Croxall, Staffordshire Genealogy

England Staffordshire Staffordshire Parishes



Parish History
CROXALL (St. John the Baptist), a parish, in the union of Tamworth, partly in the N. division of the hundred of Offlow and of the county of Stafford, and partly in the hundred of Repton and Gresley, S. division of the county of Derby, 7½ miles (N.) from Tamworth; containing, with the township of Catton, in Derby, and that of Oakley, in Stafford.

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
To find the names of the neighbouring parishes, use Jurisdictions 1851. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

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Croxall St John the Baptist Ancient parish in both counties of Derbyshire and Stafffordshire

Derbyshire Record Office reference D1130 has deposited registers Bap 1719-1993 Mar 1720-1753, 1837-1967 Burials 1678-185 1720-1993

Lichfield Record Office has deposited Bishop's Transcripts Bap 1651-1864 Marr 1651-1854 Bur 1651-1865

Poor Law Unions
Tamworth 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 Derbyshire 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
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