Great Wyrley, Staffordshire Genealogy

England Staffordshire



Parish History
Great Wyrley St Mark is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Staffordshire, created in 1845 from Cannock, Staffordshire Ancient Parish.

WYRLEY, GREAT, a township, in the parish of Cannock, union of Penkridge, E. division of the hundred of Cuttlestone, S. division of the county of Stafford, 6½ miles (N. N. W.) from Walsall; containing 799 inhabitants. The township comprises 1600 acres, of which the Duke of Sutherland is part proprietor; and contains several collieries, largely employing the population around. The road from Walsall to Cannock passes through the village, which is long, and consists of detached houses. In 1844, Great Wyrley, with the township of Cheslyn-Hay, was formed into an ecclesiastical district, having a population of 1753. The church, dedicated to St. Mark, a highly finished structure in the early English style, was built in 1845, at a cost of £2430, of which sum £1200 were given by the Rev. William Gresley, M.A., prebendary of Lichfield; the remainder was raised by subscription, aided by £333 from the Diocesan, and £250 from the Incorporated, Society. The living is a perpetual curacy; patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield. A school, purchased from the Independents, was opened in 1843.

From: 'Wyke - Wyvill', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 703-707. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51435 Date accessed: 22 March 2011.

Civil Registration
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Church records
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Poor Law Unions
Penkridge 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 Rutland 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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