Scropton, Derbyshire Genealogy

Guide to Scropton, Staffordshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
Scropton is an Ancient Parish mostly in Derbyshire and partly in Staffordshire. Other places in the parish include Needwood Forest and the township of Foston. Wesleyan Methodist is the only identified non-Church of England denomination in Scropton.

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.

Foston and Scropton were from 1837 to 1890 in both Derbyshire and Staffordshire within the Burton upon Trent registration district.

From 1890 to 1936 they remained in the Burton district.

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: [mailto:registeroffice@derby.gov.uk registeroffice@derby.gov.uk]

Church Records
Scropton parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials have online indexes by the following groups:

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

Lichfield Record Office has deposited Bishop's Transcripts Bap 1665-1864 Mar 1665-1856 Burials 1665-1866

Non Conformist Churches
Wesleyan Methodist
 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images

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.

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Websites
Scropton (Foston &amp; Scropton) on GENUKI