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<br> [[Image:Ightfield Church Shropshire.jpg|thumb|right|648x473px]]


== Parish History  ==
Guide to '''Ightfield, Shropshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy:''' parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.


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. <ref>Lewis, Samuel A., [https://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51060 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848)''], pp. 603-608. Date accessed: 19 June 2012.</ref>
{{England Parish Infobox
| Place = Ightfield
| default =
| image = Ightfield Church Shropshire.jpg
| caption =
| Type = [[Ancient Parish]]
| County = Shropshire
| Hundred = North Bradford
| Poor Law Union = [http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Wem/ Wem]
| Registration District = Wem
| PRbegin = 1557
| BTbegin = 1682
| Province = Canterbury
| Diocese = Lichfield
| Archdeaconry =
| Archdeaconries =
| Rural Deanery = Market Drayton
| Parish =
| Peculiar =
| Chapelry =
| Probate Court = Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
| Archdeaconry Court =
| Bishops Court =
| Prerogative Court =
| Archive = [[Shropshire Record Office]]
}}


== Resources  ==
== Parish History ==


==== Civil Registration  ====
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. <ref>Lewis, Samuel A., [https://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51060 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848)''], pp. 603-608. Date accessed: 19 June 2012.</ref>


Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The [[England Civil Registration|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].
== Resources ==


==== Church records  ====
=== Find Neighboring Parishes ===


Bishop's transcripts held at Lichfield Record Office Bap 1682-1830 Marr 1682-1830 Bur 1682-1830 <br>  
Use [https://www.familysearch.org/mapp/ 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<br>


Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection
=== Cemeteries ===
*'''1733-1986''' {{FSC|653089|title-id|disp=Monumental Inscriptions of St. John Baptist Church, Ightfield, Shropshire, 1733-1986}}(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images


Parish registers for Ightfield Microfilm of original records at the Shropshire County Record Office, Shrewsbury.Shropshire Record Office no.: 975/1/1-6, 8
=== Civil Registration ===


Baptisms, marriages, burials 1557-1767 Baptisms, burials 1768-1812 Notebook recording births and deaths 1669-1765 (This notebook is severely damaged, and is nearly all illegible!) FHL BRITISH Film 1886132 Items 6-10 <br>Baptisms 1813-1882 Burials 1813-1900 Marriages 1813-1900, 1755-1809 Banns 1823-1900 FHL BRITISH Film 1657565 Items 29-34 <br>Bishop's transcripts for Ightfield Microfilm of original records in the Lichfield Joint Record Office, Stafford.
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.<br>
*''See [[England Civil Registration]] for online resources and information''.<br><br>


Baptisms, marriages and burials 1634-1810. FHL BRITISH Film 429027 Item 1 <br>Baptisms, marriages and burials, 1813-1830. FHL BRITISH Film 502932 Item 2 <br><br>
=== Church Records ===


Parish chest records, 1738-1861 Microfilm copy of original records in the Shropshire County Record Office, Shrewsbury.<br>Shropshire Record Office no.: 2477/1/5; 975/1/9
''The Church of England'' (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor. <br>
''Non-Conformist'' refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.


Churchwardens' accounts 1845-1861 FHL BRITISH Film 1657785 Item 17 <br>Overseers' accounts 1738-1791 FHL BRITISH Film 1911429 Item 1 <br><br>  
==== Church of England ====
<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" | '''Ightfield Online Parish Records'''
|-
| bgcolor="#efdcc3" | <center>'''''Collections'''''</center>
| bgcolor="#d9bfbf" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Baptisms'''''</center>
| bgcolor="#bfd9bf" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Marriages'''''</center>
| bgcolor="#cac4d4" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Burials'''''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" |
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>''Indexes and images''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>''Indexes only''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>''Indexes and images''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>''Indexes only''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>''Indexes and images''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>''Indexes only''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| FamilySearch Collections-Shropshire
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&f.recordType=0&q.recordCountry=England&q.recordSubcountry=England%2CShropshire 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&f.recordType=1&q.recordCountry=England&q.recordSubcountry=England%2CShropshire 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&f.recordType=2&q.recordCountry=England&q.recordSubcountry=England%2CShropshire 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| FamilySearch Parish Registers-Shropshire
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>{{RecordSearch|3155854|1500s-1900s}}</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>{{RecordSearch|3155854|1500s-1900s}}</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>{{RecordSearch|3155854|1500s-1900s}}</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
| 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-Shropshire ($)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/shropshire-baptisms 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|  <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/shropshire-marriages 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/shropshire-burials 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"|Findmypast Banns-Shropshire ($)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|  <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/shropshire-banns 1700s-1800s]</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Ancestry-Shropshire ($)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61516/ 1500s-1800s] </center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61516/ 1500s-1800s]</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61516/ 1500s-1800s] </center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9841/  1500s-1900s]<br>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1351/ 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" |  <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9852/ 1500s-1900s]<br>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1352/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9840/ 1500s-1900s]<center>
|-
| bgcolor="#dbe7f0" align="center" scope="col" colspan="7" | ''Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage''
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/england-boyds-marriage-indexes-1538-1850 1500s-1800s]</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
|}
'''''Other Websites'''''
These databases have incomplete parish coverage. <br>
*[http://joinermarriageindex.co.uk/marriage-records/Shropshire/ Joiner Marriage Index - Shropshire] ($)
*[https://parishregister.co.uk/online/shropshire-parish-records The Genealogist Parish Registers - Shropshire] ($)
*[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


==== Census 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.<br>
*'''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


{{Expand section|any unique information, such as ''the census for X year was destroyed''}}
=== Census Records ===
Census records from 1841 to 1921 are available online. See [[England Census|England Census]] for more resources. <br>


Index for the Census may be searched at FamilySearch Historical Records
==== Poor Law Unions  ====


http://www.1881pubs.com/ for details of public houses in the 1881 census
[[Whitchurch Incorporation Poor Law Union, Shropshire]] <br>


==== <br>Poor Law Unions<br> ====
=== Probate Records ===


[[Whitchurch Incorporation Poor Law Union, Shropshire]]
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to [[Shropshire Probate Records|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.
 
<br>
 
==== Probate records  ====
 
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to [[Shropshire Probate Records|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  ==
== Maps and Gazetteers  ==
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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]  
*[https://www.familysearch.org/mapp/ England Jurisdictions 1851]  
*[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp Vision of Britain]
*[https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp Vision of Britain]
 
== Websites  ==


== Web sites  ==
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SAL/Ightfield/index.html


== Reference<br> ==
== References ==


{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}} {{Shropshire}}  


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