Scropton, Derbyshire Genealogy

England Derbyshire  Staffordshire



Parish History
Scropton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Derbyshire.Other places in the parish include: Foston and Scropton, Broomhill, and Foston. SCROPTON (St. Paul), a parish, in the union of Burton-upon-Trent, hundred of Appletree, S. division of the county of Derby, 11½ miles (W. S. W.) from Derby; containing, with the township of Foston, 523 inhabitants. It comprises about 3280 acres; the surface is flat, and watered by the river Dove. An allotment of Needwood forest in Staffordshire, on which houses have been erected, was awarded to Scropton under an inclosure act. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £49; patron and impropriator, J. Broadhurst, Esq. The glebe comprises 15 acres. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.From: 'Scrafton, West - Scunthorpe', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 34-36. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51260 Date accessed: 09 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.

Foston and Scropton were from 1837 to 1890 in both Derbyshire and Staffordshire within the Burton upon Trent registration district.

From 1890 to 1936 they remained in the Burton district.

Staffordshire BMD includes registered births for the Burton upon Trent Registration District. http://www.staffordshirebmd.org.uk/cgi/birthind.cgi?county=staffordshire The registration district prior to 1937 included this parish. From 1937 onwards the Repton district was responsible. Registers are now held at The Register Office, Royal Oak House, Market Place, Derby, DE1 3AR. Tel: 01332 256526/35/36. Fax: 01332 256525. E-mail: [mailto:registeroffice@derby.gov.uk registeroffice@derby.gov.uk]

Church records
To find the names of the neighbouring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

Lichfield Record Office has deposited Bishop's Transcripts Bap 1665-1864 Mar 1665-1856 Burials 1665-1866

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Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Burton upon Trent 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 Derbyshire 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
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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