Boscobel, Shropshire, England Genealogy
Guide to Boscobel, Shropshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Boscobel | |
| Type | Extra-parochial |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| County | Shropshire |
| Hundred | Brimstree |
| Poor Law Union | Shifnal |
| Registration District | Shiffnal |
| Records Begin | |
| Parish registers | For records see surrounding parishes |
| Bishop's Transcripts | For records see surrounding parishes |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Not Applicable |
| Diocese | Not Applicable |
| Probate Court | Search the courts of the surrounding parishes |
| Archive | |
| Shropshire Record Office | |
Parish History[edit | edit source]
BOSCOBEL, an extra-parochial district, in the union of Shiffnall, hundred of Brimstree, S. division of Shropshire, 7½ miles (E.) from Shiffnall. [1]
Resources[edit | edit source]
Find Neighboring Parishes[edit | edit source]
Use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map
- Type the name of the parish in the search bar
- Click on the location pin on the map
- Choose Options from the pop up box
- Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.
- See England Civil Registration for online resources and information.
Church Records[edit | edit source]
Boscobel is an extra parochial area and the closest ecclesiastical parish is Tong.
- Extra-parochial areas were not attached to parish churches.
- The residents went to a church of their choosing outside of the parish boundaries.
Census Records[edit | edit source]
Census records from 1841 to 1921 are available online. See England Census for more resources.
Probate Records[edit | edit source]
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Shropshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.
Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Websites[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848),pp. 305-309. Date accessed: 20 May 2012.