Leaton, Shropshire Genealogy

England   Shropshire

Parish History
Leaton Holy Trinity was formed as a chapelry from part of Shrewsbury St Mary, Shropshire Ancient parish as Berwick Estate church to the design of Samuel Pountney Smith.

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

LEATON, a township in Shrewsbury-St. Mary parish, and a chapelry partly also in Fitz and Preston-Gubbals parishes, Salop. The township lies on the Shrewsbury and Chester railway, near the river Severn, 4¼ miles NNW of Shrewsbury; and has a station on the railway.—The chapelry was constituted in 1860. Posttown, Shrewsbury. Pop., 434. Houses, 101. Pop. of the St. Mary portion, 279; of the Preston-Gubbals portion, 141. Leaton Knolls is the seat ofS. Lloyd, Esq. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £105. Patron, S. Lloyd, Esq. The church was built in 1860, at a cost of £5, 475; is in the early English style; and consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with tower and spire.

Civil Registration
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Church records
Bishop's transcripts held at Lichfield Record Office Bap 1859-1868 Marr noneBur 1860-1869 Missing all events 1865-1867

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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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