Aston juxta Birmingham, Warwickshire Genealogy

Parish History
Aston St Peter and Paul is an Ancient Parish and several chapelries and parishes were formed from it including at Castle Bromwich, Warwickshire, Water-Orton, Ward-End in Little Bromwich, Bordesley , Deritend ,  Erdington, Warwickshire, Ashted, Warwickshire, and Duddeston cum Nechells, Warwickshire

One of only 2 churches in the Birmingham area referred to in the Domesday survey, the church is in Witton Lane Aston.

Saint Peter and Saint Paul Aston Juxta Birmingham is an ancient parish of Birmingham in the hundred of Hemlingford, Warwickshire and Worcestershire, on the outskirts of Birmingham that was divided into some 15 or so smaller parishes in the 19th century. Castle Bromwich and Erdington are chapelries of Aston juxta Birmingham. Other places within the parish are: Asted, Bromwich, Deritend, Witton, Washwood, Water Orton, and Little Bromwich.

Aston (St. Peter and St. Paul)

ASTON (St. Peter and St. Paul), a parish, and the head of a union, in the Birmingham division of the hundred of Hemlingford, N. division of the county of Warwick; adjoining the town of Birmingham, part of which is within its limits; and comprising the hamlets of Ashted, Castle and Little Bromwich, Erdington, Saltley with Washwood, Ward-End, Water-Orton, Witton, Deritend with Bordesley, and Duddeston with Nechells; containing together 45,718 inhabitants, of whom 2896 are in Aston manor. This extensive parish, the name of which was originally Eston (East town), includes several manors anciently belonging to the earls of Mercia, under whom that of Aston, at the time of the Conquest, was held by Godmund the Saxon. There are additional churches at Castle Bromwich, Water-Orton, Ward-End in Little Bromwich, Bordesley, Deritend, Erdington, Ashted, and Duddeston. The district comprises the neighborhoods of the Lozells, Round-Hills, and Park, and includes a population of about 3000. The poor law union of Aston comprises five parishes and places, containing a population, according to the last census, of 50,928.—See Birmingham, and the articles on the hamlets.

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.

See West Midlands BMD

Church records
Aston juxta Birmingham parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

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

Information about the parish may be found on Warwickshire Online Parish Clerks. Records are also available at the Warwickshire County Record Office.

Poor Law Unions
Aston Poor Law Union, Warwickshire

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Warwickshire 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