Aston juxta Birmingham, Warwickshire Genealogy
Aston juxta Birmingham, Warwickshire | |
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Type | Ancient Parish |
Civil Jurisdictions | |
Hundred | Birmingham; Hemlingford |
County | Warwickshire |
Poor Law Union | Aston |
Registration District | Aston |
Records begin | |
Parish registers: 1544; Separate registers exist for Ashted beginning 1810; and also for Deritend beginning 1699; and also for Water Orton beginning 1813 | |
Bishop's Transcripts: 1677; Separate records exist for Ashted beginning 1813; and also for Deritend beginning 1813; and also for Water Orton beginning 1813 | |
Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
Rural Deanery | Arden |
Diocese | Worcester |
Province | Canterbury |
Legal Jurisdictions | |
Probate Court | Court of the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry (Episcopal Consistory) Post-1836 - Court of the Bishop of Worcester (Episcopal Consistory) |
Location of Archive | |
Warwickshire County Record Office | |
Contents
Parish History
Aston St Peter and Paul is an Ancient Parish and several chapelries and parishes were formed from it including at Castle Bromwich, Warwickshire, Water-Orton, Ward-End in Little Bromwich , Bordesley , Deritend , Erdington, Warwickshire, Ashted, Warwickshire, and Duddeston cum Nechells, Warwickshire
One of only 2 churches in the Birmingham area referred to in the Domesday survey, the church is in Witton Lane Aston.
Saint Peter and Saint Paul Aston Juxta Birmingham is an ancient parish of Birmingham in the hundred of Hemlingford, Warwickshire and Worcestershire, on the outskirts of Birmingham that was divided into some 15 or so smaller parishes in the 19th century. Castle Bromwich and Erdington are chapelries of Aston juxta Birmingham. Other places within the parish are: Asted, Bromwich, Deritend, Witton, Washwood, Water Orton, and Little Bromwich.
Aston (St. Peter and St. Paul)
ASTON (St. Peter and St. Paul), a parish, and the head of a union, in the Birmingham division of the hundred of Hemlingford, N. division of the county of Warwick; adjoining the town of Birmingham, part of which is within its limits; and comprising the hamlets of Ashted, Castle and Little Bromwich, Erdington, Saltley with Washwood, Ward-End, Water-Orton, Witton, Deritend with Bordesley, and Duddeston with Nechells; containing together 45,718 inhabitants, of whom 2896 are in Aston manor. This extensive parish, the name of which was originally Eston (East town), includes several manors anciently belonging to the earls of Mercia, under whom that of Aston, at the time of the Conquest, was held by Godmund the Saxon. There are additional churches at Castle Bromwich, Water-Orton, Ward-End in Little Bromwich, Bordesley, Deritend, Erdington, Ashted, and Duddeston. The district comprises the neighborhoods of the Lozells, Round-Hills, and Park, and includes a population of about 3000. The poor law union of Aston comprises five parishes and places, containing a population, according to the last census, of 50,928.—See Birmingham, and the articles on the hamlets.[1][2][3]
Resources
Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.
Church records
Aston juxta Birmingham
Bishop's Transcripts deposited at the Lichfield Record Office Aston Bap 1677-1830 Marr 1677-1830 Bur 1677-1830
See Ashted, Warwickshire Bishop's Transcripts for Ashted St James
Water Orton registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
AC = Warwickshire, England, Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials (Ancestry) - (£).[4][5] |
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Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images |
AC | 1785-1812 | 1785-1812 | 1785-1812 | 1785-1812 | 1785-1812 | 1785-1812 |
AC | 1813-1910 | 1813-1910 |
- 1535 - 1984 - England, Warwickshire, Parish Registers, 1535-1984 at FamilySearch — index and images
Census records
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 Family History Center or at the Family History Library.
Poor Law Unions
Aston Poor Law Union, Warwickshire
Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Warwickshire 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 are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Websites
References
- ↑ http://www.bolstridge.co.uk/genealogy/index.php
- ↑ The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
- ↑ Historical Maps, http://maps.familysearch.org/
- ↑ 'Warwickshire, England, Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812,', Ancestry, accessed 13 June 2014.
- ↑ 'Warwickshire, England, Baptisms, 1813-1910,', Ancestry, accessed 1 July 2014.