Churchill, Worcestershire
Historical Description
Churchill, a parish in Worcestershire, 3½ miles NE of Kidderminster. It has a station on the G.W.R., and a post office under Kidderminster; money order and telegraph office, Hagley. Acreage, 954; population of the civil parish, 151; of the ecclesiastical, 642. The living is a rectory, annexed to that of Blakedown, in the diocese of Worcester; joint net value, £270 with residence. Patron, Viscount Cobham. The church was rebuilt in 1868.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Worcestershire | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Churchill St. Michael | |
Hundred | Oswaldslow | |
Poor Law union | Pershore |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Churchill from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Churchill (St. Michael))
Land and Property
The full transcript of the Worcestershire section of the Return of Owners of Land, 1873.
Maps
Online maps of Churchill are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Worcestershire papers online:
Villages, Hamlets, &c
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Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of Worcestershire 1569 is available on the Heraldry page.