Cobridge, Staffordshire Genealogy

England Staffordshire



Parish History
Cobridge is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Staffordshire, created in 1845 from Burslem, Staffordshire Ecclesiastical Parish.

COBRIDGE, a village, partly in the parish of Burslem, and partly in that of Stoke-upon-Trent, N. division of the hundred of Pirehill and of the county of Stafford, 2¾ miles (N. N. E.) from Newcastle; the Burslem portion containing 1584 inhabitants. The ville of Rushton, which has been superseded by Cobridge, is described in Domesday book under the name of Risetone; it was given by Henry de Audley to Hulton Abbey, to which it became the grange, and since the Dissolution has been in the possession of the ancient family of Biddulph. Cobridge is in the Staffordshire Potteries, situated on an eminence, midway between Burslem and Hanley, and contains several manufactories and collieries. A neat district church, dedicated to Christ, has been erected by the rector of Burslem, aided by the Church Commissioners and the Diocesan Society; it is in the English style, with a tower, and affords accommodation to about 560 persons. The living is in the gift of the Rector. There are a chapel belonging to Roman Catholics, and a meeting-house for the New Connexion of Methodists. Schoolrooms were erected by subscription in 1766.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 647-654. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50887 Date accessed: 03 April 2011.

Civil Registration
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Church records
Cobridge Christ Church was formed in 1845 from Burslem, Staffordshire

Deposited parish registers at Staffordshire Record Office Bap 1840-1961 Mar 1845-1984 Bur none no burial ground Lichfield Record Office holdings of Bishop's Transcripts Bap 1840-1868 Mar none Bur none

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Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Wolstanton and Burslem 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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