Edgbaston St James, Warwickshire Genealogy

England Warwickshire Warwickshire Parishes

Parish History
Edgbaston (St James), is the third of three parishes in Edgbaston, it is also a suburb, and a sub-district, in the district of Kings Norton, Warwickshire. The suburb adjoins Birmingham and forms the west end of that town; it lies on the Birmingham canal, adjacent to the Stour Valley railway; there are two post offices, Bristol-Road and Hagley-Road, under Birmingham.

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.

Census records

 * 1532/3 - A List of Families in 1532/3

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Warwickshire 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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain