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[[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Staffordshire]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Staffordshire Parishes]] | |||
Guide to '''Leek, Staffordshire family history and genealogy:''' parish registers, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records. {{Infobox England Jurisdictions | |||
Guide to '''Leek, Staffordshire | |||
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| County = Staffordshire | | County = Staffordshire | ||
| Hundred = North Totmonslow; South Totmonslow | | Hundred = North Totmonslow; South Totmonslow | ||
| Poor Law Union = | | Poor Law Union = Leek | ||
| Registration District = Leek | | Registration District = Leek | ||
| PRbegin = 1634 | | PRbegin = 1634 | ||
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== Parish History == | === Parish History === | ||
LEEK (St. Edward the Confessor), a ''' | LEEK (St. Edward the Confessor), a '''markettown and parish''', and the head of a union, partly in the S. division, but chiefly in the N. division, of the hundred of Totmonslow, N. division of the county of Stafford; comprising the townships of Bradnop, Endon, Heaton,Leek, Leek-Frith, Longsdon, Onecote, Rudyard, Rushton-James, Rushton-Spencer, Stanley, and Tittisworth. There are places of worship for the Society of Friends, Independents, Primitive Methodists,and Wesleyans and there is a Roman Catholic chapel.<ref>Samuel A. Lewis, [https://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51101 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848)''], pp. 55-62. Date accessed: 01 November 2012.</ref> | ||
== Resources | === Resources === | ||
==== Civil Registration ==== | |||
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Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is [http://freebmd.org.uk/ FreeBMD]. | |||
=== | ==== Church records ==== | ||
'''Leek St Edward the Confessor''' parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years: | |||
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'' | | bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''FMP''' = [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records-in-birth-marriage-death-and-parish-records?_ga=1.15400819.439752968.1397327276 Staffordshire Parish Register Collection (FindMyPast) - (£)]<ref>[http://www.findmypast.co.uk/articles/staffordshire-parish-records-coverage?_ga=1.262914124.1703657162.1406144360 'Staffordshire Parish Records Coverage'], ''Find My Past,'' accessed 23 July 2014.</ref> | ||
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''FREG''' = [http://www.freereg.org.uk/parishes/sts/frontpage.shtml FreeREG - free]<ref>[http://www.freereg.org.uk/parishes/sts/frontpage.shtml 'Staffordshire Coverage'], ''FreeREG,'' accessed 14 August 2014.</ref> | |||
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| | | bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''FS''' = [https://familysearch.org/ FamilySearch - free]<ref>[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyStafford_(A-M).htm#PageTitle 'IGI Batch Numbers for Stafford (A-M), England'], ''IGI Batch Numbers - British Isles and North America,'' accessed 18 September 2013.</ref> | ||
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! bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" scope="col" colspan="7" | '''LEEK ST EDWARD THE CONFESSOR PARISH (1633) Online Records''' | |||
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| bgcolor="#ffcccc" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Baptisms'''''</center> | |||
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Marriages'''''</center> | |||
| bgcolor="#ccffff" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Burials'''''</center> | |||
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| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''FMP''' | ||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#ffcccc" | [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records-in-birth-marriage-death-and-parish-records?_ga=1.15400819.439752968.1397327276 '''1633-1855'''] | ||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#ffcccc" | [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records-in-birth-marriage-death-and-parish-records?_ga=1.15400819.439752968.1397327276 '''1633-1855'''] | ||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records-in-birth-marriage-death-and-parish-records?_ga=1.15400819.439752968.1397327276 '''1633-1862'''] | ||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records-in-birth-marriage-death-and-parish-records?_ga=1.15400819.439752968.1397327276 '''1633-1862'''] | ||
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| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''FREG''' | ||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#ffcccc" | [http://www.freereg.org.uk/parishes/sts/frontpage.shtml '''1634-1637, 1643-1662, 1668-1682, 1685-1730'''] | ||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#ffcccc" | <br> | ||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [http://www.freereg.org.uk/parishes/sts/frontpage.shtml '''1634-1637, 1643-1662, 1668-1682, 1685-1730'''] | ||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#ccffcc" | <br> | ||
| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#ccffff" | [http://www.freereg.org.uk/parishes/sts/frontpage.shtml '''1634-1637, 1643-1662,1668-1707, 1813-1838'''] | ||
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| bgcolor="# | | bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''FS''' | ||
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | [https://familysearch.org/ '''1634-1853'''] | |||
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | <br> | |||
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [https://familysearch.org/ '''1562-1747'''] | |||
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Many of Staffordshire's Parish Register entries have been transcribed in full by [http://www.freereg.org.uk/index.shtml Staffordshire Freereg] and can be searched for free. | |||
'''Leek St Peter''' parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years: | |||
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! bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" colspan="7" scope="col" | '''Leek St Peter Parish Online Records''' | |||
