Burton upon Trent Holy Trinity, Staffordshire Genealogy

England Staffordshire  Burton upon Trent Holy Trinity

'''Part of this parish is in Derbyshire. See also Burton upon Trent Holy Trinity, Derbyshire. '''

Parish History
HolyTrinity was built as a district church in the Burton upon Trent St Modwen, Staffordshire Ancient parish under the patronage of the Marquess of Anglesea. Part of the parish was in Derbyshire see Winshill,Staffordshire St Mark for the 1894 transfer of the Derbyshire part of the parish. A second church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, and to which a district has been assigned, was erected in 1823, on land given by the noble marquess; it is a very handsome structure in the decorated English style, and highly ornamental to the town. The church was built and endowed by the executors of Isaac Hawkins, Esq., and contains 1100 sittings, of which 750 are free: the living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £261; patron, the Marquess. From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 452-460. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50848 Date accessed: 10 March 2011.

Civil Registration
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Church records
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Burton upon Trent Holy Trinity was fromed in 1825 from part of Burton upon Trent St Modwen, Staffordshire and parts of Horninglow, Stretton and Winshill,Staffordshire Ecclesiastical parishes. Abolished in 1969 and returned to Burton upon Trent St Modwen, Staffordshire

Deposited parish registers at Staffordshire Record Office Bap 1824-1968 Mar 1844-1969 Bur 1826-1929 Lichfield Record Office holdings of Bishop's Transcripts Bap 1824-1889 Mar none Bur 1826-1871

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Census records
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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
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Web sites
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