Wellington, Staffordshire Genealogy

England Staffordshire Staffordshire Parishes



Parish History
Wellington is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Staffordshire, created in 1845 from Hanley, Staffordshire Ecclesiastical Parish.

Two districts, respectively named Northwood and Wellington, were formed in 1845. There are places of worship for Baptists, Independents, Wesleyans, and other Methodists.

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 Staffordshire BMD

Church records
Hanley St Luke (Wellington) was formed in 1845 from part of Hanley, Staffordshire St John

Deposited parish registers at Staffordshire Record Office Bap1848-1969 Mar 1854-1975 Bur no burial ground Lichfield Record Office no holdings of Bishop's Transcripts

Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection

Poor Law Unions
Stoke 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 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.

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

Reference
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