Checkley, Staffordshire Family History Guide

Checkley is an Ancient Parish in the county of Staffordshire.

Other places in the parish include: Tole, Madeley Holme, Hollington, Foxt, Fole, Deadman’s Green, and Beamhurst.

Status: Ancient Parish

Parish church: St. Mary and All Saints

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1625
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1662

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational and Primitive Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

Checkley

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

Checkley, a parish in Cheadle district, Stafford; on the river Tean, 2 miles NE of Leigh r. station, and 3 ¼ SSE of Cheadle.

It contains the villages of Tean, Tole, Beamhurst, and Hollington, and part of the hamlet of Foxt; the last lying detached within Ipstones parish. Post-town, Upper Tean, under Stafford. Acres, 6,036. Real property, £8,837. Pop., 2,428. Houses, 531. Many of the inhabitants are employed in tape and cotton manufacture.

The living is a rectory, united with the p. curacy of Hollington, in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £576. Patron, E. Philips, Esq. The church is ancient, and has a tower; and the church-yard contains three pyramidal stones, with ancient rude sculptures. The p. curacy of Tear is a separate benefice.

There are an Independent chapel and charities £194.

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

Deadmans Green

Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870

Deadman’s Green, a hamlet in Checkley parish, Stafford; 3¼ miles SSE of Cheadle.

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

Fole

Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870

Fole, a hamlet in Checkley parish, Stafford; 4¼ miles NW of Uttoxeter.

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

Parish Records

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

England, Staffordshire, Checkley – Church records ( 8 )
Births and baptisms, 1822-1830
Author: Ebenezer Chapel (Deadman’s Green, Checkley, Staffordshire : Independent)

Bishop’s transcripts for Checkley, 1662-1867
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Checkley (Staffordshire)

Church records, 1826-1837
Author: Ramsor Circuit (Primitive Methodist Connexion)

England, Staffordshire, Checkley, parish registers, 1823-1900
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Checkley (Staffordshire); Staffordshire County Record Office

England, Staffordshire, Foxt, parish registers : St. Mark, 1899-1900
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Foxt (Staffordshire); Staffordshire County Record Office

England, Staffordshire, Hollington, parish registers : St. John the Evangelist, 1861-1900
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Checkley (Staffordshire); Staffordshire County Record Office

Parish registers for Checkley, 1623-1897
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Checkley (Staffordshire)

Uttoxeter, Staffordshire : extracts from the parish register 1750-1828, also some monumental inscriptions & Checkley, Staffs. some extracts from register
Author: Gardner, David Ensign, 1915-2007; Church of England. Parish Church of Uttoxeter (Staffordshire)

England, Staffordshire, Checkley – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Parish register printouts of Checkley, Stafford, England ; christenings, 1661-1795, 1800-1812
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Checkley, Stafford, England ; christenings, 1813-1867
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Checkley, Stafford, England ; marriages, 1661-1812
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Staffordshire, Checkley – Occupations ( 1 )
Checkley parish records relating to the poor, 1628-1837
Author: Checkley (Staffordshire, England)

England, Staffordshire, Checkley – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Checkley parish records relating to the poor, 1628-1837
Author: Checkley (Staffordshire, England)

England, Staffordshire, Checkley – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax returns for Tean and Checkley, 1781-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Staffordshire)

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Maps

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Administration

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