Discover Your Local and Family History
Opening hours:
Wednesday 9.30am - 12.30pm, April - October (last
enquiry 12.00 noon)
Wednesday 9.30am - 12.30 pm, November - March (by prior arrangement)
Local Historians
are available to assist you with enquiries:
For further information
contact: Bewdley Historical Research Group
Tel: 01299 403573 extension 25
E-mail: bewdleyhistory@btinternet.com
Bewdley
Museum has a research library open to anyone interested in finding out more about the history and families of the Wyre Forest
area.
Documentation, Photographs and Oral Archives are held for Bewdley, Ribbesford, Wribbenhall, Dowles, Kidderminster,
Stourport and other surrounding areas. Materials held include:
- Transcripts of most Parish Registers for Ribbesford, Bewdley, Dowles & Wribbenhall. Baptist, Quaker and Presbyterian material also held. Most of the Registers are indexed.
- Transcripts of all Census Returns 1831-1901 for Bewdley, 1801-1901 Wribbenhall and 1841-1901 Dowles. All indexed.
- Trade Directories 1820-1940, Bewdley, Wribbenhall & Dowles.
- Monumental Inscriptions for St. Leonard's, Ribbesford, All Saints, Wribbenhall, St. Andrews, Dowles, Holy Trinity, Far Forest, St. Peter's, Rock, St. Giles', Heightington, St Bartholomew's, Bayton, St John the Baptist, Mamble, Baptist and Quaker.
- Billheads for Bewdley businesses.
- Wills and Inventories for 16th-20th Centuries for Bewdley, Ribbesford, Wribbenhall and Dowles.
- International Genealogical Index (IGI) for Worcester, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Gloucestershire, Brecon, Monmouth and Radnor.
- National Burial Index.
- Vital Records index for British Isles (baptisms and marriages).
- Some Electoral Roles for Bewdley and Wribbenhall.
- 1851 Census Returns for Worcestershire, Gloucestershire and Southern Warwickshire.
- Bewdley Manor Court Rolls 17th-20th century on DVD.
Further material can be consulted by arrangement.
View a list of publications by Bewdley Historical Research Group.
Revolutionary Players of Industry and Innovation
Bewdley Museum is working with the Revolutionary Players of Industry and Innovation, a NOF funded project focusing on the Lunar Society and the Industrial Revolution in the West Midlands.The project is digitising materials from Museums, Archives and Libraries tracing the development of the Industrial Revolution in the West Midlands between 1700 and 1830 and the contribution made by the Lunar Society.
