Willington Derbyshire Family History Guide
Willington is an Ancient Parish in the county of Derbyshire.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1698
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1662
Nonconformists include: Baptist and Wesleyan Methodist.
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
WILLINGTON, a parish, with a village, in the district of Burton-upon-Trent and county of Derby; on the river Trent, the Grand Trunk canal, and the Midland railway, 4½ miles NE of Burton-upon-Trent. It has a post-office under Burton-upon-Trent, and a r. station. Acres, 1,270. Real property, £2,677. Pop., 477. Houses, 115. The manor belongs to Sir R. Burdett, Bart. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £150. Patron, the Corporation of Etwall Hospital and Repton School. The church is old. There are Baptist and Wesleyan chapels, and charities £13.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Registers
Willington Marriages 1698-1812
Willington Derbyshire Marriages 1698-1812 – UK Genealogy Archives
Marriages Out of Parish
| Details | Place of Marriage |
|---|---|
| Robert Ruston & Mary Newbold, of Willington, lic 8 Sep. 1771 | Aston-upon-Trent |
Administration
- County: Derbyshire
- Civil Registration District: Burton upon Trent
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Lichfield
- Rural Deanery: Hartshorn
- Poor Law Union: Burton upon Trent
- Hundred: Morleston and Litchurch
- Province: Canterbury