Tilstock, Shropshire, England Genealogy
Guide to Tilstock, Shropshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Tilstock | |
| Type | Ecclesiastical Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| County | Shropshire |
| Hundred | North Bradford |
| Poor Law Union | Whitchurch Incorp |
| Registration District | Wem |
| Records Begin | |
| Parish registers | 1836 |
| Bishop's Transcripts | 1836 |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Market Drayton |
| Diocese | Lichfield |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Probate Court | Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory) |
| Archive | |
| Shropshire Record Office | |
Parish History
TILSTOCK; a chapelry, in the parish of Whitchurch, Whitchurch division of the hundred of North Bradford, N. division of Shropshire, 2½ miles (S.) from Whitchurch. There are places of worship for Wesleyans and Independents.[1]
Resources
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- Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes
Cemeteries
- 1841-2000 Monumental Inscriptions at Christchurch, Tilstock, Shropshire, 1841-2000(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
Civil Registration
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
The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor.
Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.
Church of England
Due to the increasing access of online records:
- Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
- Dates in the following table are approximate
Hover over the collection's title for more information
| Tilstock Online Parish Records | ||||||
| FamilySearch Collections-Shropshire | ||||||
| FamilySearch Parish Registers-Shropshire | ||||||
| Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog | ||||||
| FreeREG | ||||||
| Findmypast-Shropshire ($) | ||||||
| Findmypast Banns-Shropshire ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry-Shropshire ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($) | 1500s-1900s |
1500s-1900s |
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| Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage | ||||||
| Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free) | ||||||
Other Websites
These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
- Joiner Marriage Index - Shropshire ($)
- The Genealogist Parish Registers - Shropshire ($)
- UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
- Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records
Nonconformist Records
"Nonconformist" is a term referring to religious denominations other than an established or state church. In England, the state church is the Church of England.
- 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at Findmypast - index & images ($); coverage may vary
Census Records
Census records from 1841 to 1921 are available online. See England Census for more resources.
Poor Law Unions
Whitchurch Incorporation Poor Law Union, Shropshire
Probate Records
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.
See also
Maps and Gazetteers
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Websites
Contributor: add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.
References
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England(1848), pp. 360-362. Date accessed: 11 May 2012.