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| bgcolor="#ffcccc" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Baptisms'''''</center> | |||
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Marriages'''''</center> | |||
| bgcolor="#ccffff" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Burials'''''</center> | |||
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| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | Indexes | |||
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''FMP''' | |||
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | <br> | |||
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| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records-in-birth-marriage-death-and-parish-records?_ga=1.15400819.439752968.1397327276 '''1662-1680'''] | |||
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records-in-birth-marriage-death-and-parish-records?_ga=1.15400819.439752968.1397327276 '''1662-1680'''] | |||
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==== | ==== Census records ==== | ||
== | *'''1532/3''' - A List of Families in {{PAGENAME}} 1532/3 {{FHL|244259|item|disp=FHL British Book 942.46 B4sc ser. 4 v. 8}}<ref>Ann J. Kettle, ''A List of Families in the Archdeaconry of Stafford, 1532-3'' (Stafford: Staffordshire Record Society, 1976). {{FHL|244259|item|disp=FHL British Book 942.46 B4sc ser. 4 v. 8}}</ref> | ||
=== Poor Law Unions === | {{British Census|474630}} | ||
==== Poor Law Unions ==== | |||
[[Leek Poor Law Union, Staffordshire]] | [[Leek Poor Law Union, Staffordshire]] | ||
=== Probate | ==== Probate records<br> ==== | ||
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to [[Staffordshire Probate Records|Staffordshire Probate Records]] to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish. | Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to [[Staffordshire Probate Records|Staffordshire 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<br> == | == Maps and Gazetteers<br> == | ||
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Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.<br> | Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.<br> | ||
*[ | *[http://maps.familysearch.org/ England Jurisdictions 1851] | ||
*[ | *[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp Vision of Britain] | ||
== Websites == | == Websites == | ||
== Reference<br> == | |||
== Reference == | |||
{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} {{Staffordshire}} | ||
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[[Category:Staffordshire | [[Category:Staffordshire]] |
Revision as of 12:52, 14 August 2014
England Staffordshire
Staffordshire Parishes
Guide to Leek, Staffordshire family history and genealogy: parish registers, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
Leek, Staffordshire, England | |
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Type | Ancient Parish |
Civil Jurisdictions | |
Hundred | North Totmonslow; South Totmonslow |
County | Staffordshire |
Poor Law Union | Leek |
Registration District | Leek |
Records begin | |
Parish registers: 1634 | |
Bishop's Transcripts: 1662 | |
Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
Rural Deanery | Leek |
Diocese | Lichfield |
Province | Canterbury |
Legal Jurisdictions | |
Probate Court | Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory) |
Location of Archive | |
Staffordshire Record Office | |
Parish History[edit | edit source]
LEEK (St. Edward the Confessor), a markettown and parish, and the head of a union, partly in the S. division, but chiefly in the N. division, of the hundred of Totmonslow, N. division of the county of Stafford; comprising the townships of Bradnop, Endon, Heaton,Leek, Leek-Frith, Longsdon, Onecote, Rudyard, Rushton-James, Rushton-Spencer, Stanley, and Tittisworth. There are places of worship for the Society of Friends, Independents, Primitive Methodists,and Wesleyans and there is a Roman Catholic chapel.[1]
Resources[edit | edit source]
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.
Church records[edit | edit source]
Leek St Edward the Confessor parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
FMP = Staffordshire Parish Register Collection (FindMyPast) - (£)[2] | |||||
FREG = FreeREG - free[3] | |||||
FS = FamilySearch - free[4] |
LEEK ST EDWARD THE CONFESSOR PARISH (1633) Online Records | ||||||
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Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | |
FMP | 1633-1855 | 1633-1855 | 1633-1862 | 1633-1862 | ||
FREG | 1634-1637, 1643-1662, 1668-1682, 1685-1730 | 1634-1637, 1643-1662, 1668-1682, 1685-1730 | 1634-1637, 1643-1662,1668-1707, 1813-1838 | |||
FS | 1634-1853 | 1562-1747 |
Many of Staffordshire's Parish Register entries have been transcribed in full by Staffordshire Freereg and can be searched for free.
Leek St Peter parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
Leek St Peter Parish Online Records | ||||||
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Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | |
FMP | 1662-1680 | 1662-1680 |
Census records[edit | edit source]
- 1532/3 - A List of Families in Leek, Staffordshire, England Genealogy 1532/3 FHL British Book 942.46 B4sc ser. 4 v. 8[5]
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a FamilySearch Center or at the FamilySearch Library.
Poor Law Unions[edit | edit source]
Leek Poor Law Union, Staffordshire
Probate records
[edit | edit source]
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Staffordshire 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]
Reference
[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Samuel A. Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 55-62. Date accessed: 01 November 2012.
- ↑ 'Staffordshire Parish Records Coverage', Find My Past, accessed 23 July 2014.
- ↑ 'Staffordshire Coverage', FreeREG, accessed 14 August 2014.
- ↑ 'IGI Batch Numbers for Stafford (A-M), England', IGI Batch Numbers - British Isles and North America, accessed 18 September 2013.
- ↑ Ann J. Kettle, A List of Families in the Archdeaconry of Stafford, 1532-3 (Stafford: Staffordshire Record Society, 1976). FHL British Book 942.46 B4sc ser. 4 v. 8