Bucknall cum Bagnall, Staffordshire Genealogy

England Staffordshire



Parish History
Bucknall cum Bagnall is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Staffordshire, Refounded in 1849 from Bucknall Ecclesiastical Parish and Bagnall Ecclesiastical Parish. Other places in the parish include: Bagnall, Bucknall Eaves, Ubberley, Eaves, and Bucknall with Ubberley.

BUCKNALL, with Bagnall (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Stoke-upon-Trent, N. division of the hundred of Pirehill and of the county of Stafford, 1½ mile (E.) from Hanley; containing, with the townships of Bagnall, Bucknall, Eaves, and Ubberley, 1609 inhabitants, of whom 638 are in Bucknall township. These places lie from four to seven miles north-east of Stoke: both villages are agricultural. The road from Hanley to Cheadle passes through the parish. Bucknall was formerly a chapelry in the parish of Stoke, but was separated from it by an act passed in 1807, and, with the chapelry of Bagnall, constituted a distinct rectory. The living is not in charge; net income, £200; patron and incumbent, the Rev. Edward Powys. The church, a small edifice in an elevated situation, was rebuilt in 1718: the chapel of ease at Bagnall was rebuilt in 1834.

From: 'Bucknall - Buildwas', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 424-428. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50841 Date accessed: 01 April 2011.

Civil Registration
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See Staffordshire BMD

Church records
Bucknall St Mary was formed in 1716 from Bagnall and Bucknall chapelry in Stoke upon Trent, Staffordshire parish Deposited registers at Staffordshire Record Office

Bap 1578-1970 Mar 1765-1996 Bur 1763-1947 Bishops Transcripts at Lichfield Record Office Bap &amp;Mar 1762-1848 Bur 1762-1852

See also the chapelry and district church of Abbey Hulton St John, Staffordshire

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Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Stoke Upon Trent 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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