed, however, with his sister Emelina to the Beauchamp family, she marrying Walter de Beauchamp, whom Stephen, after turning out Milo of Gloucester, made Constable of England. Some years after, Stephen created Walleran, Earl of Mellent, brother to Robert Bossu, Earl of Leicester, first Earl of Worcester, granting him the city of Worcester. He afterwards turned monk, and died at Preaux, in Normandy. His son Robert, who had married the daughter of Reginald, Earl of Cornwall, and set up the standard of rebellion against Henry II. and his grandson, Peter, who rebelled, and revolted to France, used only the title of Mellent, and not of Worcester.
From this period till the reign of Richard II. the title of Earl of Worcester seems to have lain dormant. That monarch conferred it upon Thomas Percy, who being slain in the civil war by Henry IV. Richard de Beauchamp, descended from the Abetots, received this honour from Henry V. This nobleman dying without issue, John Tiptoft, deputy of Ireland, was created Earl of Worcester by Henry VI.; but he immediately taking part with Edward IV. and preposterously submitting to be the executioner of ail Edward’s sentences, was himself beheaded by the executioner, upon the restoration of Henry VI.
Edward recovering the crown again, completely restored his son, who, dying without issue, and the estate being divided among the sisters of John Tiptoft, whom we have already noticed as Earl of Worcester, Charies Somerset, natural son of Henry, Duke of Somerset, was honoured with the title by Henry VIII. Edward Somerset, a descendant of this earl, enjoyed the title of Earl of Worcester, and his son Henry was created Marquis of Worcester by Charles I. Edward his son succeeded him, and dying in 1667, left his titles and possessions to his son Henry, whom Charles II. created Duke of Beaufort, the title of Marquis of Worcester being granted by courtesy to his eldest sou. The titles continue in the same family, Henry Charles Somerset being the present Duke of Beaufort, and his eldest son the Marquis of Worcester.
CLIMATE AND SOIL
The air of this county is mild, warm, and healthy, there being but few lakes, and very little swampy ground; the inhabitants of the Malvern hills enjoy a most salubrious and temperate climate, a circumstance which, conjointly with the beautiful, rich, and picturesque scenery which they furnish, contributes not a little to induce multitudes of fashionable loungers to make the villages of Great and Little Malvern, which are situated upon the eastern side of these hills, the temporary theatres of their œstival gaieties.
The climate, particularly in the middle, south, and west of the county, is remarkably mild, soft, healthy, and salubrious. The vale of the Severn, but little elevated above the level of the sea, and the vallies of the Avon and Teme, upon nearly the same level, with the contiguous uplands, rising to 50,100, or 150 feet above their level, have, at this low elevation, a warmth and softness, that ripens the grain and brings to perfection the fruits of the earth, from a fortnight to a monlh earlier than in more elevated counties, even though the soil and surface were similar. To the north-east of Bromsgrove, arises a ridge of hills termed the Lickey, which continues in a chain to Hagley, and diverges easterly in various directions, rising in some peaks to 800 or 900 feet. This district, from its height, exposure, and inclement atmosphere, may be considered, in point of climate, as three or four degrees more north than the fertile parts of the county. The other elevated grounds are the Malvern hills, that extend upon a base about six miles in length, and from one to two in breadth; the ridge formed by them divides this county from Herefordshire. Abberley hills, in the north-west, are of considerable magnitude, extending over the parish of this name, and rising 800 or 900 feet perpendicularly above the Severn.
The soil, though various, is generally rich and fertile; producing grain and fruit in the greatest profusion, and abundant pasturage.
RIVERS
The principal rivers of this county are the Severn, the Avon, the Teme, and the Stour.
The Severn, the principal river of this county, and the second in rank after the Thames, whether we regard the length of its course, the majesty of its stream, or the extensive advantages which the commerce of the county derives from it, takes its came from the British word Sabi or Sabrin, which denote sandy, and allude to the extreme muddiness of its waters, which is particularly remarkable after rain, when a phenomenon almost peculiar to this river, and expressively denominated by the tenants of its banks the Boar, presents itself: this phænomenon shall be further noticed elsewhere. Adapting the British name to their own orthography, the Romans latinised the name of this river, by giving it a feminine termination, and calling it Sabrina, whence, with a trifling alteration, may be easily traced the Severn of the moderns. The name by which the Welch still designate this river fully expresses their sense of its importance, Ha au rian in their language signifying the Queen of rivers.
The Severn is a free river for whoever chooses to embark upon it, without toll or tonnage. The barges against the stream, when not favoured by the wind, though they hoist mast and sail, are hauled chiefly by men, ten, twelve, or more, sometimes at a barge; but lately, horses have been introduced to assist the men. Several attempts have been made to remove the shoals, but if this is effected upon one of them, another forms in its place. The middle of the channel being kept as regular and uniform as possible, whatever interruption may take place, when the autumnal rains fall, the navigation is restored.
The source of the Severn is to be found among the cliffs of Plynlimmon, which has the honour of giving birth to three remarkable rivers, which, rising within a short distance of each other, pursue different courses, but at last pour their tributary waters into the same sea. Besides the Severn, the Wye, famous for its romantic beauties, and itself finally a tributary to the Severn, and the Dee, which washing the savage cliffs of Montgomeryshire, and winding through the luxuriant vales of Abbe Crucis and Llangollen, hastens by the walls of the ancient city of Chester, to meet the waters of the Irish sea, have their fountains among the quartose precipices of the cloud-capped Plynlimmon..
The Severn, having washed the fortifications of the venerable capital of the county of Salop, enters the county of Worcester, between Kidderminster and Bewdley, and pursuing a southerly course, nearly through the centre of the county, receives at the little commercial town of Stourport, about 10 miles north of the city of Worcester, the tributary stream of the Stour, and the commerce of the northern and inland counties, poured in by the Staffordshire canal. Continuing its course through rich meadows and beautiful pasturages, it receives, at the distance of about seven miles further, the waters of the Salwarp, which rising upon Bromsgrove Lickey, and washing the walls of Droitwich, hastens to terminate its course in the bosom of the Severn, accompanied, during the latter part of its course, by a canal leading from Droitwich.
Somewhat lower down, the stream of the Severn is further augmented by the waters of the Beverbourne, or Otter river, which derives its name from the multitude of otters which frequented it.
It next washes the wails of the rich and beautiful city of Worcester, and about three miles south of that city, has its stream increased by the tributary waters of the Teme; from this place, during the remainder of its course through this county, it receives no river of importance, till it reaches the southern confines at Tewkesbury, where it is honoured by admixture with the celebrated waters of the classic Avon. Thus having wound its course for the space of about 50 miles through this county, fortifying and draining the lands upon either side of it, and enriching the inhabitants, by the extensive inland commerce which is carried on through the assistance of its waters, this majestic river hastens through the rich vales of Gloucestershire, to receive the richly-laden ships, which come down the Avon, from Bristol, and convey them down the channel to the vast Atlantic.
Having thus cursorily noticed the track pursued by this noble river, which has the honour of washing no less than three of our most respectable and ancient provincial capitals, it remains for us with equal brevity to notice its productions.
