Forebridge, Staffordshire Genealogy

Parish History
Forebridge is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Staffordshire, created in 1844 from Castle Church, Staffordshire Ancient Parish

FOREBRIDGE, with Burton, a township, in the parish of Castle-Church, E. division of the hundred of Cuttlestone, union, and S. division of the county, of Stafford, ¾ of a mile (S. E.) from Stafford; containing 1318 inhabitants. This place forms a handsome suburb of the town of Stafford. A district church, in the early decorated style, consisting of a nave, transepts, and chancel, was consecrated by the Bishop of Lichfield, in January, 1844, and provides about 600 sittings, of which half are free. It is dedicated to St. Paul; and the living is a perpetual curacy in the gift of the Incumbent of Castle-Church, with an income of £120. Here is a school, endowed with £15 per annum, and in union with the National Society.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 250-253. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50968 Date accessed: 09 April 2011.

Civil Registration
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Church records
Stafford St Paul (Forebridge) formed 1844 from part of Castlechurch Ecclesiastical Parish

Deposited parish registers at Staffordshire Record Office Bap 1844-1856 Mar 1922-200 Lichfield Record Office no holdings of Bishop's Transcripts

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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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Web sites
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