Edingale, Staffordshire Genealogy

Parish History
Edingale is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Staffordshire, created in 1824 from chapelry in Alrewas, Staffordshire Ancient Parish.

EDINGHALL, or Edengale (Holy Trinity), a parish, in the union of Tamworth, N. division of the hundred of Offlow and of the county of Stafford, 6 miles (N. by W.) from Tamworth; containing 197 inhabitants. This place lies in the vale of the Mease, and comprises 851a. 2r. 24p. of land, exclusively of a portion of Croxall, in Derbyshire, which is intermixed with the village. The living is a perpetual curacy, with a net income of £80; patron, the Prebendary of Weeford in Lichfield Cathedral. At the inclosure of the common about 55 years ago, the tithes were commuted for an allotment of 120 acres to the impropriator, and 16½ acres to the incumbent, who has also 27 acres of old glebe, and an annuity from the tithe-farm. The church is a small edifice, upon an eminence near the river: the churchyard is partly situated in Derbyshire. The poor had the interest of £90, left in 1804 by Francis Cobb, Esq.; but the bequest has been lost. An ancient raised way, in the direction of Lullington, in Derbyshire, passes through the parish.

From: 'Edgbolton - Edlingham', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 144-147. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50940 Date accessed: 31 March 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.

Staffordshire BMD have indexes for births. Due to March 2011 reorganisation of the registration service for South Staffordshire districts the historical registration indexes for this district may have been located at the Newcastle under Lyme registration district or Cannock Registration Offices and applications for certificates need to be directed there. Please refer to the "Updates" page of Staffordshire BMD for further information.

Church records
Parish formed 1824 partly from Croxall, Staffordshire former chapelry under Peculiar Court of Alrewas and Weeford

Deposited parish registers at Staffordshire Record Office Bap 1575-2006 Mar 1575-2003 Bur 1575-2006 Lichfield Record Office holdings of Bishop's Transcripts Bap 1669-1870 Mar 1669-1845 Bur 1669-1870 Missing 1861 Bap/Bur

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Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Tamworth 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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Web sites
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