Milwich, Staffordshire Genealogy

Parish History
Milwich All Saints is an Ancient Paris, other places in the parish include: Coton, Garshall Green, Dayhills, and Day-Hills

MILWICH (All Saints), a parish, in the union of Stone, S. division of the hundred of Pirehill, N. division of the county of Stafford, 5 miles (E. S. E.) from Stone; containing 563 inhabitants. It comprises by admeasurement 2989 acres; the surface is varied, and the scenery of pleasing character. The hamlets of Coton, Garshall-Green, and Day-Hills, are in the parish. The village is small, and indifferently built, and occupies a low situation near a small brook, on the Uttoxeter road. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at £4. 3. 4.; patron and impropriator, G. Lewis Dyve, Esq. The great tithes have been commuted for £132. 8., and the vicarial for £138. 13.; the glebe comprises 2 acres. The church is a small edifice, rebuilt in 1795, with the exception of the tower, which is of ancient date. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. Several small sums have been left for distribution among the poor of the parish.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 321-325. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51153&amp;amp;strquery=milwich Date accessed: 05 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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Web sites
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