Stapenhill, Derbyshire Genealogy

England Derbyshire  Derbyshire Parishes

Parish History
Stapenhill St Peter is an Ancient Parish in the county of Derbyshire.Other places in the parish include: Stanton and Newhall, Caldwell, and Cauldwell.

STAPENHILL (St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Burton-upon-Trent, hundred of Repton and Gresley, S. division of the county of Derby, 1 mile (S. E.) from Burton; containing, with the chapelry of Cauldwell, and the township of Stanton with Newhall, 2261 inhabitants. The parish comprises by survey 4620 acres, of which 1656 are in the township of Stapenhill. The soil is chiefly of strong quality, well adapted for wheat and beans, with some portions of good turnip soil; the surface is hilly, and the substratum abounds with coal, of which several extensive mines are in operation. The village is pleasantly situated on the east bank of the Trent. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at £5. 6. 0½., and in the patronage of the Marquess of Anglesey: the glebe comprises 80 acres, with a pleasant residence. The church, which had become dilapidated, was taken down and rebuilt in 1839, at the expense of the incumbent, the Rev. John Clay; it is a chaste and handsome structure in the early English style, beautifully situated on an eminence which overhangs the river. There is a chapel of ease at Cauldwell; and at Stanton with Newhall is a separate incumbency. The Wesleyans have a place of worship. A national school has been erected near the church; and some small bequests are appropriated to the poor.From: 'Stapeley - Stapleton', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 192-195. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51299 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. See Staffordshire BMD

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 after 1904 included this parish.

Church records
Stapenhill St Peter included Newhall, Derbyshire until 1850. It includes Stanton and the chapelry of Caldwell, Derbyshire Part of the parish transferred to Staffordshire in 1894

Derbyshire Record Office has deposited registers reference D 1282 Bap 1679-1992 Marr 1679-1989 Bur 1679-1957 Banns 1754-1806, 1823-1886, 1895-1988

Lichfield Record Office has deposited Bishop's Transcripts Bap 1663-1869 Mar 1663-1837 Burials 1663-1869

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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.

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