Whittington, Shropshire Genealogy

Guide to Whittington, Shropshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

History
In 1848 - WHITTINGTON (St. John the Baptist),a parish, in the hundred of Oswestry, N. division of Shropshire, 3 miles (E. N. E.) from Oswestry. There is a chapel at Frankton, about three miles from the village; and the Brownists and Bryanites have places of worship.

The parish of Whittington originally formed part of the Welsh Diocese of St Asaph. However, following the disestablishment of the Anglican church in Wales in 1920, the parish was transferred to the English Diocese of Lichfield.

Halston, formerly extra-parochial, now lies within Whittington Parish.

Census Records
The parish of Whittington formed part of the Oswestry Registrar's District.

Church Records
The following records of Whittington are available on the IGI:

Whittington parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Bishop's transcripts held at Lichfield Record Office Bap 1662-1840 Marr 1662-1837 Bur 1662-1840

Halston chapelry registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Nonconformist Church Records

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)

Civil Records
The parish of Whittington formed a sub-district of the Oswestry Registration District and any entries for births, marriages or deaths from 1837 in Whittington will appear as Oswestry in the GRO Indexes. Oswestry: XVIII (1837-1851); 6a (1852-1946); 9A (1946-1974).

Websites
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SAL/Whittington/index.html


 * Ordnance Survey map of Whittington
 * Info from GenUKI website
 * BBC Shropshire feature on the castle restoration