Repton, Derbyshire Genealogy

England Derbyshire  Derbyshire Parishes  Repton

Parish History
Repton St Wystan is an Ancient Parish in the county of Derbyshire. Bretby, Derbyshire is a chapelry of Repton.

Other places in the parish include: Milton

REPTON (St. Wyston), a parish, in the union of Burton-upon-Trent, hundred of Repton and Gresley, S. division of the county of Derby, 4 miles (N. E. by E.) from Burton with Bretby chapelry. The parish is bounded on the north by the navigable river Trent. There are places of worship for Independents and Wesleyan Methodists.

Repton School and it's benefactors wishes account for the housemasters of the school being appointed only if ordained anglican clergy. An examination of baptismal registers for the 19th century will reflect a number of clergy for this reason.

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.

Staffordshire BMD includes registered births for the Burton upon Trent Registration District. http://www.staffordshirebmd.org.uk/cgi/birthind.cgi?county=staffordshire The registration district prior to 1937 included this parish. From 1937 onwards the Repton district was responsible. Registers are now held at The Register Office, Royal Oak House, Market Place, Derby, DE1 3AR. Tel: 01332 256526/35/36. Fax: 01332 256525. E-mail: registeroffice@derby.gov.uk

Church records
Lichfield Record Office has deposited Bishop's Transcripts Bap 1662-1881 Mar 1662-1837 Burials 1662-1881

Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection

Poor Law Unions
Burton 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 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.

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