Hanford, Staffordshire Genealogy

England Staffordshire



Parish History
Hanford St Matthias is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Staffordshire, created in 1828 from Trentham, Staffordshire Ancient Parish.

HANDFORD, or Hanford, a parish, in the union of Stone, N. division of the hundred of Pirehill and of the county of Stafford, 1 mile (N.) of Trentham; containing 733 inhabitants. This place was till lately a chapelry in the parish of Trentham; but is now a distinct parish, under the act 58th of George III., cap. 45. Blue bricks of the hardest quality, and tiles, are made here. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the Duke of Sutherland, who is impropriator; net income, £190. The church, a neat structure, was erected in 1828.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 396-401. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51003 Date accessed: 04 May 2011.

Civil Registration
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See Staffordshire BMD

Church records
Hanford St Matthias was formed in 1828 from part of Trentham, Staffordshire

Deposited parish registers at Staffordshire Record Office Bap 1828-1972 Mar 1843-1975 Bur 1828-1909 Lichfield Record Office holdings of Bishop's Transcripts Bap 1828-1866 Mar 1850-1857 Bur 1828-1868

Missing Bap/Marr/Bur 1840-1850

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
Stone 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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