Fenton Staffordshire Family History Guide

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Fenton is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Staffordshire, created in 1841 from Stoke upon Trent Ancient Parish.

Other places in the parish include: Little Fenton, Great Fenton, Fenton Vivian, Fenton Culvert, and Delph.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1839
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1839

Nonconformists include: Methodist New Connexion and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

FENTON, a chapelry and a sub-district in Stoke-upon-Trent parish and district, Stafford. The chapelry lies on the Hanley branch of the North Staffordshire railway, near the Grand Trunk canal. 1 mile SE of Stoke-upon-Trent; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Stoke-upon-Trent.

It was constituted in 1841. Pop., 5,348. Houses, 1,062. The property in it is not much divided. Fenton Hall is a principal residence. Many of the inhabitants are employed in the potteries, and many in mines.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £240. Patron, the Rev. R. B. Baker. The church is very good.

The sub-district is conterminate with the conjoint township of Fenton-Culvert and Fenton-Vivian. Real property, £31,772; of which £12,042 are in mines. Pop. in 1851, 5,767; in 1861, 7,882. Houses, 1,573. The increase of pop. arose from the establishment of railway engineering works, the erection of two large iron furnaces, and the operations of a building society.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

Use for:
England, Staffordshire, Fenton-Culvert
England, Staffordshire, Fenton (Great)
England, Staffordshire, Fenton (Little)
England, Staffordshire, Fenton-Vivian
England, Staffordshire, Great Fenton
England, Staffordshire, Little Fenton

England, Staffordshire, Fenton – Church records ( 8 )
Births and baptisms, 1799-1837
Author: Wesleyan Church (Fenton, Stafford)

Bishop’s transcripts for Fenton, 1839-1875
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Fenton (Staffordshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Fenton, 1839-1875
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Fenton (Staffordshire)

Church records for Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Fenton, 1922-1934
Author: Catholic Church. Our Lady of Perpetual Succour (Fenton, Staffordshire)

England, Staffordshire, Fenton, parish registers : Christ Church, 1883-1900
Author: Church of England. Christ Church (Fenton, Staffordshire); Staffordshire County Record Office

England, Staffordshire, Fenton, parish registers : St. Matthew, 1895-1901
Author: Church of England. St. Matthew’s Church (Fenton, Staffordshire); Staffordshire County Record Office

England, Staffordshire, Fenton, parish registers : St. Michael and All Angels
Author: Church of England. St. Michael and All Angel’s Church (Fenton, Staffordshire); Staffordshire County Record Office

Parish registers for Fenton, 1839-1885
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Fenton (Staffordshire)

England, Staffordshire, Fenton – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Parish register printouts of Fenton, Stafford, England (Wesleyan Methodist Church) ; christenings, 1799-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Fenton, Stafford, England ; christenings, 1839-1875
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Staffordshire, Fenton – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessments, Eccleshall and Fenton Culvert (Magna), Staffordshire, England, 1781-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Staffordshire)

Land tax assessments, Fenton Vivian, Flashbrook, Hales, Halmer End, Hanchurch and Hanley, Staffordshire, England, 1781-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Staffordshire)

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Staffordshire
  • Civil Registration District: Stoke upon Trent
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Lichfield
  • Rural Deanery: Stoke upon Trent
  • Poor Law Union: Stoke on Trent
  • Hundred: North Pirehill
  • Province: Canterbury