Stokesay, Shropshire Family History Guide

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Stokesay is an Ancient Parish in the county of Shropshire.

Other places in the parish include: Aldon, Bloom and Rowton, Broom and Rowton, Whettleton, Stoke and Newton, Wettleton, and Rowton.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin: 1558

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

Stokesay

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

STOKESAY, a parish, with four townships and a part, in Ludlow district, Salop; on the river Onny, and on the Shrewsbury and Hereford railway, 1¼ mile S by E of Craven-Arms r. station, and 7 NW of Ludlow. Post town, Cravens-Arms, Shropshire. Acres, 3,567. Real property, £4,184. Pop., 559. Houses, 109. The manor belongs to Earl Craven. S. Castle is a min; and Norton is a Saxon camp. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £351. Patron, the Rev. J. G. D. La Touche. There is a slightly endowed school.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1851

Stokesay, a parish in the hund. of Munslow, union of Ludlow, county of Salop; 6½ miles north west of Ludlow, on the river Onny. Living, a discharged vicarage in the archd. of Salop and dio. of Hereford; rated at £4 13s. 4d., returned at £123 3s.; gross income £340. Patron, in 1841, R. Marston, Esq. Here is a daily school, endowed with £7 8s. per annum. Acres 3,750. Houses 103. A. P. £3,531. Pop., in 1801, 512; in 1831, 529. Poor rates, in 1838, £250.
Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851.

Aldon

Gregory Shropshire Gazetteer 1824

Aldon. A township in the parish of Stoke Say, and in the lower division of the hundred of Munslow. 5 ½ miles north-west of Ludlow.
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 Registers

Stokesay Parish Registers 1559-1837

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Shropshire, Stokesay – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Church and churchyard, Stokesay, Shropshire : monumental inscriptions 1616-1994
Author: Shropshire Family History Society. South Shropshire Group

England, Shropshire, Stokesay – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Stokesay, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Shropshire, Stokesay – Church history ( 1 )
St. John the Baptist, Stokesay
Author: Toop, Allan

England, Shropshire, Stokesay – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Stokesay, 1660-1853
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Stokesay (Shropshire)

Parish chest records, 1663-1876
Author: Stokesay (Shropshire)

Parish registers for Stokesay, 1558-1955
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Stokesay (Shropshire)

Registers of Stokesay

England, Shropshire, Stokesay – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Stokesay, Shropshire, England

England, Shropshire, Stokesay – History ( 1 )
Historical sketch of Stokesay Castle, Salop

England, Shropshire, Stokesay – Military history ( 1 )
St. John the Baptist, Stokesay
Author: Toop, Allan

England, Shropshire, Stokesay – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Parish chest records, 1663-1876
Author: Stokesay (Shropshire)

Poll Books

Stokesay, Shropshire, Poll Book 1865

Below are the names of those that voted in the election of July 1865 between Col. The Hon. P. E. Herbert, Sir Baldwin Leighton, Bart., and R. Jasper More, Esq.

Poll Book of the Election, July 1865 for the Southern Division of Shropshire.

Ludlow Polling District

Stokesay, Parish of

2731 Amies Samuel
2732 Bach Francis, 2480
2733 Back William
2734 Beddowes Richard
2735 Coston Francis, see 2483
2736 Evans Matthew, see 2543
2737 Evans Benjamin
2738 Griffiths Thomas
2739 Greame William, Esq.
2740 Hotckkiss William
2741 Jones Edward, see 277
2742 La Touche Diggs James
2743 Marston Richard
2744 Marston Richard
2745 Rock Thomas James
2746 Sheppard Jeremiah
2747 Turner Price Lloyd
2748 Woodhouse William

Shropshire Historical Directories

Administration

  • County: Shropshire
  • Civil Registration District: Ludlow
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Hereford
  • Rural Deanery: Ludlow
  • Poor Law Union: Ludlow
  • Hundred: Munslow
  • Province: Canterbury