Petton, Shropshire Genealogy

Parish History
PETTON, a parish, in the union of Ellesmere,hundred of Pimhill, N. division of Shropshire, 6¼ miles(S. S. E.) from Ellesmere. This parish, is on the road from Shrewsbury to Chester.

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

Bishop's transcripts held at Lichfield Record Office Bap 1631-1862 Marr 1631-1836 Bur 1631-1857 Missing all events 1841-1850, 1855-1857, 1861

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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

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