The Severn is particularly noticed for affording three sorts of fish, namely the salmon, the shad, and the lamprey or lampern, two species of the same genus. Such was the abundance of salmon formerly taken in this river, that when children were bound as apprentices, or servants engaged for hire, an especial contract was entered into that they should not be obliged to eat of that fish more than twice in each week. The shad was not caught in so great an abundance.
The lamprey, taken in this river, is the same with that which Linnzeus denominates the Petromyzon Marinus; this fish, usually an inhabitant of the ocean, annually visits the Severn for the purpose of depositing its spawn, early in the spring. This fish is easily distinguished by its superior size, from the fresh-water species, which we shall immediately mention; it often attains to the weight of from three to four pounds, and is much esteemed by those who are accustomed to revel in the luxuries of epicurism: eaten in excess this fish is unwholesome, as the death of Henry I. evinces.
The fresh-water lamprey, or lampern, as it is commonly called, which Linnæus distinguishes by the name of Petromyzon Fluviatilis, is more abundant, but smaller and cheaper than the preceding. These fish resemble eels in their form and slimness; their colour is blackish upon the back, and blue upon their bellies, and upon each side of their throat they have seven parallel holes, which serve them in the place of gills. They are found in the greatest perfection in spring; but being more abundant than the sea-lamprey, are held in less estimation.
The Severn is remarkable for a phenomenon called the Boar, which is merely a swelling of its waters by the inundations of the mountain torrents, which it receives in its course through Wales. The name is derived from the noise, which at a distance this accumulated mass of water rising many feet perpendicular above the customary level of the stream, makes in its devastating progress; those who happen to be overtaken by it upon its banks are involved in inevitable destruction.
The Severn is navigable for trows of no tons, as high as Gloucester, for those of 80 tons to Tewkesbury, for those of 70 tons to Worcester, and of 60 to Stourport and Bewdley. Trows of 40 tons can proceed as high as Shrewsbury.
The Avon, a river which derives an adscititious celebrity from the circumstance of its washing the walls of the town which had the honour of giving birth to the inimitable Shakspeare, rises in the county of Northampton, in the neighbourhood of Wellford, not far from the confines of that county, which it, for a short part of its course, divides from Leicestershire, and pursuing a course slightly inclining to the southward of west, it enters the county of Warwick, crossing the old Homan road called Walling Street, at the point where the three counties of Warwick, Leicester, and Northampton meet. After entering Warwickshire, it continues, with innumerable sinuosities, still to preserve, with little deviation, the same line of direction which it had when dividing the counties of Leicester and Northampton. Crossing the turnpike road at the distance of about three miles south of Coventry, it takes a more southerly direction, and passing close under the walls of the ancient city of Warwick, hastens to lave the classic walls of Stratford-upon-Avon, immortalized as the birthplace of the illustrious Shakspeare. Proceeding hence, it enters, after a sinuous course of a few miles, the county of Worcester, in the vicinity of the little village of Salford, upon the confines of the two counties; continuing its south-western course, across the northern extremity of the fertile and beautiful vale of Evesham (or Ecsham, as it is commonly pronounced) it winds round the southern side of the town, from which the vale is named: here it makes a reach to the northward, and flowing in a curvilinear direction, passes the town of Pershore, and continuing thence a more southerly course, it finally blends its waters with those of the majestic Severn, at a very short distance to the northward of Tewkesbury, having first received the Carren Brook, which rising in the neighbourhood of Overbury, constitutes, for the greater part of its course, a portion of the boundary between this county and that of Gloucester. We have been thus minute in tracing the course of the Avon, or the East Avon, as it is frequently called, in contradistinction to the western Avon, which rising in Wiltshire, and washing in its course the walls of Bath and of Bristol, also falls into the Severn, on account of the celebrity it has long possessed, from its passing through the town of Shakspeare’s nativity; an excuse this, which we trust our readers will accept for the tedious minuteness of our description.
The Teme is the next river of importance in this county, which it enters at the north-western extremity, not quite three miles west of Tenbury. This river, for part of its course, rather hounds than flows through the county, which however it fairly enters, about two miles east of Tenbury, and hence, pursuing a somewhat arched course to the southward, it again becomes, for a few miles of its course, a boundary of the county; quitting the borders a little to the north of the village of Knightwick, it assumes a south-eastern direction, and flowing through a rich and fertile country, falls into the Severn about three miles to the southward of the city of Worcester.
The Stour rises in Staffordshire, and forming a line of separation between that county and Worcester, for some part of its course, enters the latter county in the vicinity of Stourbridge, and flowing through the town of Kidderminster, disembogues itself into the Severn near Stourport, having for the latter part of its course been accompanied by the new navigable canal, which we have already noticed as connecting the waters of the Severn and the Mersey, opening a facility of inland navigation highly beneficial to the interests of commerce.
Many streams of little note, but no inconsiderable utility to the farmer, water this county, of which, however, they do not form sufficiently striking features to merit or demand particular description.
CANALS
Besides the facility of inland navigation, furnished to the inhabitants of this county by the many considerable rivers which flowthrough it, a water communication with some of the most distant counties is further procured, by the artificial aid of canals: of these the following are the principal.
First, the Droilwich Canal, which commencing at the town from whence it takes its name, proceeds by Bryer’s mill and over Falsham-pill Brook, to the village of Salwarp; thence, over Martin Brook, by Hill End, through Lady Wood; over Atterburn Brook, by Jacob’s Ladder, and Hawfordrough, to Hill Top, and across the road from Kidderminster to Worcester, by Hawford house into the Severn, near the junction of that river with the Salwarp. —The length of this canal is five miles and five furlongs, having a fall of about 56 feet six inches during this course.
Second, the Worcester and Birmingham Canal, which commences at the latter town, and passing through the parishes of Edgebaston, Northfield, King’s Norton, Aberchurch, Tardebig, Stoke Prior, Dodderhill, Haudbury, Hadsor, Herableton, Oddingby, Tibberton, Hinling, Warndon, Claines, and St. Martin’s, falls into the Severn, at a place called Diglis, on the south side of the city of Worcester, having completed a course of 31 miles and a half, of which the first 16 are upon a level, while the remaining 15 and a half have a fall of 448 feet. This canal opens a valuable communication between these two great manufacturing towns, as also between the several towns situated upon the banks of the Severn below Worcester, and the great sea-port and manufacturing towns in the North.
Third, Dudley Extension Canal, which joining the Dudley Canal near Netherton, and making a bend to the south-west round the high ground, comes to Windmill End, and taking a south-eastern course passes through Combeswood, by Hales Owen, at the foot of that enchanting spot, the Leasowes; it afterwards enters a very long tunnel, and passing Wroley Castle, falls into the Birmingham and Worcester Canal, near Silly Oak, having completed a course of 10 miles and five furlongs, without once deviating from a level. At Combeswood it passes through a short tunnel of only 17 chains, but the tunnel beyond Hales Owen is nearly two miles. From Windmill End two collateral cuts, having a fall of about 64 feet, proceed to the town of Dudley.
The Worcester and Birmingham Canal Company have agreed that as soon as any reduction of the rates for navigating the Worcester and Birmingham Canal takes place, a similar reduction shall be made and continued upon all goods, &c. passing from this canal, except such as are navigated towards Birmingham.
The Dudley Canal runs through so small a portion of the county of Worcester, as scarcely to merit even this cursory mention.
