Rushall, Staffordshire Genealogy

Parish History
Rushall St Michael the Archangel is an Ancient Parish.

RUSHALL (St. Michael), a parish, in the union of Walsall, S. division of the hundred of Offlow and of the county of Stafford, 1 mile (N. E. by N.) from Walsall; containing 1609 inhabitants. It comprises an area of 1920a. 1r. 14p., of which the soil is partly light, but mostly a strong clay; the surface is undulated, in some places hilly, and the substratum contains limestone and ironstone, the former of which is worked to some extent, several lime-works being carried on. The village is situated on the road leading from Walsall to Lichfield; and the Wyrley and Essington canal, now merged into the old Birmingham canal, passes through the parish. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at £4. 5.; patrons, William L. and George Mellish, Esqrs., who are lords of the manor; net income, £304, with a good glebe-house, enlarged in 1843. The vicarial tithes have been commuted for £170. 1., and the glebe comprises 46 acres: 24 acres in Aston parish, producing £60 per annum, were purchased by Queen Anne's Bounty. The church was repaired in 1828 at an expense of £600, raised by subscription; it contains some old monuments to the Leigh family, of whom Edward Leigh, author of Critica Sacra and several other works, died in 1677, and was buried in the chancel. A national school is supported by subscription. Here are the ruined walls of an ancient castellated mansion.

From: 'Ruscomb - Ruswarp', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 717-719. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51250 Date accessed: 30 March 2011.

Civil Registration
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Church records
Rushall St Michael Ancient Parish

Deposited parish registers at Staffordshire Record Office Bap 1686-1968 Mar 1715-1982 Bur 1771-1961 (earlier years include BT's Lichfield Record Office holdings of Bishop's Transcripts Bap 1660-1868 Mar 1660-1837 Bur 1660-1868

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Parish registers for Rushall, 1686-1894 Microfilm copies of original records in the Staffordshire Record Office, Stafford, England. The parish church in Rushall is St. Michael. Staffordshire Record Office reference: D3845/1/1-16.

Baptisms 1686-1894 Marriages 1724, 1734-1769, 1771-1806, 1813-1869 Banns 1772-1812 Burials 1771-1812 FHL BRITISH Film 1526108 Items 23-32 Marriages 1869-1884 Burials 1813-1892 FHL BRITISH Film 1526109 Items 1-6

Bishop's transcripts for Rushall, 1660-1868 Microfilm of original records in the Staffordshire Record Office.

Baptisms, marriages, and burials, 1660-1812. FHL BRITISH Film 421585 Item 3 Baptisms, marriages, and burials, 1813-1868. FHL BRITISH Film 435834

Known Issue entries for the parish in England Births and Christenings 1538-1975 may be duplicated by erroneous entries for the event in indexing project (batch) number: C39155-1 system origin: England-VR source film number: 1526108 with incorrect place data entry as Mavesyn Ridware, Staffordshire

Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Walsall 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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