Mucklestone, Shropshire & Staffordshire Family History Guide
Mucklestone is an Ancient Parish in the county of Staffordshire and also partly in the county of Shropshire.
Other places in the parish include: Aston, Bearstone, Dorrington, Winnington, Oakley, Oakley near Drayton in Hales, and Knighton.
Alternative names: Muxton
Parish church:
Parish registers begin: 1555
Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist, Protestant Dissenters, and Wesleyan Methodist.
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Parish History
Mucklestone
Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870
Mucklestone, or Muxton, a township in Stafford, and a parish partly also in Salop; all in the district of Market Drayton. The township lies near the river Tern at the boundary with Salop, 4 ½ miles NE of Market-Drayton r. station. Real property, £1,876. Pop., 177. Houses, 35.
The parish contains also the townships of Aston, Knighton, Oakley, and Winnington in Stafford, and the chapelry of Woore in Salop; and its post-town is Market-Drayton. Acres of the Stafford portion, 3,240; of the Salop portion, 5,291. Real property of the Stafford portion, £5,949; of the Salop portion, £6,693. Pop. of the whole in 1851, 1,736; in 1861, 1,610. Houses, 340. Pop. of the Salop portion in 1851, 860; in 1861, 183. Houses, 169. The property is not much divided.
The manor belonged anciently to the Morgans, and belongs now to Lord Crewe. Oakley Hall is a chief residence, and stands in an extensive park. Good building stone is quarried.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £1,072. Patron, Lord Crewe. The church was rebuilt in 1790; but retains a previous tower, from which Margaret of Anjou, in 1459, witnessed the defeat of the royalists on Bloreheath. The p. curacy of Woore is a separate Benefice.
There are schools with £46 a-year from endowment, and charities £126.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland 1833
Mucklestone, cos. Salop and Stafford.
P. T. Drayton-in-Hales (153) 4 m. N E.
Pop. of Pa. 1753. Of To. 179.
A parish and township, partly in the hundred of Bradford North, county of Salop, and partly in the north division of the hundred of Pirehill, county of Stafford, situated on a gentle eminence, about a mile to the north of Bloreheath.
The living is a rectory in the archdeaconry of Stafford and diocese of Lichfield and Coventry; valued in K. B. 20l. 3s. 9d.; patron (1829) E. Mainwaring, Esq. The church, which is dedicated to St. Mary, is an ancient structure with a lofty square tower, from the top of which Queen Margaret beheld the defeat of her husband’s troops in the fatal battle of Bloreheath.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland by John Gorton. The Irish and Welsh articles by G. N. Wright; Vol. II; London; Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand; 1833.
Shropshire Gazetteer 1824
Muckleston. A parish partly in Pirehill hundred, in the county of Stafford, and partly in the Drayton division of the hundred of Bradford, North. The church is in Staffordshire. The entire parish contains 1,753 inhabitants. The Shropshire part 829 inhabitants. 3 ½ miles north-east of Drayton.
Source: The Shropshire Gazetteer, with an Appendix, including a Survey of the County and Valuable Miscellaneous Information, with Plates. Printed and Published by T. Gregory, Wem, 1824
Bearstone
The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1851
Bearston, a township in the parish of Mucklestone, northern division of Pirehill, county of Stafford; 5 miles north-east of Market-Drayton. For Bearston and the three townships of Dorrington, Gravenhanger, and Woore, there are two day and Sunday schools. Pop., in 1831, 95. Houses 16. Acreage with the parish.
Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851.
Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845
Bearston, a township, in the parish of Muckleston, union of Market-Drayton, Drayton division of the hundred of North Bradford, N. division of Salop, 4 ¾ miles (NE by N) from Drayton; containing 101 inhabitants.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.
Gregory Shropshire Gazetteer 1824
Bearstone. A township in the parish of Mucklestone, and in the Drayton division of the hundred of Bradford, North. 12 houses, 79 inhabitants. 4 ½ miles north-east of Drayton.
Source: The Shropshire Gazetteer, with an Appendix, including a Survey of the County and Valuable Miscellaneous Information, with Plates. Printed and Published by T. Gregory, Wem, 1824
Dorrington
Gregory Shropshire Gazetteer 1824
Dorrington. A township in the parish of Mucklestone, and in the Drayton division of the hundred of Bradford, North. 31 houses, 185 inhabitants. 4 ½ miles north-east of Drayton.
Source: The Shropshire Gazetteer, with an Appendix, including a Survey of the County and Valuable Miscellaneous Information, with Plates. Printed and Published by T. Gregory, Wem, 1824
Parish Records
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Online School Records
School records are a primary source for genealogists. The two types of records that are commonly available are admission registers and log books.
The admission registers of schools may be available from the 1870s, but more frequently from 1902. Usually shown under the date of entry, is the child’s name and address and his or her date of birth. Some registers, but not all, may also show the name and occupation of the parent or guardian, the name of the previous school attended and the reason for leaving.
For immigrant children the name of the previous school may uniquely provide the pupil’s exact place of origin.
These admission registers may enable the brothers and sisters of a pupil to be identified in a way that, with frequent names, would be difficult if not impossible from the civil registration records.
The log book may contain comments on the attendance of pupils, behaviour, discipline, the curriculum, attendance of teachers and absence for sickness etc., and the effect of epidemics and seasonal work on attendance. The names of individual pupils only occasionally appear in log books. The names and status of the teachers were recorded at the annual inspection, with a summary of the inspector’s report.
The following school records are available from Findmypast
Mucklestone Aston Board School 1884 to 1913 Admissions
Knighton Board (Later Council) School 1870 to 1914 Admissions
Administration
- County: Staffordshire
- Civil Registration District: Market Drayton
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Lichfield
- Rural Deanery: Eccleshall
- Poor Law Union: Market Drayton
- Hundred: North Pirehill
- Province: Canterbury