Bloxwich, Staffordshire Genealogy

England Staffordshire



Parish History
Bloxwich All Saints is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Staffordshire, created in 1810 from Walsall St Matthew, Staffordshire Ancient Parish.

BLOXWICH, a chapelry district, in the parish and union of Walsall, S. division of the hundred of Offlow and of the county of Stafford, 2 miles (N. N. W.) from Walsall, on the road to Stafford; containing 3801 inhabitants. In Domesday book this place is described as being held by the king, and having a wood three furlongs in length and one in breadth. From its vicinity to Walsall, it participates in a considerable degree in the manufactures and trade of that town; and advantage is derived from the Essington and Wyrley canal, which passes through the district. The land is of level surface, and the soil gravelly and sandy. Extensive coal and iron mines are in operation: the colliery opened by Messrs. Walter Dudley and Company in 1840, employs 350 hands. Bridle-bits and awl-blades are made in great quantities; and at Goscote is a foundry. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £150, with a house. The church, dedicated to St. Thomas, is a neat edifice with a square tower; it was rebuilt in 1790 and enlarged in 1833, and is in good repair. By an order of council, in August 1842, a district was assigned, comprehending the village of Bloxwich, and the hamlets of Little Bloxwich, Goscote, Blakenall, Coalpool, Harden, and part of the Birchills. There are places of worship for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists; and, at Harden, a Roman Catholic chapel. A national school is supported by subscription; at Blakenall is an infants' school.

A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 282-286. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50808 Date accessed: 04 April 2011.

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 and Staffordshire BMD

Church records
Bloxwich All Saints formed 1810 from Walsall St Matthew, Staffordshire of which it was formerly a chapelry of that parish

Deposited parish registers at Staffordshire Record Office Bap 1733-1950 Mar 1843-1951 Bur 1733-1954 Lichfield Record Office holdings of Bishop's Transcripts Bap 1733-1873 Mar 1733-1869 Bur 1733-1872

Subsequent formations from this parish include

Bloxwich St James (Old Lane) formed 1904 registers not deposited

Bloxwich St Thomas (Mossley) formed 1959 register not deposited

Bloxwich The Holy Ascension formed as district church 1968 registers not deposited

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Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Walsall 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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