Broughton, Staffordshire Genealogy

England Staffordshire

Parish History
Broughton St Peter is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Staffordshire, created in 1787 from Eccleshall,_Staffordshire Ancient Parish.

BROUGHTON, a chapelry, in the parish of Eccleshall, union of Stone, N. division of the hundred of Pirehill and of the county of Stafford, 5¼ miles (N. W. by W.) from Eccleshall. This place is in the Woodland Quarter of the parish, so called from its proximity to the bishop's woods and the ancient forest of Blore. Broughton Hall is an ancient mansion, of the Elizabethan era, surrounded with plantations, clumps, and shady spreading trees, particularly sycamores. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £129; patrons, the family of Broughton. The chapel is a small neat building, with an ancient stained-glass window.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 409-412. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50837 Date accessed: 04 May 2011.

Civil Registration
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Church records
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Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Stone Poor Law Union, Staffordshire

Probate records
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.

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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
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Web sites
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