Stowe, Staffordshire Genealogy

Parish History
Stowe by Chartley is an Ancient Parish in the county of Staffordshire.Other places in the parish include: Great Heywood, Grindley, Drointon, Amerton, and Little Heywood.

STOWE (St. John the Baptist), a parish, in the S. division of the hundred of Pirehill, union, and N. division of the county, of Stafford, 7 miles (N. E. by E.) from Stafford; containing, with the townships of Amerton and Grindley, and part of the townships of Drointon, Great and Little Haywood, and Hixon, 1267 inhabitants, of whom 156 are in Stowe township. The parish comprises 5008a. 2r. 31p. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £61; patron, Sir John Cave, Bart.; impropriator, John Fitzgerald, Esq. The church is an ancient building, the nave of which is separated from the chancel by a handsome arch, said to be Saxon; it contains an alabaster monument to Devereux, first Viscount Hereford, and his two wives, with their effigies in a recumbent posture. The viscount, who distinguished himself in the wars against France in the reign of Henry VIII., resided and was buried here. There is a place of worship for Independents.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 234-238. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51311 Date accessed: 06 April 2011.

Civil Registration
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Church records
Stowe by Chartley St John the Baptist Ancient parish

Deposited parish registers at Staffordshire Record Office Bap 1575-1943 Mar 1575-1837 Bur 1575-1866 Lichfield Record Office holdings of Bishop's Transcripts Bap 1679-1867 Mar 1679-1850 Bur 1679-1867

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Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Stafford Poor Law Union

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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