From the Birmingham and Worcester Canal a branch strikes off at the village of King’s Norton, and soon after entering the county of Warwick, proceeds to Stratford, where it falls into the Avon.
The Staffordshire Canal entering this county in the vicinity of the little village of Kniver, a short distance to the west of Stourbridge, and pursuing a course nearly parallel to the little river Stour, falls into the Severn, at the busy town of Stoarport, about four miles south of Bewdley and Kidderminster.
ROADS
The principal roads from town to town being supported by toll gates, are generally kept in good repair; though the latter are neither numerous nor extravagant. Some of the cross roads in the clayey districts are very bad, where little attention is paid to plashing hedges, opening ditches, or other modes of mending. The establishment of a Road Club in the Vale of Evesham, has given a new face to that part of the county, having been established ever since 1792. The materials here for malting of roads, as limestone and gravel, are very good, and when judiciously laid, last a considerable time without wanting much repair.
BRIDGES
The principal in this county are those over the Severn, of which that of Worcester is a very handsome modern structure. There is another at Upton, and a third at Bewdley; but the most extraordinary is that at Stourport, consisting of a single iron arch over the main channel of the river, of 150 feet span, and above 50 feet perpendicular rise over low water. The avenues to this main arch consist of a number of brick arches covering the flood water way; the former bridge was of stone, and after standing a few years from its erection, was swept away by a great flood, and immense shoals of ice, brought down in consequence of a sudden thaw. The present iron arch is so roomy, that no obstruction can possibly arise to the course of the river under any circumstances.
BUILDINGS AND FARM HOUSES
This county contains a great number of magnificent residences of the nobility and gentry; but most of the farm houses have been erected at different, and many of them in remote times, before elegance, or even comfort and convenience were thought of. The situations of these were mostly ill chosen, being placed off the farm in villages. As to out-offices, very few instances of particular convenience are to be found in their construction, so that the farmer has been obliged to make shift as well as he could. It was formerly a general custom to build farm houses in very low situations, for the convenience of water, and most of the old buildings continue in such places.
COTTAGES
These, analogous to the farm buildings, are of different ages of construction; those in different parts of the county, occupied by farming labourers, have in general nothing to recommend them; in the ancient villages and common field parishes, they often consist of timber and plaster walls, covered with thatch, and are merely a shelter from the weather, with the addition of a garden for potatoes and other vegetables. The most comfortable cottages are in the parish of Broinsgrove, particularly near the Lickey, having each an allotment of land. Upon Bourn Heath also, about twenty cottagers had their land enfranchised upon its enclosure. Here they live on their own premises, with well cultivated gardens, potatoes, and pigs, but no cows. Many of these cottages are built with brick and tile, and are partly inhabited by farm labourers. In some of the older cottages in the same parish, the occupiers are owners, and besides potatoe grounds and gardens, have the addition of fruit trees, which adds considerably to their comforts. Several of them are very properly built near a perennial stream of clear water, an object of considerable consequence.
RENTS AND SIZE OF FARMS
Rents are universally paid in money, though slight personal services are sometimes required, as team work, keeping a game dog for the landlord, &c. Common field farms, with enclosures, near the homestead, are generally 20s. the acre; enclosed farms of inferior land, about the same; but those of better land rise to 30s. per acre, and in some few instances have risen even to 50s. per acre all round; but these were of superior staple, and contained a good proportion of pasture or meadow land.
The farms, says Mr. Pomeroy, are small, from 40l. or 50l. to 300l. or 400l. a year; but some larger. The number of gentlemen who occupy land, has increased considerably of late years, and some of them hold out very laudable examples of improvement. The estates are in general held by tenants at will, with no other restrictions than what custom has introduced; but there are some instances of old leases for long terms, and these farms being low rented, has set landlords generally against granting leases; when granted lately, they have been generally running leases for twenty-one years conditionally, but determinable every seven years. The land is divided between pasturage and cultivation.
The landed property of this county, like that of all other commercial parts of the empire, is diffused among the various classes, from the privileged peer, the titled commoner, the opulent esquire, the merchant, thriving manufacturer or tradesman, to the independent, but less opulent freeholder and yeoman. Land being often upon sale, becomes the property of those who have saved money to purchase it, either by hereditary property, by trade, or agriculture. The county has a good many resident families of considerable opulence.
TENURES AND LEASES
Here, as in other parts, they are either freehold, held by a prescriptive right; copyhold, held under a superior lord, by a copy roll in perpetuity, but subject to payment of fines upon death of the owner, by his successor, or upon transfer or alienation; or, thirdly, leasehold under the church or public bodies, for three lives; when a life drops, the lessor may or may not, at his pleasure, put in another; but having only a life interest he generally does so upon payment of a suitable fine by the lessee; the reserved rents in these cases being generally very small in proportion to the present value. The leases commonly granted are for twenty-one years; but many according to circumstances and the opinion of the proprietors. tithes.
The ancient enclosures here are generally tithe-able; but in the modern ones, the tithe has been sometimes commuted for by an allotment of land to the rector or other tithe owner, though in some instances the latter has refused his consent to such exoneration; but every person of a sound mind and a good disposition, must prefer solid property in land to tithes. Many clergymen are practical farmers beyond their glebe, and some are even stewards to noblemen. The Rev. Dr. Nash thought the getting rid of tithes a thing much to be wished by all, generally advantageous to the occupier, and, though not always profitable to the rector, yet certainly conducive to his ease and happiness. The tithe of hops in this county is complained of, and deemed a greater hardship than even that of grain, as being an article raised at more expence and with greater labour. enclosures.
The greater part of Worcestershire is ancient enclosure, the fences being often full of timber trees, especially elm, of which is produced here the finest in England: hence the fence is often composed of smooth wood, elm, willow and hazel, as well as of crab-tree and hawthorn. In the middle, south, and west of the county, fruit trees are often interspersed in the hedge rows; and thus a useful and valuable article is obtained without loss of premises. Modern enclosures are formed of post and rail, and sometimes two rows with mounds, and a quickset fence planted between them. The modern quicksets are the white hawthorn, without any mixture but of crab-tree and holly. The ancient fences are renewed by moulding up and plashing. The latest enclosures have been partly from waste and part common fields. The greatest is that from Bromsgrove Lickey, which has consisted of some thousand acres, formerly covered with heath, furze, and fern; but now with good crops of turnips, clover, potatoes, and various kinds of grain. Part of the vale of Evesham, and some other rich common fields, are of modern enclosure.
CATTLE
The horses are generally of the strong black breed, though other sorts and colours are occasionally met with; but the breed leaves room for great improvement. Moles in this county are used for agriculture; and Mr. Carpenter, near Bromsgrove, has employed a strong gelding ass, with panniers, which set an example to others. Worcestershire has no particular breed of cattle; the bullocks are furnished from Herefordshire and the other adjoining counties. The same observation is partly applicable to the sheep, though there is a breed peculiar to the Coteswold Hills, a part of which is in this county; these are without horns, long-wooled, and of large size, having broad loins and full thighs, but rather light in their fore-quarters. The large slouched-eared sort of hogs are the most common to be seen.
