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Revision as of 15:41, 9 April 2025
Guide to Ightfield, Shropshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
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| Type | Ancient Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| County | Shropshire |
| Hundred | North Bradford |
| Poor Law Union | Wem |
| Registration District | Wem |
| Records Begin | |
| Parish registers | 1557 |
| Bishop's Transcripts | 1682 |
| 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[edit | edit source]
IGHTFIELD (St. John the Baptist), a parish, in the union of Wem, Whitchurch division of the hundred of North Bradford, N. division of Shropshire, 4¼ miles (S. E. by E.) from Whitchurch. [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
Cemeteries[edit | edit source]
- 1733-1986 Monumental Inscriptions of St. John Baptist Church, Ightfield, Shropshire, 1733-1986(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
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]
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[edit | edit source]
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
| Ightfield 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[edit | edit source]
"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[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]
Whitchurch Incorporation Poor Law Union, Shropshire
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]
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SAL/Ightfield/index.html
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 603-608. Date accessed: 19 June 2012.