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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 ancestry, family history, and genealogy:''' parish registers, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.  
 
{{England Parish Infobox
| Place = Leek
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| County = Staffordshire
| County = Staffordshire
| Hundred = North Totmonslow; South Totmonslow
| Hundred = North Totmonslow; South Totmonslow
| Poor Law Union = [http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Leek/ Leek]
| 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 '''market town 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>Lewis, Samuel A., [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>  
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 ===
=== Find Neighboring Parishes ===


Use [https://www.familysearch.org/mapp/ England Jurisdictions 1851 Map]
==== Civil Registration  ====
::*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<br>
=== Cemeteries ===


* {{FSC|623332|title-id|disp=Monument and Tombstone Inscriptions, St. Laurence, Rushton Spencer, Staffordshire}}(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
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].  


=== Civil Registration ===
==== Church records  ====


Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.<br>
'''Leek St Edward the Confessor''' parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
*''See [[England Civil Registration]] for online resources and information''.<br><br>


=== Church Records ===
{| width="383" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" style="width: 100%"
 
|-
''The Church of England'' (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor. <br>
| 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>
''Non-Conformist'' refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.
|-
 
| 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>
====Church of England====
 
''Chapelry'' is a church or churches built in a large ecclesiastical parish to help the members attend worship services closer to their homes.
=====Chapelries of Leek=====
{|
|-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top; padding-right:30px; width:50%"|
| 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>
*Leek St Peter Parish - 1662
|}
|}


'''''Online Parish Records Table'''''
{| width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"
 
<font color=blue> Due to the increasing access of online records:</font><br>
*<font color=blue>Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified<br>
*Dates in the following table are approximate </font><br>
'''''Hover over the collection's title for more information'''''
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"  
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#b6cee2" align="center" scope="col" colspan="7" | '''Leek Parish Records'''
! bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" scope="col" colspan="7" | '''LEEK ST EDWARD THE CONFESSOR PARISH (1633) Online Records'''
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#dbe7f0" align="center" scope="col" colspan="7" | '''All Chapelries Found in Leek are included in these links.'''
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | <br>
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Baptisms'''''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Marriages'''''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Burials'''''</center>
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#efdcc3" | <center>'''''Collections'''''</center>  
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | <br>  
| bgcolor="#d9bfbf" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Baptisms'''''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | Indexes
| bgcolor="#bfd9bf" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Marriages'''''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | Images
| bgcolor="#cac4d4" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Burials'''''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | Indexes
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | Images
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | Indexes
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | Images
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" |
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''FMP'''
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>''Indexes and images''</center>
| 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="#E8E8E8" | <center>''Indexes only''</center>
| 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="#ffffff" | <center>''Indexes and images''</center>
| 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="#ffffff" | <center>''Indexes only''</center>
| 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="#E8E8E8" | <center>''Indexes and images''</center>  
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | <br>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>''Indexes only''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | <br>
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| FamilySearch Collections-Staffordshire
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''FREG'''
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&f.recordType=0&q.recordCountry=England&q.recordSubcountry=England%2CStaffordshire 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | [http://www.freereg.org.uk/parishes/sts/frontpage.shtml '''1634-1637, 1643-1662, 1668-1682, 1685-1730''']  
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | <br>  
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&f.recordType=1&q.recordCountry=England&q.recordSubcountry=England%2CStaffordshire 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [http://www.freereg.org.uk/parishes/sts/frontpage.shtml '''1634-1637, 1643-1662, 1668-1682, 1685-1730''']  
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | <br>  
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&f.recordType=2&q.recordCountry=England&q.recordSubcountry=England%2CStaffordshire 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | [http://www.freereg.org.uk/parishes/sts/frontpage.shtml '''1634-1637, 1643-1662,1668-1707, 1813-1838''']  
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | <br>
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| FamilySearch Parish Registers – Staffordshire
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''FS'''  
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>{{RecordSearch|2364451|1500s-1900s}}</center>
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | [https://familysearch.org/ '''1634-1853''']  
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | <br>  
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>{{RecordSearch|2364451|1500s-1900s}}</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | [https://familysearch.org/ '''1562-1747''']
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | <br>  
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>{{RecordSearch|2364451|1500s-1900s}}</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | <br>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | <br>
|-
|}
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog
 