IMPLEMENTS
In the north-east parts of the county, the same kind of ploughs are used as in Staffordshire, being a two-wheel single furrow, drawn by three horses, and requiring no holder. The two-wheel furrow plough, upon the same principles, one man can manage both as holder and driver. In the vale of Evesham, &c. the turf plough is used for breaking up of turf land; this plough has two shares, one before and above the other. The ploughs in the vale are of wood, except the coulter; very long intails, throck and shelve board. The harrows are of the usual construction; the waggons and carts remarkably heavy. The sickle now used for catting wheat was introduced about the year 1750. Scufflers, and also the common and spiked roller, are occasionally used in Worcestershire, and drill machines are pretty much in use. The four-wheeled trolly is common all over Severn; this is, in fact, a waggon in miniature: a similar carriage, on low cast iron wheels, is much used in the city of Worcester for carrying coals, hops, &c. An implement rather peculiar to this county, called a kerf, is used in the hop grounds for moulding up the young plants; it is a strong and heavy hoe, the size and weight nearly equal to the bit of a common spade.
WASTES AND FORESTS
Worcestershire in early times was completely covered with trees; but about the time of the Norman conquest it had but five forests, Feckenham, Ombersley, Horewell, Malvern, and Wyre. Feckenham was very extensive, but being disafforested in 1629, it has now almost ceased to exist, through the continual demands of fuel for the salt-works at Droitwich. Ombersley forest began at the north gate of Worcester, and extended along the banks of the Severn. Horewell forest on the south, run along the eastern road to Spetchley, thence to Thurgarton and across the Avon, including all the country between the two principal rivers. Neither of these forests have existed as such, since the reign of Henry the Third. Malvern forest extended in length from the river Teme, in the north, towards Gloucestershire in the south, and from the Severn to the top of the Malvern Hills. Wyre forest occupied the south-western part of the county, extending into Shropshire and Staffordshire. Besides such parts of these forests as are still in existence, there are many tracts of woodland, consisting chiefly of oak and ash, and some beech of a most excellent quality; and in the hedge-rows there are great quantities of elm; but the great demand for hop poles, and the great price paid for trees and underwood, for the purpose of making charcoal for the iron works in the neighbouring counties, have occasioned an uncommon degree of consumption.
MANUFACTURES
The principal in Worcester city is that of gloves, which has employed 4000 persons there and in the environs. Here are also two more manufactures of porcelain or China ware. Messrs. Flight and Barr’s had the honour of his late Majesty’s patronage upon his visit to this city some years ago. Some good articles got up here in the cabinet and furniture way, are sold to distant places; but the principal manufacture of Stourbridge, is that of glass, which has long flourished here and at Dudley. Many sheep skins are also manufactured into leather. Bromsgrove has been employed in the wool combing and spinning way, from long wool; the yarn going to the stocking weavers of Leicestershire. The other manufactures are linen for wear, table linen, and sheets finished and whitened; needles, small nails, tacks, tenter-hooks, &c. Most of the towns contain tanner’s yards. Dudley and its vicinity is famous for nails, needles, and fish-hooks. Glass utensils are also manufactured here in great perfection. Kidderminster has a manufacture of carpets, also of stuffs of worsted and of silk and worsted. Each of these trades have fluctuated more or less since the peace of 1814. Pig iron, from the Staffordshire and Shropshire founderies, is rendered malleable at the iron-works on the Stour and its collateral streams, being there worked into bars, rods, sheet iron, &c..
LEARNED MEN AND LITERATURE
John de Feckenham, or Howman; he was the last Abbot of Westminster, and died in 1585.
Camden calls him a learned and benevolent man. William Habington, an historian and poet, born 1605; died 1654. Lord George Lyttelton, an elegant historian, poet, and miscellaneous writer; born at Hagley, 1709; died 1773. Cardinald Reginald Pole, an eminent statesman, and Archbishop of Canterbury, in the reign of Queen Mary; born at Slaverton Castle, 1500; died 1558. Lord John Somers, Chancellor of England, a most incorrupt lawyer, and honest statesman, a masterly orator, a genius of the finest taste, and a patriot of the noblest and most extensive views: a man who dispensed blessings by his life, and planned them for posterity; born at Worcester, 1652; died 1716. William Walsh, a critic and poet; born at Abberley, 1663; died 1708.
Mr. Baskerville, one of the first printers in the world, was born at Wolverley, near Kidderminster, in 1706. After his death in 1775, as no purchasers could be found in England for his elegant types, his executors sold them to a literary society in Paris, for 3,700l. Mr. Baskerville was buried in his own grounds at Birmingham, owing to his dislike of the ceremony of consecrating ground for the purpose of interment. Mr. Baskerville was a disbeliever in Christianity; but always treated those from whom he differed in opinion with modesty and deference.
Worcester produces two weekly Newspapers, the Worcester Journal, and the Worcester Herald.
POPULATION
This county, according to the census of 1811, contained 78,033 males, and 82,513 females, making a total of 160,546 persons.
CIVIL AND ECCLESIASTICAL DIVISIONS
Worcestershire contains five hundreds and limits, with 152 parishes, 1 city, and 11 market towns. It returns nine members to Parliament, viz. two for the county, two for the city, two for each of the boroughs of Droitwich and Evesham, and one for Bewdley. It is included in the Oxford circuit, and belongs to the province of Canterbury.
LIST OF BANKERS
At Bewdley, Skey and Sons draw upon Lubbock and Co. London. Old Bank, Roberts, Baker, and Co. upon the same. Bewdley Bank, Pardoe and Co. upon Hoare, Barnet, and Co. London. At Bromsgrove, Rufford and Co. draw upon Fry and Chapman, London. At Evesham, Oldaker and Co., and Messrs. Hartlands, draw upon Barclay and Co. London. At Kidderminster, Wakeman and Co. upon Curtis and Co. London. At Dudley, Dixon and Co. upon Masterman and Co. London. Hordern and Co. upon Sansom and Co. London. At Stourbridge, Rufford and Co. upon Spooner and Co. London. At Worcester, Berwick and Co. upon Curtis and Co. London; and Farley and Co. upon Curtis and Co.
