Worcestershire (WOR), England

In the modern era, the geography of Worcestershire has been significantly affected by boundary changes. Compare and contrast the outline of the County of Worcestershire at FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/mapp/#search and parishes for which the Worcester Record Office is now responsible for, as shown on their map at https://gis.worcestershire.gov.uk/website/parishregister/

Location and Adjacent Counties

Worcestershire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands of England. Historically it was bounded to the east by Warwickshire and by Gloucestershire to the south. To the west was Herefordshire, with both Shropshire and Staffordshire to the north. There were also a number of detached portions including the market town of Dudley an enclave within Staffordshire, Tredington in Warwickshire and Blockley sandwiched between Gloucestershire and Warwickshire

Worcester is the county town.

For additional information see Wikipedia
and GENUKI:Worcestershire

Gleanings From

• Oldbury
  • Oldbury Census Returns
    • 1851 Census Oldbury