Dormston, Worcestershire
Historical Description
Dormston, a parish in Worcestershire, 6½ miles SE of Droitwich. Post town, Redditch; money order office, Ink-berrow; telegraph office, Feckenham. Acreage, 820; population, 88. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the rectory of Kington, in the diocese of Worcester; joint net value, £150 with residence. The church dates from the 13th century, and has a half-timbered tower of post-Reformation date.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Land and Property
The full transcript of the Worcestershire section of the Return of Owners of Land, 1873.
Maps
Online maps of Dormston 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:
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of Worcestershire 1569 is available on the Heraldry page.