Most Common Surnames in Worcestershire
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smith | 9,065 | 1:64 | 1.43% | 1 |
| 2 | Jones | 7,277 | 1:79 | 1.91% | 2 |
| 3 | Taylor | 4,409 | 1:131 | 1.50% | 3 |
| 4 | Williams | 4,403 | 1:131 | 1.62% | 5 |
| 5 | Davies | 3,370 | 1:172 | 1.92% | 8 |
| 6 | Evans | 3,097 | 1:187 | 2.00% | 13 |
| 7 | Harris | 2,881 | 1:201 | 2.19% | 23 |
| 8 | Hill | 2,523 | 1:229 | 2.13% | 28 |
| 9 | Roberts | 2,464 | 1:235 | 1.69% | 16 |
| 10 | Brown | 2,413 | 1:240 | 0.85% | 4 |
| 11 | Price | 2,405 | 1:240 | 3.17% | 66 |
| 12 | Thomas | 2,333 | 1:248 | 1.68% | 19 |
| 13 | Morris | 2,307 | 1:251 | 2.21% | 39 |
| 14 | Clarke | 2,233 | 1:259 | 1.65% | 20 |
| 15 | Edwards | 2,170 | 1:266 | 1.68% | 24 |
| 16 | Hughes | 2,164 | 1:267 | 1.86% | 30 |
| 17 | Lewis | 2,157 | 1:268 | 1.94% | 35 |
| 18 | Davis | 2,099 | 1:275 | 2.18% | 43 |
| 19 | Green | 2,005 | 1:288 | 1.40% | 17 |
| 20 | Walker | 1,834 | 1:315 | 1.21% | 14 |
| 21 | Griffiths | 1,775 | 1:326 | 2.70% | 80 |
| 22 | Wood | 1,769 | 1:327 | 1.34% | 22 |
| 23 | Johnson | 1,682 | 1:344 | 0.88% | 7 |
| 24 | Hall | 1,642 | 1:352 | 1.16% | 18 |
| 25 | Turner | 1,637 | 1:353 | 1.28% | 25 |
| 25 | Wright | 1,637 | 1:353 | 1.03% | 11 |
| 27 | White | 1,613 | 1:358 | 1.08% | 15 |
| 28 | James | 1,603 | 1:361 | 1.76% | 45 |
| 29 | Baker | 1,583 | 1:365 | 1.44% | 36 |
| 30 | Wilson | 1,574 | 1:367 | 0.80% | 6 |
| 31 | Powell | 1,534 | 1:377 | 2.55% | 91 |
| 32 | Bennett | 1,527 | 1:379 | 1.69% | 46 |
| 32 | Phillips | 1,527 | 1:379 | 1.74% | 48 |
| 34 | Robinson | 1,514 | 1:382 | 0.94% | 10 |
| 35 | Thompson | 1,502 | 1:385 | 0.95% | 12 |
| 36 | Harrison | 1,492 | 1:388 | 1.34% | 34 |
| 37 | Cooper | 1,487 | 1:389 | 1.22% | 27 |
| 38 | Morgan | 1,375 | 1:421 | 1.67% | 58 |
| 39 | Cox | 1,346 | 1:430 | 1.73% | 62 |
| 40 | Allen | 1,330 | 1:435 | 1.26% | 38 |
| 41 | Ward | 1,283 | 1:451 | 1.10% | 29 |
| 42 | Martin | 1,271 | 1:455 | 1.03% | 26 |
| 43 | Collins | 1,257 | 1:460 | 1.52% | 57 |
| 44 | Carter | 1,232 | 1:469 | 1.42% | 52 |
| 45 | Cook | 1,225 | 1:472 | 1.43% | 53 |
| 46 | Adams | 1,190 | 1:486 | 1.61% | 68 |
| 47 | Lloyd | 1,180 | 1:490 | 2.33% | 110 |
| 48 | Moore | 1,162 | 1:498 | 1.00% | 31 |
| 49 | Webb | 1,155 | 1:501 | 1.75% | 79 |
| 50 | Knight | 1,138 | 1:508 | 1.86% | 88 |
| 51 | Parker | 1,137 | 1:509 | 1.19% | 44 |
| 52 | Jackson | 1,128 | 1:513 | 0.84% | 21 |
| 53 | Richards | 1,085 | 1:533 | 1.63% | 78 |
| 54 | Rogers | 1,053 | 1:549 | 1.69% | 86 |
| 55 | Mason | 1,047 | 1:552 | 1.55% | 76 |
| 56 | Jenkins | 1,025 | 1:564 | 2.47% | 140 |
| 57 | Andrews | 1,021 | 1:566 | 2.02% | 111 |
| 57 | Bradley | 1,021 | 1:566 | 2.14% | 123 |
| 59 | Lee | 980 | 1:590 | 0.92% | 37 |
| 60 | Hunt | 961 | 1:602 | 1.49% | 81 |
| 61 | Young | 949 | 1:609 | 1.07% | 47 |
| 62 | Bishop | 931 | 1:621 | 2.68% | 180 |
| 63 | King | 920 | 1:629 | 0.82% | 33 |
| 64 | Brookes | 878 | 1:659 | 4.12% | 342 |
| 65 | Mills | 864 | 1:669 | 1.39% | 85 |
| 66 | Shaw | 860 | 1:672 | 1.01% | 55 |
| 67 | Mitchell | 854 | 1:677 | 0.98% | 50 |
| 68 | Matthews | 849 | 1:681 | 1.40% | 89 |
| 69 | Bailey | 846 | 1:684 | 0.97% | 51 |
| 70 | Richardson | 803 | 1:720 | 0.92% | 49 |
| 71 | Marshall | 796 | 1:726 | 1.04% | 64 |
| 72 | Fisher | 790 | 1:732 | 1.35% | 94 |
| 73 | Wilkes | 784 | 1:738 | 6.25% | 607 |
| 74 | Perry | 782 | 1:739 | 1.86% | 138 |
| 75 | Clark | 779 | 1:742 | 0.68% | 32 |
| 75 | Reynolds | 779 | 1:742 | 1.58% | 116 |
| 77 | Fletcher | 775 | 1:746 | 1.42% | 101 |
| 78 | Owen | 770 | 1:751 | 1.56% | 113 |
| 79 | Russell | 758 | 1:763 | 1.30% | 97 |
| 80 | Watson | 751 | 1:770 | 0.76% | 42 |
| 81 | Lane | 747 | 1:774 | 2.12% | 178 |
| 82 | Butler | 736 | 1:786 | 1.26% | 95 |
| 83 | Griffin | 734 | 1:788 | 2.49% | 225 |
| 83 | Palmer | 734 | 1:788 | 1.15% | 82 |
| 85 | Saunders | 723 | 1:800 | 1.47% | 115 |
| 86 | Pugh | 711 | 1:813 | 4.18% | 430 |
| 87 | Bird | 710 | 1:814 | 1.94% | 165 |
| 88 | Day | 704 | 1:821 | 1.43% | 117 |
| 89 | Bourne | 690 | 1:838 | 5.39% | 589 |
| 90 | Bayliss | 686 | 1:843 | 6.74% | 775 |
| 91 | Kelly | 684 | 1:845 | 0.86% | 59 |
| 92 | Hopkins | 681 | 1:849 | 2.44% | 238 |
| 92 | Payne | 681 | 1:849 | 1.40% | 121 |
| 92 | Stokes | 681 | 1:849 | 2.80% | 288 |
| 95 | Wheeler | 670 | 1:863 | 2.19% | 213 |
| 96 | Simpson | 669 | 1:864 | 0.88% | 65 |
