Wellington, Shropshire Genealogy

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England   Shropshire   Shropshire Parishes

Parish History
WELLINGTON (All Saints), a market-town and parish, and the head of a union, in the Wellington division of the hundred of South Bradford, N. division of Shropshire, 11 miles (E.) from Shrewsbury, and 151 (N. W.) from London.

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.

Church records
Wellington All Saints

Bishop's transcripts held at Lichfield Record Office Bap 1659-1884 Marr 1659-1837 Bur 1659-1855

Wellington Christ Church

Bishop's transcripts held at Lichfield Record Office Bap 1839-1885 Marr none Bur 1839-1885

Wellington St George

Bishop's transcripts held at Lichfield Record Office Bap1868 Bur 1868

Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Shropshire 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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain