Hope, Staffordshire Genealogy

Parish History
Hope Holy Trinty was an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Staffordshire, created in 1845 from Shelton, Staffordshire Ecclesiastical Parish.

A district named Etruria was formed in the parish in 1844, and endowed by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners; by whom, also, another district was formed in 1845, called Hope, having a population of about 3400. Each of the two livings is in the alternate gift of the Crown and the Bishop of Lichfield.

From: 'Sheinton - Shelwick', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 66-69. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51268 Date accessed: 01 April 2011.

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
Hope Holy Trinity was formed in 1845 part of Shelton, Staffordshire EP United with Hanley St john circa 1940 and church closed.

Deposited parish registers at Staffordshire Record Office Bap 1848-1939 Mar 1850-1940 Bur No burial ground Lichfield Record Office no holdings of Bishop’s Transcripts

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Poor Law Unions
Stoke Upon Trent 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.

Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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