| 97 | Stevens | 661 | 1:875 | 1.12% | 92 |
| 98 | Oliver | 654 | 1:884 | 1.75% | 159 |
| 99 | Whitehouse | 647 | 1:894 | 3.97% | 454 |
| 100 | Cooke | 645 | 1:897 | 1.77% | 172 |
| 101 | Scott | 644 | 1:898 | 0.63% | 41 |
| 101 | Watkins | 644 | 1:898 | 2.54% | 268 |
| 103 | Foster | 643 | 1:899 | 0.90% | 72 |
| 104 | Harper | 642 | 1:901 | 1.93% | 190 |
| 105 | Burton | 641 | 1:902 | 1.37% | 126 |
| 106 | Cole | 638 | 1:906 | 1.32% | 122 |
| 107 | Harvey | 636 | 1:909 | 1.11% | 98 |
| 108 | Rose | 629 | 1:919 | 1.39% | 130 |
| 108 | Stanley | 629 | 1:919 | 2.51% | 273 |
| 110 | Barnes | 624 | 1:927 | 1.02% | 87 |
| 111 | Preece | 616 | 1:939 | 6.53% | 843 |
| 112 | Hemming | 605 | 1:956 | 13.92% | 1,890 |
| 113 | Parsons | 604 | 1:957 | 1.64% | 163 |
| 114 | Newman | 603 | 1:959 | 1.45% | 139 |
| 115 | Pearson | 595 | 1:972 | 1.04% | 99 |
| 116 | Stephens | 584 | 1:990 | 2.34% | 275 |
| 117 | Barnett | 583 | 1:992 | 2.22% | 259 |
| 118 | Ellis | 581 | 1:995 | 0.82% | 73 |
| 119 | Miles | 577 | 1:1,002 | 1.93% | 221 |
| 120 | Murphy | 576 | 1:1,004 | 0.81% | 74 |
| 121 | Ford | 571 | 1:1,013 | 1.15% | 112 |
| 121 | Jordan | 571 | 1:1,013 | 1.83% | 204 |
| 123 | Field | 568 | 1:1,018 | 2.32% | 284 |
| 123 | Gardner | 568 | 1:1,018 | 1.60% | 177 |
| 125 | Lowe | 558 | 1:1,036 | 1.39% | 143 |
| 126 | Potter | 555 | 1:1,042 | 1.76% | 203 |
| 127 | Wilkinson | 554 | 1:1,044 | 0.75% | 69 |
| 128 | Poole | 551 | 1:1,049 | 2.14% | 263 |
| 129 | Weaver | 549 | 1:1,053 | 3.99% | 541 |
| 130 | Barker | 547 | 1:1,057 | 0.91% | 90 |
| 131 | Nicholls | 543 | 1:1,065 | 1.64% | 192 |
| 132 | Bell | 542 | 1:1,067 | 0.64% | 56 |
| 133 | Walters | 537 | 1:1,077 | 2.07% | 262 |
| 134 | Brooks | 529 | 1:1,093 | 1.09% | 119 |
| 135 | Freeman | 528 | 1:1,095 | 1.53% | 184 |
| 136 | Willis | 527 | 1:1,097 | 1.74% | 216 |
| 137 | Fox | 524 | 1:1,104 | 1.01% | 107 |
| 138 | Hudson | 522 | 1:1,108 | 1.23% | 135 |
| 139 | Woodward | 516 | 1:1,121 | 1.90% | 247 |
| 140 | Holmes | 513 | 1:1,127 | 0.82% | 84 |
| 141 | Miller | 512 | 1:1,129 | 0.65% | 61 |
| 142 | Farmer | 508 | 1:1,138 | 3.18% | 473 |
| 143 | Sanders | 505 | 1:1,145 | 2.21% | 312 |
| 144 | Birch | 502 | 1:1,152 | 2.29% | 329 |
| 145 | Bullock | 500 | 1:1,156 | 3.57% | 527 |
| 145 | Watts | 500 | 1:1,156 | 1.17% | 134 |
| 147 | George | 499 | 1:1,159 | 1.60% | 205 |
| 148 | Nash | 498 | 1:1,161 | 1.86% | 252 |
| 149 | Campbell | 497 | 1:1,163 | 0.79% | 83 |
| 150 | Parkes | 493 | 1:1,173 | 3.15% | 484 |
| 150 | Waldron | 493 | 1:1,173 | 7.10% | 1,183 |
| 152 | Bowen | 492 | 1:1,175 | 3.03% | 462 |
| 152 | Pritchard | 492 | 1:1,175 | 2.10% | 303 |
| 154 | Ball | 490 | 1:1,180 | 1.07% | 129 |
| 154 | Dixon | 490 | 1:1,180 | 0.84% | 96 |
| 154 | Perkins | 490 | 1:1,180 | 2.28% | 338 |
| 157 | Wall | 488 | 1:1,185 | 2.46% | 372 |
| 158 | Heath | 484 | 1:1,195 | 1.86% | 261 |
| 159 | Anderson | 475 | 1:1,217 | 0.63% | 67 |
| 160 | Barrett | 473 | 1:1,223 | 1.21% | 153 |
| 161 | Baldwin | 469 | 1:1,233 | 2.01% | 308 |
| 162 | Mann | 468 | 1:1,236 | 1.56% | 219 |
| 163 | Hart | 467 | 1:1,238 | 1.10% | 136 |
| 164 | Walton | 466 | 1:1,241 | 1.28% | 170 |
| 165 | Giles | 461 | 1:1,254 | 2.33% | 374 |
| 165 | Gill | 461 | 1:1,254 | 0.89% | 106 |
| 167 | Pearce | 459 | 1:1,260 | 0.96% | 125 |
| 168 | Hawkins | 458 | 1:1,263 | 1.26% | 171 |
| 169 | Cartwright | 454 | 1:1,274 | 2.14% | 343 |
| 170 | Beard | 452 | 1:1,279 | 3.45% | 573 |
| 171 | Dawson | 449 | 1:1,288 | 0.96% | 128 |
| 171 | Horton | 449 | 1:1,288 | 2.47% | 402 |
| 171 | Middleton | 449 | 1:1,288 | 1.70% | 257 |
| 174 | Parry | 447 | 1:1,294 | 1.75% | 265 |
| 175 | Atkinson | 445 | 1:1,299 | 0.91% | 120 |
| 175 | Chapman | 445 | 1:1,299 | 0.63% | 75 |
| 177 | Hadley | 444 | 1:1,302 | 4.88% | 874 |
| 178 | Porter | 443 | 1:1,305 | 1.17% | 158 |
| 178 | Tyler | 443 | 1:1,305 | 2.69% | 449 |
| 180 | Hayes | 440 | 1:1,314 | 1.11% | 146 |
| 181 | Chambers | 434 | 1:1,332 | 1.31% | 194 |
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smith | 7,243 | 1:53 | 1.99% | 1 |
| 2 | Jones | 5,589 | 1:68 | 3.42% | 3 |
| 3 | Taylor | 3,825 | 1:100 | 2.26% | 2 |
| 4 | Hill | 2,943 | 1:130 | 4.25% | 19 |
| 5 | Harris | 2,897 | 1:132 | 4.35% | 21 |
| 6 | Williams | 2,849 | 1:134 | 2.66% | 5 |
| 7 | Davis | 2,718 | 1:140 | 4.42% | 26 |
| 8 | Price | 2,330 | 1:164 | 7.27% | 74 |
