Fulford, Staffordshire Genealogy

England Staffordshire



Parish History
Fulford St Nicholas is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Staffordshire, created in 1774 from chapelry in Stone, Staffordshire Ancient Parish.

FULFORD, a chapelry, in the parish and union of Stone, S. division of the hundred of Pirehill, N. division of the county of Stafford, 4¾ miles (N. E.) from Stone; containing 363 inhabitants. It lies in the Hilderstone quarter of the parish. Quarries of excellent freestone are wrought in the vicinity. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £129; patron and impropriator, Thomas Allen, Esq. The chapel is dedicated to St. Nicholas, and is of very ancient foundation, but was rebuilt in 1824; it stands on an eminence north of the village. A school-house was built pursuant to the will of George Hiatt, who in 1735 bequeathed £300 for its support.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 272-275. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50975 Date accessed: 04 May 2011.

Civil Registration
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Church records
Fulford St Nicholas formerly a chapelry in Stone, Staffordshire

Deposited parish registers at Staffordshire Record Office Bap 1880-1944 Mar 1800-1983 Bur 1800-1935 Lichfield Record Office holdings of Bishop's Transcripts Bap 1809-1863  Mar 1809-1863 Bur 1815-1863

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Poor Law Unions
Stone 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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