Battlefield, Shropshire Genealogy
Battlefield, Shropshire | |
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Type | Ancient Parish |
Civil Jurisdictions | |
Hundred | Albrighton Division |
County | Shropshire |
Poor Law Union | Atcham |
Registration District | Atcham |
Records begin | |
Parish registers: 1665 | |
Bishop's Transcripts: 1630 | |
Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
Rural Deanery | Shrewsbury |
Diocese | Lichfield |
Province | Canterbury |
Legal Jurisdictions | |
Probate Court | Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory) |
Location of Archive | |
Shropshire Record Office | |
Contents
Parish History
BATTLEFIELD (St Mary Magdalene), a parish, in the union of Atcham, liberties of Shrewsbury, N. division of Salop, 3 miles (N. N. E.) from Shrewsbury.[1]
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
Battlefield parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
BATTLEFIELD PARISH (1663) Online Records | ||||||
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Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images |
BOYD | |
1666-1774 | |
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FMP | Undefined | Undefined | Undefined | Undefined | Undefined | Undefined |
IARC | 1663-1812 | |
1663-1812 | |
1663-1812 | |
IGI | 1663-1848 | 1663-1774, 1814-1830 | ||||
JOIN | |
1666-1774 | |
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MLOC | 1663-1812 | |
1663-1812 | |
1663-1812 | |
PALL | |
1774 | |
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Bishop's transcripts held at Lichfield Record Office Bap 1619-1870 Marr 1813-1835 Bur 1813-1870
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.
Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to 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 are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Websites
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SAL/Battlefield/index.html
References
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England(1848), pp. 177-181. Date accessed: 10 May 2012.
- ↑ 'Shropshire Baptisms 1538-1900,' findmypast, accessed 28 April 2014.
- ↑ 'Shropshire Marriages 1538-1900,' findmypast, accessed 28 April 2014.
- ↑ 'Shropshire Burials 1538-1900,' findmypast, accessed 28 April 2014.
- ↑ Hugh Wallis, 'IGI Batch Numbers for Shropshire, England,' IGI Batch Numbers, accessed 22 April 2014.
- ↑ 'Shropshire Coverage,' The Joiner Marriage Index, accessed 9 September 2013.
- ↑ Pallot's Marriage and Birth Indexes, Guide to Parishes. Digital version at FamilySearch Books Online.