Chebsey, Staffordshire Genealogy

England Staffordshire



Parish History
Chebsey All Saints is an Ancient Parish.

CHEBSEY (All Saints), a parish, in the union of Stone, S. division of the hundred of Pirehill, N. division of the county of Stafford, 2 miles (E. by S.) from Eccleshall; containing, with the township of ColdNorton, 442 inhabitants. The parish comprises about 4012 acres of land, whereof 2812a. 3r. 18p. are in Chebsey township, which includes the hamlet of Shallowfield. The village, which is small and ancient, lies in a narrow valley near the confluence of the Eccleshall water with the river Sow. The Liverpool and Birmingham railway passes through the parish. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books at £5. 7. 6.; patrons and appropriators, the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield: the great tithes have been commuted for £463, and the vicarial for £70; the vicar has a glebe of 90 acres. The church is an ancient structure, standing above the village. In the churchyard was formerly a tall pyramidal stone, supposed to be the memorial of a bishop slain near this place.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 558-562. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50868 Date accessed: 23 April 2011.

Civil Registration
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Church records
Deposited parish registers at Staffordshire Record Office Bap 1660-1869 Mar 1660-1837, 1850-1975 Bur 1650-1750,1813-1890 Lichfield Record Office holdings of Bishop's Transcripts Bap 1660-1845 Mar 1660-1837 Bur 1662-1887 Missing Bap/Bur 1854-1859

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Poor Law Unions
Stone 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.

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