Online Indexes

Many documents in the archive collections in Worcestershire Record Office contain valuable information about the people and places of Worcestershire. For many years, staff and volunteers have been indexing the details from some of these sources into searchable databases.  More will be added as time permits.

Although the indexes do not contain images of the records, the originals are in most cases available to view at Worcestershire Record Office. Not all documents are suitable for photocopying, but you are welcome to visit the Record Office to photograph entries with a digital camera, subject to copyright restrictions.

We now have indexes available for the following collections of records, please click on the title to download the information.

The utmost care is taken in the preparation of our electronic indexes. However, if you find any errors in any of these indexes please let us know.

Index	Download Link
Absent Voters Index	Absent Voter Index Background and Indexes  (2 MB)  Absent Voter Index - Excel format  (2.5 MB)
Aerial photographs in the Worcestershire Photographic Survey	Aerial photographs in the Worcestershire Photographic Survey Background and Index    (76 KB)
Agriculture	Agriculture Records   (99 KB)
Apprentices Indentures	Apprentices Indentures Introduction and A-Z index  (937 KB)
Artists	Worcestershire Artists Index (54 KB)
Benjamin Stone and Packer photographic collections	Benjamin Stone photographic collections on microfiche (148 KB)  Packer photographic collections on microfiche (85 KB)
Berrows Newspaper Illustrations Index 1914-1915	Berrows Newspaper Illustrations Index 1914-1915 (90 KB)
Birth, Marriage and Death information and coroners reports, extracted from the Berrows Worcester Journal. 1814-1833.	Birth, Marriage and Death Introduction  (40 KB)  Births Index (2.9 MB)  Marriages Index (6.1 MB)  Death Index (2.7 MB)  Coroners Index (3 MB)
Calendar of Prisoners 1839-1849	Calendar of Prisoners 1839-1849 Introduction and Index (1.2 MB)
Carpenters and Wheelwrights records	Carpenters and Wheelwrights Background and Records (318 KB)
Carpet Industry and Businesses	Carpet Industry and Businesses Index  (100 KB)
Census Street Index - 1871	Census Street Index and Background - 1871 (1.2 MB)
Enclosure Awards and Plans and Inclosure Awards and Plans	Enclosure Background, Awards and Plans (103 KB)
Greenbank Wills	Greenbank Wills Background and Index (79 KB)
Kidderminster St Mary's Militia 1824-1831	Kidderminster St Mary's Militia 1824-1831 Background and Indexes (262 KB)
Manorial Handlist	Manorial Handlist (341 KB)
Marriage Licences 1853 - 1916	Marriage Licences Background and 1853 - 1916 index (1.2 MB)
Ordinations papers	Ordinations papers Background and Index  (316 KB)
Parish Register Index	Parish Register Background Information  (22 KB)  Online Parish Register Index
Peculiars	Peculiars Background and Index (314 KB)
Quarter Sessions	Quarter Sessions Background (30 KB)  Quarter Sessions index 1830, 1850-1852   (74 KB)
Tithe Apportionment and Plans handlist	Tithe Apportionment and Plans Background and Index (201 KB)
Watch and Clock Makers	Watch and Clock Makers Index  (55 KB)
Worcester City Planning Applications 1865 - 1901	Worcester City Planning Applications Background and 1865 - 1901 index  (1.2 MB)
Worcester City Freemen	Worcester City Freemen (1 MB)
Worcester Royal Grammar School Admission Registers Index	Royal Grammar School Admissions Registers and Background (493 KB)

Coming up soon

Calendar of Prisoners 1850-1858

A Calendar of Prisoners was a list of of prisoners which was published following each Quarter Session hearing. A typical Calendar of Prisoners would record the personal details of people tried at the session together with their offences. Information was recorded by case, so partners in crime are listed together.

The kind of information you could expect to find in a Calendar of Prisoners includes:

• Case number
• Surname and forenames
• Age
• Level of literacy
• Name and residence of referring magistrate
• Details of crime, including place
• Verdict and sentence

All efforts have been made to ensure that the information contained within these indexes is accurate. However given the size of some indexes, in some cases it has only been possible to check a sample of them. If you spot any mistakes, then please do let us know!