Paul, > St Edmund *was* a chapel of ease to St Thomas from 1611-1844, > but before 1611 it was a fully-fledged independent parish. Its parish > registers were quite separate, and survive for 1540-1611. > > I'm not sure, though, what happened in 1611. Very many thanks for that bit of information - omitted from all the sources I have readily to hand, and although WorcHistCent holds films of "St Edmund's Registers" I've never looked at them to see what they contain! At least I managed to identify the correct church :-) Gus PS. Dudley Castle Hill's final fling was to lose its Extra-Parochial Status in 1931 - when it was absorbed by St Edmund...