Oldbury, Worcestershire
Location
Oldbury is an ancient parish located in the north of the county of
Worcestershire abutting
Staffordshire.
Oldbury is approximately five miles west of
Birmingham and
West Bromwich, Staffordshire is two miles to the north east and
Bromsgrove thirteen miles to the south and
Stourbridge about eight miles to the south west. The historic county town of
Worcester is about twenty-five miles to the south south west.
Parish Church
The Parish (CofE) Church is Christchurch, Oldbury, which can be found
here on Google Street View
Parish Registers
The present location of the historic Parish Registers has not yet been determined. Administrative responsibility for Oldbury has changed several times as a consequence of successive local government reorganisations. It is probable they are part of the "Faith Collection" held by the Archives Service of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council. See
https://www.sandwell.gov.uk/info/200253/archives_local_and_family_history/595/our_collections/6
Adjacent (Pre 1832) Parishes
To the east of Oldbury lies
Harbourne, Staffordshire and to the south and west is
Halesowen from which Oldbury was created in the early 1700s.
Rowley Regis, formerly a chapelry and detached portion of
Clent, Worcestershire is to the north west and
All Saints, West Bromwich, Staffordshire is to the north east.
Gleanings from
