Brewood, Staffordshire Genealogy

Guide to Brewood, Staffordshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
BREWOOD, a parish, in the union of Penkridge, E. division of the hundred of Cuttlestone, S. division of the county of Stafford, 7 miles (N. by W.) from Wolverhampton, and 10 (S. by W.) from Stafford. There were two chapelries built within this parish boundary, (with registers of baptisms and burials) including:


 * BISHOPSWOOD - constituted in 1851
 * COVEN - a liberty, 2 miles (E. S. E.) from Brewood had a chapel of ease built in 1839.

The Independents have a place of worship; and there is a Roman Catholic chapel, built in 1844: at Coven is a place of worship for Wesleyans.

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

Coven was originally a manor in the parish of Brewood. The Church was built in 1857.

Brewood St Pauls (Coven) parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Non-Conformist Churches
Brewood Long Birch Roman Catholic parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)

Brewood White Ladies Roman Catholic parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

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

Many of Staffordshire's Parish Register entries have been transcribed in full by Staffordshire FreeREG and can be searched for free.

Census Records

 * 1532/3 - A List of Families in 1532/3

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 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

Websites
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/STS/Brewood/index.html