Deritend Christ Church, Warwickshire Genealogy

Parish History
DERITEND, a chapelry, in the parish...of Aston, Birmingham division of the hundred of Hemlingford, N. division of the county of Warwick. The chapel, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, was erected [by 1699], and repaired in 1842; ..the first chapel was erected here prior to 1381. Two congregations of Baptists and the Wesleyans have each a place of worship, and schools; and there are schools attached to St. John's chapel. The chapelries of Deritend St Gabriel and Deritend were also created respectively in

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 West Midlands BMD

Church records
The following indexed church records of Deritend are currently available for searching at the following websites:

Bishop's Transcripts deposited at the Birmingham City Archives, Central Library, Chamberlain Square, Birmingham - Bap 1699-1912, Marr none, Bur 1792-1898.

Poor Law Unions
Aston Poor Law Union, Warwickshire

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Warwickshire 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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