Marchington Staffordshire Family History Guide

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Marchington is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Staffordshire, created in 1739 from a chapelry in Hanbury Ancient Parish. 

Other places in the parish include: Marchington Woodlands.

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1612
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1667

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

MARCHINGTON, a village and a township-chapelry in Hanbury parish, Stafford. The village stands adjacent to the river Dove, the North Staffordshire railway, and the boundary with Derby, 3½ miles ESE of Uttoxeter; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Stoke-upon-Trent.

The township comprises 2,710 acres. Real property, £5,079. Pop., 484. Houses, 106. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to J. Cudden, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £120. Patron, the Vicar of Hanbury. The church is a good brick edifice, with a low tower; and contains a monument to Sir Walter Vernon. There are a Primitive Methodist chapel, an endowed national school with £16 a year, and charities £45.

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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Marchington Woodlands School infants 1896 to 1913 Admissions

FamilySearch

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

England, Staffordshire, Marchington – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Marchington, 1667-1864
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Marchington (Staffordshire)

England, Staffordshire, Marchington, parish registers : St. Peter, 1824-1900
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Marchington (Staffordshire); Staffordshire County Record Office

Marchington St. Peter parish registers 1609-1900
Author: Read, A. William; Hall, Marion; Staffordshire Parish Registers Society

Parish registers for Marchington, 1612-1897
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Marchington (Staffordshire)

England, Staffordshire, Marchington – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Parish register printouts of Marchington, Stafford, England ; christenings, 1813-1865
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Staffordshire, Marchington – Land and property ( 1 )
Family collections: Hanbury

England, Staffordshire, Marchington – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments, Marchington, 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: Uttoxeter
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Lichfield
  • Rural Deanery: Tutbury
  • Poor Law Union: Uttoxeter
  • Hundred: North Offlow
  • Province: Canterbury