TEMPLE GRAFTON

The village is just over three miles south of Alcester and was sometimes called 'Hungry Grafton' because of the poor quality of the soil. The principal occupation of the villagers was that of quarrymen or stone masons; the nearby quarries also produced lime. There was a village at Hillborough in the same parish, and the manor there dates from the sixteenth century and has recently been attractively restored. The manor has legendary Shakespearian associations. Ardens Grafton is partly in this parish and partly in Exhall.

DIOCESE: Worcester. HUNDRED: Barlichway. UNION: Stratford

ADJOINING PARISHES: Haselor, Old Stratford, Binton, Welford-on-Avon, Dorsington, Bidford-on-Avon, Exhall (Near Alcester).

Parish Registers: Christenings: 1612-1700, 1757-1979 Marriages: 1612-1976

Burials: 1612-1700, 1757-1932 Banns 1824-1927

Bishop's Transcripts : Begin 1612 WOR

IGI: Christenings: 1773-1875, Marriages: 1754-1873. Widely available; BMSGH(PS)

Marriages: 1651-1675 BOYD MISC Christenings: 1759-1804,1875-1879 Marriages: 1754-1812,1873-1827 Burials: 1759-1804,1875-1931 Banns 1876-1939 SoG

Bishop's Transcripts : 1612-1640,1663-1700 STR

MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS: Church and Yard STR .
Churchyard SoG

PROBATE RECORDS: WOR

CENSUS RETURNS: All WAR
1851 BMSGH SI v.11 SoG , BIR
1881 BCP , BMSGH(PS)

INDEXES
Burial 1813-1837
Marriage 1612-1834
Pallot 1790-1812
Poor Law c1690-1860 Pre-1841 census

MANORIAL RECORDS: Court Roll etc 1735 WAR
Hillborough Manor Temple Grafton, WWM Jan.1972. 1752 STR

OTHER SOURCES: History and Antiquities of the parish of Temple Grafton with Hillborough, W.F.Noble 1879
My Village in England, Temple Grafton S & T Gidal 1963.
Ward collection drawings.

[Last updated: 18th March 2013 ]