Kingstone, Staffordshire Genealogy

England Staffordshire



Parish History
Kingstone St John the Baptist is an Ancient Parish in the county of Staffordshire. Other places in the parish include: Blithe Bridge.

KINGSTONE, a parish, in the union of Uttoxeter, S. division of the hundred of Totmonslow, N. division of the county of Stafford, 3½ miles (S. W. by S.) from Uttoxeter; containing 339 inhabitants. The parish is situated on the stream Blythe, which bounds it on the west; it comprises 2007a. 1p., of which 1150 acres are meadow and pasture, 605 arable, and 251 woodland. The surface is hilly, and the soil a strong clay and marl, producing good crops of wheat and oats; the plantations are chiefly oak and ash. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £68; patron, Earl Talbot, whose tithes here have been commuted for £121. 11. The church is an ancient building, much decayed, and appears to have been the nave of a much larger edifice; the tower is of brick, and of recent date.From: 'Kingston - Kingstone-Winslow', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 680-683. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51078 Date accessed: 08 March 2011.

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
Kingstone St John the Baptist Ancient Parish

Deposited parish registers at Staffordshire Record Office Bap 1679-1980 Mar 1679-1990 Bur 1679-1938 Lichfield Record Office holdings of Bishop's Transcripts Bap 1679-1868 Mar 1679-1837 Bur 1679-1867 Missing 1856-1884 all events

Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection

Poor Law Unions
Uttoxeter 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.

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