Bewdley Museum and Tourist Information Centre Local History
Enquiries
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.
