Bradley le Moors, Staffordshire Genealogy

England Staffordshire

Parish History
Bradley in the Moors St Leonard is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Staffordshire, created in 1744 from chapelry in Rocester,_Staffordshire Ancient Parish.

BRADLEY-in-the-Moors (All Saints), a parish, in the union of Cheadle, S. division of the hundred of Totmonslow, N. division of the county of Stafford, 4 miles (E. S. E.) from Cheadle; containing 72 inhabitants. It lies near the road from Cheadle to Rocester, and comprises about 650 acres of land: the Earl of Shrewsbury is lord of the manor and principal owner of the soil. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £58; patron and impropriator, the Earl of Shrewsbury, whose rectory is valued in the king's books at £17. 11. 8. The church is a small edifice.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 331-334. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50820 Date accessed: 11 April 2011.

Civil Registration
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Church records
Bradley in the Moors St Leonard

Deposited parish registers at Staffordshire Record Office Bap 1674-1989 Mar 1674-1977 Bur 1674-1993 Lichfield Record Office holdings of Bishop's Transcripts Bap 1674-1868 Mar 1674-1829 Bur 1674-1867

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Poor Law Unions
Cheadle 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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