Walton on Trent, Derbyshire Genealogy

England Derbyshire



Parish History
Walton on Trent St Laurence is an Ancient parish Rosliston, Derbyshire was a chapelry within the parish.

WALTON-ON-TRENT (St. John the Baptist), a parish, in the union of Burton, hundred of Repton and Gresley, S. division of the county of Derby, 4 miles (S. W.) from Burton; containing 472 inhabitants. The parish lies on the east bank of the Trent, and comprises 2273a. 1r. 32p., in equal portions of arable and grass land, with about 43 acres of wood and plantations. The village is large and well built. Edward II. forded the Trent here in pursuit of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, and the disaffected barons. In 1833, an act was obtained for building a bridge over the river to Barton-underNeedwood, in Staffordshire; the structure is of iron and wood, rests on iron piles, and cost £5500, raised in £10 shares. The Birmingham and Derby railroad passes through the parish. The Hall is a handsome mansion in the village. The living is a rectory, with that of Rosliston annexed, valued in the king's books at £17. 2. 8½.; net income, £828; patrons, the Townshend family. The tithes of Walton have been commuted for £656. 18.; there is a parsonage-house, and the glebe contains 69 acres. The church, a neat edifice with a very beautiful east window, was a few years since repaired at a considerable expense, defrayed by subscription; it contains several ancient tombs. A school on the national system is partly supported with £20 a year arising from land bequeathed in 1760.From: 'Walton - Walton, Wood', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 453-457. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51374 Date accessed: 09 March 2011.

Civil Registration
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See Staffordshire BMD

Staffordshire BMD includes registered births for the Burton upon Trent Registration District. http://www.staffordshirebmd.org.uk/cgi/birthind.cgi?county=staffordshire The registration district prior to 1937 included this parish. From 1937 onwards the Shardlow district was responsible. Registers are now held at The Register Office, Royal Oak House, Market Place, Derby, DE1 3AR. Tel: 01332 256526/35/36. Fax: 01332 256525. E-mail: registeroffice@derby.gov.uk

Church records
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Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Burton upon Trent Poor Law Union,Staffordshire

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Derbyshire 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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