Whitchurch, Shropshire Genealogy
Guide to Whitchurch, Shropshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
Part of this parish is in Cheshire. See also Whitchurch, Cheshire.
| Whitchurch, Shropshire | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Ancient Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Nantwich; North Bradford |
| County | Shropshire |
| Poor Law Union | Whitchurch Incorp |
| Registration District | Nantwich; Wem |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1627 | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: 1674 | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Market Drayton |
| Diocese | Lichfield |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Legal Jurisdictions | |
| Probate Court | Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory) |
| Location of Archive | |
| Shropshire Record Office | |
Contents
Parish History[edit | edit source]
In 1848 - WHITCHURCH (St. Alkmund), a market-town andparish, chiefly in the Whitchurch division of the hundred of North Bradford, N. division of Shropshire, but partly in the hundred of Nantwich, S. division of Cheshire. There are places of worship for Baptists, Independents, Wesleyans, and Unitarians.[1]
Civil Records[edit | edit source]
The parish of Whitchurch originally formed part of the Wem & Whitchurch Registration District when it was created on 1 Jul 1837. A separate registration district was created for Whitchurch in 1853.
| Years | District | Sub-district | Volumes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jul 1837 - 30 Mar 1853 | Whitchurch | Wem & Whitchurch | XVIII (1837-51) 6a (1852-1853) |
| 1 Apr 1853 - 31 Dec 1969 | Whitchurch | Whitchurch | 6a (1853-1946) 9A (1946-1970) |
| 1 Jan 1970 - 1974 | North Shropshire | Whitchurch | 9A (1970-74) |
Church Records[edit | edit source]
The following records for Whitchurch are available on the IGI:
| Church | Type | Years | Batch Number |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Alkmund | Baptisms | 1633-1723 | C037561 |
| St Alkmund | Baptisms | 1724-1797 | C037562 |
| St Alkmund | Baptisms | 1798-1858 | C037563 |
| St Alkmund | Baptisms | 1627-1852 | M037561 |
| St Alkmund | Mixed | E037561 |
Whitchurch, Shropshire Genealogy parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
| FMP = Shropshire Records (findmypast) - (£)[2][3][4][5] |
| Whitchurch, Shropshire Genealogy Online Parish Records | ||||||
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| Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | |
| FMP | Undefined | Undefined | Undefined | Undefined | Undefined | Undefined |
Bishop's transcripts held at Lichfield Record Office Bap 1674-1858 Marr 1674-1851 Bur 1674-1858
Nonconformist Church Records[edit | edit source]
- 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)
- 1819-1906 Shropshire, Non-Conformist Membership Lists 1819-1906 at FindMyPast ($); index and images (dates may vary by parish)
The following records for Whitchurch are available on the IGI:
| Church | Type | Years | Batch Number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dodington Independent | Baptisms | 1807-1837 | C082171 |
| Dodington Presbyterian | Baptisms | 1814-1836 | C016452 |
| Wesleyan | Baptisms | 1813-1830 & 1829-1837 | C082151 |
Census Records[edit | edit source]
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a Family History Center or at the Family History Library.
Websites[edit | edit source]
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SAL/Whitchurch/index.html
- Ordnance Survey map of Whitchurch
- BBC Shropshire panoramic view of Whitchurch
- Shropshire Routes to Roots - Whitchurch
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 543-551. Date accessed: 11 June 2012.
- ↑ 'Shropshire Baptisms 1538-1900,' findmypast, accessed 28 April 2014.
- ↑ 'Shropshire Marriages 1538-1900,' findmypast, accessed 28 April 2014.
- ↑ 'Shropshire Banns 1760-1900,' findmypast, accessed 28 April 2014.
- ↑ 'Shropshire Burials 1538-1900,' findmypast, accessed 28 April 2014.
