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[[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Staffordshire]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Staffordshire Parishes]] | [[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 family history and genealogy:''' parish registers, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records. | ||
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=== Parish History === | === Parish History === | ||
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> | 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 === | ||
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[[Leek Poor Law Union, Staffordshire]] | [[Leek Poor Law Union, Staffordshire]] | ||
==== Probate records | ==== Probate records ==== | ||
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. | ||
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== Websites == | == Websites == | ||
== Reference | http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/STS/LeekandLowe/index.html | ||
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[[Category:Staffordshire]] | [[Category:Staffordshire]] | ||