Market Drayton, Shropshire & Staffordshire Family History Guide

Market Drayton is an Ancient Parish partly in Shropshire and partly in Staffordshire.

Alternative names: Drayton, Drayton Magna, Drayton in Hales

The parish includes the townships of Drayton-Magna, Drayton-Parva, Betton, Longslow, Sutton, and Woodseaves, within Salop; and the townships of Almington and Bloore-with-Tyrley and Hales, within Stafford

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

• Parish registers: 1558
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1682

Nonconformists include: Baptist, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Independent/Congregational, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

• Adderley Shropshire
• Norton in Hales Shropshire
• Cheswardine Shropshire
• Mucklestone
• Hodnet Shropshire
• Little Drayton Shropshire
• Hinstock Shropshire
• Moreton Say Shropshire
• Stoke upon Tern Shropshire
• Eccleshall
• Ashley

Market Drayton Parish Registers

The Register of Market Drayton Independent Chapel 1776-1836 is included in Shropshire Parish Registers : Nonconformist and Roman Catholic registers (1903).

Shropshire Parish Registers : Nonconformist and Roman Catholic registers (1903) The PDF includes the registers for Bridgnorth Stoneway Chapel and Bridgnorth Castle Street Baptist Chapel. View Free PDF

Market Drayton Parish Records

An index of parish records of people from Market Drayton. The index includes information from Marriage Licences granted within The Archdeaconry of Chester in the Diocese of Chester V.8 1691-1700 and The Bankrupt Directory; George Elwick; London; Simpkin, Marshall and Co.; 1843.

Marriage Licences

The following have been extracted from Marriage Licences granted within The Archdeaconry of Chester in the Diocese of Chester V.8 1691-1700.

1691 May 21 William Edgley, and Mary Podmore, of Drayton, co. Salop, Spinster. At Chester Cathedral.

1694 Apr. 10 James Crosswell, of Namptwich, co. Chester, Yeoman, and Jane Poole, of Sutton, Parish of
Drayton, co. Salop, Spinster.

1695 Nov. 30 William Browne, of Bettonwood, Parish Drayton, co. Salop, Cooper, and Mary Prickett, of Audlem, co. Chester, Spinster.

Bankrupts

Below is a list of people that were declared bankrupt between 1820 and 1843 extracted from The Bankrupt Directory; George Elwick; London; Simpkin, Marshall and Co.; 1843.

Baker James, Drayton in Hales, Shropshire, tanner, Feb. 12, 1828.

Вееston James, Drayton in Hales, Salop, mercer, Sept. 25, 1821.

Bratton John, Drayton in Hales, Salop, tanner, July 29, 1834

Butterton John, Drayton in Hales, Salop, money scrivener, Dec. 17, 1822.

Dawes Robert, Drayton-in-Hales, Salop, mercer, June 6, 1826.

Green John, Drayton in Hales, Salop, druggist, July 3, 1827.

Peak John Berks, Market Drayton, Salop. tanner, Oct. 28, 1834.

Smallwood Thomas, Drayton-in-Hales, Salop, banker, April 8, 1823.

Spendelow Rich., Drayton-in-Hales, Salop, ironmonger & grocer, May 10, 1823.

Worthen Samuel, Hinckley Mills, Drayton, Salop, miller, June 13, 1837.