Tamhorn, Staffordshire Genealogy

Parish History
Tamhorn is an extra-parochial place. Search surrounding parishes for records and information.

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Tamhorn like this:

TAMHORN, an extra-parochial tract in Lichfield district, Stafford; 2¼ miles NW of Tamworth. Acres, 770. Real property, £1,379. Pop., 23. Houses, 4.

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.

Staffordshire BMD have indexes for births marriages and deaths. Due to March 2011 reorganisation of the registration service for South Staffordshire districts the historical registration indexes for this district have been located at the Newcastle under Lyme registration district (formerly held at Lichfield) and applications for certificates need to be directed there. Please refer to the "Updates" page of Staffordshire BMD for further information.

Church records
Tamhorn is an extra-parochial place. Search surrounding parishes for records and information. England Jurisdictions 1851 may assist.

Poor Law Unions
Lichfield 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 Staffordshire 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

Web sites
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