Barlaston, Staffordshire Genealogy

England Staffordshire



Parish History
Barlaston St John the Baptist is an Ancient Parish.

The Old Church of St John the Baptist was closed due to mining subsidence and a new church was built in the village centre and retained the same dedicatory name.

BARLASTON (St. John the Baptist), a parish, in the union of Stone, S. division of the hundred of Pirehill, N. division of the county of Stafford, 4¼ miles (N. by W.) from Stone; containing 591 inhabitants. The parish comprises 2087a. 2r. 23p. of inclosed land, with about 60 acres of waste: the Grand Trunk canal passes through. The village, which is well built, is delightfully situated near the summit of a lofty acclivity on the east side of the vale of the Trent, commanding extensive and beautiful views: Parkfield is a hamlet of pleasant houses on a terrace above the Trent. Barlaston Hall, a handsome mansion, stands near the north end of the village. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £150; patron, the Duke of Sutherland. The church is a modern building of brick, with an ancient stone tower; it was enlarged in 1830, when a new gallery was erected. There is a school for 28 children, to which Thomas Mills, in 1800, bequeathed £12 per annum; it is also endowed with a cottage and garden.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 145-148. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50778 Date accessed: 04 May 2011.

Josiah Wedgwood and Sons Ltd. built a new works at Barlaston in 1938, completing it after the Second World War; the earthenware department was finished in 1940. The company sold the Etruria works to the Shelton Iron, Steel, and Coal Company in 1943 but subsequently took a lease of the premises; in 1951 they sold the lease to the Dunlop Rubber Company and now (1960) occupy only a small part of the building as sub-tenants of Dunlop's.

From 'Hanley: Local government, economic history and social life', A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 8 (1963), pp. 157-173. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53372&amp;strquery=Barlaston Date accessed: 04 May 2011.

Civil Registration
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Church records
Barlaston St John the Baptist Ancient Parish

Deposited parish registers at Staffordshire Record Office Bap 1573-1965 Mar 1598-1978 Bur 1551-1946 Lichfield Record Office holdings of Bishop's Transcripts Bap 1674-1868 Mar 1674-1858 Bur 1674-1868

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Poor Law Unions
Stone Poor Law Union, Staffordshire

Probate records
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