| 9 | Evans | 1,960 | 1:194 | 3.30% | 28 |
| 10 | Green | 1,880 | 1:203 | 2.34% | 15 |
| 11 | Hughes | 1,697 | 1:225 | 3.81% | 47 |
| 12 | Morris | 1,663 | 1:229 | 3.49% | 41 |
| 13 | Edwards | 1,588 | 1:240 | 2.74% | 30 |
| 14 | Hall | 1,575 | 1:242 | 1.91% | 13 |
| 15 | Brown | 1,533 | 1:249 | 1.00% | 4 |
| 16 | Wood | 1,500 | 1:254 | 1.73% | 10 |
| 17 | Walker | 1,474 | 1:259 | 1.79% | 14 |
| 18 | Turner | 1,470 | 1:259 | 1.89% | 17 |
| 19 | Lewis | 1,422 | 1:268 | 3.47% | 53 |
| 20 | White | 1,376 | 1:277 | 1.63% | 11 |
| 21 | Cooper | 1,373 | 1:278 | 2.01% | 20 |
| 22 | Griffiths | 1,357 | 1:281 | 5.74% | 109 |
| 23 | Roberts | 1,344 | 1:284 | 2.06% | 22 |
| 24 | Powell | 1,308 | 1:291 | 5.09% | 97 |
| 25 | James | 1,306 | 1:292 | 3.41% | 62 |
| 26 | Johnson | 1,301 | 1:293 | 1.33% | 7 |
| 27 | Wright | 1,276 | 1:299 | 1.47% | 9 |
| 28 | Clarke | 1,241 | 1:307 | 2.15% | 31 |
| 29 | Davies | 1,227 | 1:311 | 2.45% | 38 |
| 30 | Baker | 1,179 | 1:323 | 1.86% | 24 |
| 31 | Webb | 1,173 | 1:325 | 2.99% | 56 |
| 32 | Robinson | 1,131 | 1:337 | 1.21% | 8 |
| 33 | Cook | 1,124 | 1:339 | 2.09% | 34 |
| 34 | Phillips | 1,122 | 1:340 | 3.21% | 70 |
| 35 | Hunt | 1,116 | 1:342 | 2.88% | 59 |
| 36 | Allen | 1,109 | 1:344 | 2.06% | 33 |
| 37 | Cox | 1,096 | 1:348 | 2.52% | 49 |
| 38 | Bennett | 1,089 | 1:350 | 2.35% | 45 |
| 39 | Thomas | 1,080 | 1:353 | 2.09% | 36 |
| 40 | Moore | 1,015 | 1:376 | 1.84% | 32 |
| 41 | Parkes | 973 | 1:392 | 15.95% | 576 |
| 42 | Mason | 967 | 1:394 | 2.63% | 65 |
| 43 | Andrews | 957 | 1:398 | 3.52% | 90 |
| 44 | Collins | 953 | 1:400 | 2.46% | 58 |
| 45 | Bradley | 929 | 1:410 | 4.05% | 114 |
| 46 | Lloyd | 926 | 1:412 | 4.42% | 127 |
| 47 | Ward | 924 | 1:412 | 1.48% | 25 |
| 48 | Hadley | 913 | 1:417 | 22.85% | 936 |
| 49 | Round | 906 | 1:421 | 33.05% | 1,337 |
| 50 | Brooks | 887 | 1:430 | 3.16% | 87 |
| 51 | Knight | 882 | 1:432 | 2.51% | 69 |
| 52 | Parker | 875 | 1:436 | 1.68% | 35 |
| 53 | Adams | 861 | 1:443 | 2.28% | 63 |
| 54 | Perry | 832 | 1:458 | 4.31% | 148 |
| 55 | Whitehouse | 818 | 1:466 | 10.74% | 452 |
| 56 | Harrison | 811 | 1:470 | 1.27% | 23 |
| 57 | Jackson | 810 | 1:471 | 1.03% | 16 |
| 57 | Pearson | 810 | 1:471 | 2.75% | 82 |
| 59 | Bishop | 809 | 1:471 | 4.13% | 147 |
| 60 | Mills | 808 | 1:472 | 2.25% | 67 |
| 61 | Morgan | 785 | 1:486 | 2.62% | 80 |
| 62 | Cole | 778 | 1:490 | 3.03% | 98 |
| 63 | Young | 773 | 1:493 | 1.79% | 50 |
| 64 | Baylis | 772 | 1:494 | 25.78% | 1,242 |
| 65 | Shaw | 766 | 1:498 | 1.59% | 40 |
| 66 | Griffin | 748 | 1:510 | 5.61% | 240 |
| 67 | Perkins | 747 | 1:510 | 7.13% | 330 |
| 68 | Cartwright | 746 | 1:511 | 6.79% | 315 |
| 69 | Wilson | 740 | 1:515 | 0.75% | 6 |
| 70 | Richards | 728 | 1:524 | 2.34% | 77 |
| 70 | Lane | 728 | 1:524 | 3.67% | 143 |
| 72 | Weaver | 718 | 1:531 | 9.74% | 471 |
| 73 | Carter | 697 | 1:547 | 1.43% | 39 |
| 74 | Field | 695 | 1:548 | 4.76% | 210 |
| 75 | Thompson | 682 | 1:559 | 0.81% | 12 |
| 76 | Parsons | 676 | 1:564 | 3.38% | 141 |
| 77 | Freeman | 673 | 1:566 | 3.65% | 162 |
| 78 | Palmer | 670 | 1:569 | 2.00% | 73 |
| 79 | Rogers | 667 | 1:571 | 1.95% | 72 |
| 80 | Payne | 666 | 1:572 | 2.84% | 111 |
| 81 | Potter | 661 | 1:577 | 4.04% | 183 |
| 82 | Martin | 659 | 1:578 | 1.10% | 27 |
| 83 | Guest | 646 | 1:590 | 10.25% | 548 |
| 84 | Westwood | 641 | 1:595 | 13.94% | 805 |
| 85 | Fisher | 634 | 1:601 | 2.05% | 78 |
| 85 | Fletcher | 634 | 1:601 | 1.98% | 75 |
| 85 | Perks | 634 | 1:601 | 26.66% | 1,553 |
| 88 | Clark | 631 | 1:604 | 0.90% | 18 |
| 89 | Watkins | 624 | 1:611 | 5.36% | 305 |
| 90 | Horton | 619 | 1:616 | 5.71% | 321 |
| 91 | Woodward | 616 | 1:619 | 4.27% | 213 |
| 92 | Pardoe | 615 | 1:620 | 48.46% | 2,762 |
| 93 | Stokes | 614 | 1:621 | 5.10% | 285 |
| 94 | Hemming | 611 | 1:624 | 23.09% | 1,376 |
| 95 | Bourne | 610 | 1:625 | 10.58% | 627 |
| 96 | Harper | 598 | 1:637 | 3.79% | 193 |
| 97 | Wall | 592 | 1:644 | 5.91% | 344 |
| 98 | King | 587 | 1:649 | 1.00% | 29 |
| 99 | Wheeler | 575 | 1:663 | 3.29% | 173 |
| 100 | Reynolds | 561 | 1:679 | 2.41% | 112 |
| 101 | Lowe | 557 | 1:684 | 2.62% | 124 |
| 101 | Pugh | 557 | 1:684 | 8.39% | 520 |
| 103 | Holloway | 555 | 1:687 | 6.20% | 388 |
| 104 | Stephens | 551 | 1:692 | 4.05% | 232 |
| 105 | Aston | 547 | 1:697 | 11.41% | 773 |
| 106 | Bullock | 545 | 1:699 | 5.76% | 371 |
