Ash, Shropshire Genealogy

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Parish History
Ash Christ Church is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Shropshire, created in 1844 from Whitchurch, Shropshire Ancient Parish.Other places in the parish include: Ash Parva and Ash Magna.

Ash Christ Church is a parish in the Diocese of Lichfield part of the united benefice of Adderley, Ash,Calverley, Ightfield and Moreton Say in the Hodnet deanery and Salop archdeaconry.

ASH, or otherwise known as LITTLE ASH, a township chapelry, in the parish of Whitchurch, Whitchurch division of the hundred of North Bradford, N. division of Salop, 2¾ miles (S. E. by E.) from Whitchurch; containing 208 inhabitants (1848). The church, erected by subscription, was consecrated August 31, 1837.

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
Bishop's transcripts held at Lichfield Record Office Bap 1841-1866 Marr 1845-1852 Bur 1841-1868 Missing Bap 1842, 1853.

Earlier years in the chapel registers exist back to the year 1837 by searching the Bishop's transcripts of Whitchurch Parish--to which these were attached. To view these chapel registers order the films of Whitchurch Parish to a FamilySearch Center near you.

Census records
Index for the Census may be searched at FamilySearch Historical Records

http://www.1881pubs.com/ for details of public houses in the 1881 census

Poor Law Unions
Whitchurch Incorporation Poor Law Union, Shropshire

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
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