Grindon Staffordshire Family History Guide

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Grindon is an Ancient Parish in the county of Staffordshire.

Other places in the parish include: Martinslow, Hillsdale, Hills-dale, Ford-Hillsdale, Ford, Deepdale, and Deep Dale.

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1697
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1679

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

GRINDON, a township and a parish in Leek district, Stafford. The township lies between the rivers Manifold and Hamps, 6 miles NE of Froghall r. station, and 8 ESE of Leek. Real property, £2,726. Pop. in 1851, 236. house, 40. The parish includes also the hamlets of Deepdale, Ford, Hillsdale, and Martinslow; and its posttown is Leek. Acres, 3,229. Real property, £5,243. Pop. in 1851, 381; in 1861, 371. house, 70. A small tract is common. Limestone is worked. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £400. Patron, the Rev. Henry John Stokes. The church was recently rebuilt, and has a tower with an octagonal spire. There are an endowed school, and charities £31.

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

Parish Records

Online School Records

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Grindon Church Of England School (Jmi) 1877 to 1913 Admissions

FamilySearch

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

England, Staffordshire, Grindon – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Grindon, 1679-1852
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Grindon (Staffordshire)

England, Staffordshire, Grindon, parish registers : All Saints, 1755-1900
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Grindon (Staffordshire); Staffordshire County Record Office

Grindon parish registers
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Grindon (Staffordshire); Staffordshire Parish Registers Society; Lancaster, Thelma; Grant, Diana

Parish registers for Grindon, 1697-1936
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Grindon (Staffordshire)

England, Staffordshire, Grindon – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Parish register printouts of Grindon, Stafford, England ; christenings, 1679-1852
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Staffordshire, Grindon – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Grindon parish records relating to the poor, 1688-1741
Author: Grindon (Staffordshire, England)

England, Staffordshire, Grindon – Schools ( 1 )
England, Staffordshire, Grindon, school records, 1877-1919
Author: Staffordshire County Record Office

England, Staffordshire, Grindon – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax returns for Grindon, 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: Leek
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Lichfield
  • Rural Deanery: Alstonfield
  • Poor Law Union: Alstonfield Gilbert Union
  • Hundred: North Totmonslow
  • Province: Canterbury