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
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.
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>'''-'''</center>
 
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
'''Leek St Peter''' parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
 
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
{| width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| FreeREG
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center> [https://www.freereg.org.uk/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://www.freereg.org.uk/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://www.freereg.org.uk/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Findmypast Parish Registers -Staffordshire ($)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/staffordshire-baptisms 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|  <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/staffordshire-marriages 1500s-1900s] </center>  
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/staffordshire-burials 1500s-1900s] </center>  
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"|Findmypast Banns-Staffordshire ($)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|  <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/staffordshire-banns 1600s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Ancestry-Staffordshire, England Church of England BMD ($)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62292/ 1800s-1900s]  </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62293/ 1700s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62294/ 1800s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Ancestry-Staffordshire, England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($)
! bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" colspan="7" scope="col" | '''Leek St Peter Parish Online Records'''
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61709/ 1800s-2000s] </center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" |  <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61709/ 1800s-2000s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61709/ 1800s-2000s]</center>
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#dbe7f0" align="center" scope="col" colspan="7" | ''Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage''
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | <br>
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Baptisms'''''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Marriages'''''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Burials'''''</center>
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free)
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | <br>  
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>  
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | Indexes
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | Images
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | Indexes
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/england-boyds-marriage-indexes-1538-1850 1500s-1800s]</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | Images
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | Indexes
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | Images
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| National Burial Index-FMP (Free)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/national-burial-index-for-england-and-wales 1800s-1900s]</center>
|-
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''FMP'''
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | <br>
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | <br>
| 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''']
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | <br>
| bgcolor="#ccffff" | <br>
|}
|}
'''''Other Websites'''''<br>
These databases have incomplete parish coverage. <br>
* [http://joinermarriageindex.co.uk/marriage-records/Staffordshire/ Joiner Marriage Index - Staffordshire] ($)
*[https://parishregister.co.uk/online/staffordshire-parish-records The Genealogist Parish Registers - Staffordshire] ($)
*[http://www.dustydocs.com/ UK Websites for Parish Records] - Links to online genealogical records
*[https://ogindex.org/ Online Genealogical Index] -  Links to online genealogical records


==== Nonconformist Records====
==== Census records  ====
*'''1717''' [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/england-and-wales-roman-catholics-1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717] at Findmypast - index & images ($); coverage may vary


=== 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>
Census records from 1841 to 1921 are available online. See [[England Census|England Census]] for more resources. <br>
 
=== Poor Law Unions  ===
{{British Census|474630}}
 
==== Poor Law Unions  ====


[[Leek Poor Law Union, Staffordshire]]  
[[Leek Poor Law Union, Staffordshire]]  


=== Probate Records ===
==== 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>  


*[https://www.familysearch.org/mapp/ England Jurisdictions 1851]  
*[http://maps.familysearch.org/ England Jurisdictions 1851]  
*[https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp Vision of Britain]
*[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp Vision of Britain]


== Websites  ==
== Websites  ==


http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/STS/LeekandLowe/index.html
== Reference<br> ==
 
== Reference  ==


{{Reflist}}  
{{Reflist}} {{Staffordshire}}  


{{Staffordshire}}
<br>


[[Category:Staffordshire Parishes]]
[[Category:Staffordshire]]

Revision as of 12:52, 14 August 2014

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Guide to Leek, Staffordshire family history and genealogy: parish registers, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Leek, Staffordshire, England
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

Baptisms
Marriages
Burials

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

Baptisms
Marriages
Burials

Indexes Images Indexes Images Indexes Images
FMP

1662-1680 1662-1680

Census records[edit | edit source]


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]

  1. Samuel A. Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 55-62. Date accessed: 01 November 2012.
  2. 'Staffordshire Parish Records Coverage', Find My Past, accessed 23 July 2014.
  3. 'Staffordshire Coverage', FreeREG, accessed 14 August 2014.
  4. 'IGI Batch Numbers for Stafford (A-M), England', IGI Batch Numbers - British Isles and North America, accessed 18 September 2013.
  5. 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