Bloxwich Staffordshire Family History Guide

Bloxwich is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Staffordshire, created in 1810 from Walsall St Matthew Ancient Parish.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin: 1733

Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Primitive Methodist, Roman Catholic, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Parishes adjacent to Bloxwich

• Bushbury
• Walsall St Peter
• Norton Canes
• Walsall St Matthew
• Wolverhampton St Peter
• Pelsall
• Rushall

Historical Descriptions

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BLOXWICH, a village, a chapelry, and a subdistrict in Walsall district, Stafford. The village stands on the Wirley and Essington canal, adjacent to the Walsall and Stafford railway, 2½ miles NNW of Walsall; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Walsall. The chapelry is in Walsall parish; and was constituted in 1842. Rated property, £17,509. Pop. in 1841, 3,801; in 1861, 7,345. Houses, 1,424. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £300. Patron, the Inhabitants. The church is very good; and there are chapels for Wesleyans and Roman Catholics. The subdistrict includes also Pelsall township in Wolverhampton parish. Pop., 9,237. Houses, 1,800.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch Historical Records

Maps

Historical Maps

Administration

• County: Staffordshire
• Civil Registration District: Walsall
• Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
• Diocese: Lichfield
• Rural Deanery: Walsall
• Poor Law Union: Walsall
• Hundred: South Offlow
• Province: Canterbury