Little Ness, Shropshire Genealogy

England   Shropshire



Parish History
Little Ness St Martin was formed as a chapelry of Baschurch, Shropshire Ancient Parish in Shropshire.Other places in the parish include: Milford and Adcot.

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Little Ness like this:

NESS (Little), a township and a chapelry in Bas-church parish, Salop. The township lies 2½ miles S W of Baschurch r. station, and 7 N W of Shrewsbury. The chapelry contains also the townships of Adcot and Milford; and its post town is Baschurch, under Shrewsbury. Pop., 238. Houses, 53. The property is divided among a few. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Baschurch, in the diocese of Lichfield. The church is ancient but good, has a bell-gable, and contains an ancient font.

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
Bishop's transcripts held at Lichfield Record Office Bap 166o-1742 Marr 1660-1742 Bur 1660-1742

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Census records
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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
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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