| 106 | Grove | 545 | 1:699 | 17.06% | 1,171 |
| 108 | Wilkes | 540 | 1:706 | 10.83% | 736 |
| 109 | Matthews | 536 | 1:711 | 2.26% | 108 |
| 110 | Walters | 531 | 1:718 | 5.16% | 336 |
| 110 | Willetts | 531 | 1:718 | 32.12% | 2,196 |
| 112 | Darby | 528 | 1:722 | 11.32% | 791 |
| 113 | Bird | 521 | 1:732 | 2.39% | 121 |
| 114 | Brookes | 519 | 1:734 | 7.53% | 504 |
| 115 | Russell | 516 | 1:739 | 1.98% | 95 |
| 116 | Stevens | 514 | 1:742 | 1.70% | 79 |
| 117 | Farmer | 513 | 1:743 | 6.09% | 415 |
| 118 | Pritchard | 511 | 1:746 | 5.41% | 374 |
| 119 | Bayliss | 504 | 1:756 | 13.58% | 1,013 |
| 120 | Partridge | 502 | 1:759 | 7.22% | 496 |
| 121 | Butler | 499 | 1:764 | 1.80% | 88 |
| 122 | Day | 498 | 1:765 | 1.82% | 89 |
| 123 | Nash | 495 | 1:770 | 3.74% | 243 |
| 124 | Southall | 493 | 1:773 | 21.84% | 1,654 |
| 125 | Tyler | 492 | 1:775 | 5.74% | 401 |
| 126 | Foster | 491 | 1:776 | 1.28% | 61 |
| 127 | Barker | 486 | 1:784 | 1.27% | 60 |
| 128 | Hopkins | 484 | 1:787 | 3.48% | 224 |
| 128 | Willis | 484 | 1:787 | 3.14% | 199 |
| 130 | Lee | 475 | 1:802 | 1.02% | 43 |
| 131 | Rose | 474 | 1:804 | 2.38% | 142 |
| 132 | Pitt | 473 | 1:806 | 8.63% | 669 |
| 133 | Chance | 470 | 1:811 | 34.33% | 2,580 |
| 134 | Timmins | 460 | 1:829 | 19.94% | 1,608 |
| 135 | Hooper | 457 | 1:834 | 3.81% | 287 |
| 136 | Birch | 456 | 1:836 | 3.79% | 283 |
| 137 | Dunn | 450 | 1:847 | 2.24% | 137 |
| 138 | Sanders | 449 | 1:849 | 3.49% | 253 |
| 139 | Gibbs | 446 | 1:855 | 3.19% | 223 |
| 140 | Newman | 441 | 1:864 | 2.03% | 122 |
| 140 | Corbett | 441 | 1:864 | 8.83% | 734 |
| 142 | Bailey | 435 | 1:876 | 0.99% | 48 |
| 142 | Jenkins | 435 | 1:876 | 2.93% | 207 |
| 142 | Page | 435 | 1:876 | 1.91% | 117 |
| 145 | Hyde | 431 | 1:884 | 4.80% | 386 |
| 146 | Millward | 425 | 1:897 | 13.44% | 1,188 |
| 146 | Homer | 425 | 1:897 | 18.94% | 1,665 |
| 148 | Oliver | 422 | 1:903 | 2.30% | 164 |
| 149 | Bowen | 417 | 1:914 | 6.64% | 552 |
| 150 | Oakley | 414 | 1:921 | 6.68% | 561 |
| 151 | Hodges | 413 | 1:923 | 5.03% | 423 |
| 152 | Preece | 412 | 1:925 | 10.04% | 910 |
| 153 | Woodall | 411 | 1:927 | 17.33% | 1,555 |
| 154 | Barnes | 410 | 1:930 | 1.16% | 68 |
| 155 | Crump | 409 | 1:932 | 13.19% | 1,204 |
| 156 | Poole | 408 | 1:934 | 3.30% | 272 |
| 157 | Stanley | 407 | 1:936 | 3.61% | 309 |
| 158 | Gould | 402 | 1:948 | 4.03% | 346 |
| 159 | Hayes | 400 | 1:953 | 2.28% | 172 |
| 160 | Owen | 399 | 1:955 | 2.07% | 151 |
| 160 | Lea | 399 | 1:955 | 6.93% | 628 |
| 162 | Saunders | 396 | 1:962 | 1.57% | 101 |
| 162 | Bate | 396 | 1:962 | 7.99% | 742 |
| 164 | Knowles | 395 | 1:965 | 2.59% | 201 |
| 165 | Tolley | 394 | 1:967 | 25.39% | 2,321 |
| 166 | Humphries | 391 | 1:975 | 6.08% | 536 |
| 167 | Harvey | 388 | 1:982 | 1.37% | 86 |
| 167 | Stanton | 388 | 1:982 | 6.76% | 631 |
| 169 | Nicholls | 387 | 1:985 | 2.57% | 204 |
| 170 | Marshall | 385 | 1:990 | 0.94% | 54 |
| 170 | Hodgetts | 385 | 1:990 | 27.84% | 2,552 |
| 172 | Giles | 383 | 1:995 | 3.53% | 320 |
| 173 | Hackett | 380 | 1:1,003 | 11.19% | 1,117 |
| 174 | Hart | 379 | 1:1,006 | 1.65% | 115 |
| 175 | Gardner | 378 | 1:1,008 | 2.29% | 179 |
| 176 | Richardson | 377 | 1:1,011 | 0.81% | 44 |
| 176 | Haynes | 377 | 1:1,011 | 3.60% | 331 |
| 178 | Heath | 376 | 1:1,014 | 2.58% | 211 |
| 179 | Parry | 375 | 1:1,016 | 3.97% | 373 |
| 180 | Finch | 374 | 1:1,019 | 3.80% | 351 |
| 180 | Raybould | 374 | 1:1,019 | 41.46% | 3,688 |
| 182 | George | 373 | 1:1,022 | 2.85% | 246 |
| 183 | Cooke | 372 | 1:1,025 | 2.33% | 188 |
| 184 | Weston | 371 | 1:1,027 | 3.16% | 301 |
| 185 | Wooldridge | 369 | 1:1,033 | 22.75% | 2,230 |
| 186 | Rowley | 367 | 1:1,039 | 4.80% | 449 |
| 187 | Pearce | 366 | 1:1,041 | 1.45% | 100 |
| 188 | Fox | 365 | 1:1,044 | 1.40% | 96 |
| 189 | Banner | 363 | 1:1,050 | 25.03% | 2,456 |
| 190 | Osborne | 361 | 1:1,056 | 2.70% | 239 |
| 191 | Jordan | 358 | 1:1,065 | 2.86% | 262 |
| 192 | Hale | 356 | 1:1,071 | 3.40% | 333 |
| 193 | Ellis | 355 | 1:1,074 | 0.96% | 64 |
| 193 | Burton | 355 | 1:1,074 | 1.45% | 103 |
| 193 | Yates | 355 | 1:1,074 | 1.76% | 136 |
| 196 | Cutler | 353 | 1:1,080 | 9.65% | 1,032 |
| 197 | Coley | 352 | 1:1,083 | 20.00% | 2,073 |
| 198 | Houghton | 351 | 1:1,086 | 3.38% | 334 |
| 198 | Rudge | 351 | 1:1,086 | 15.49% | 1,644 |
| 200 | Smart | 349 | 1:1,092 | 3.40% | 338 |