Wednesfield is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Staffordshire, created in 1755 from a chapelry in Wolverhampton St Peter Ancient Parish.
Other places in the parish include: Wednesfield Heath and Heath Town.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1751
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1799
Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
WEDNESFIELD, a township and two chapelries in Wolverhampton parish, Stafford. The township lies on the Wyrley canal, near the South Staffordshire railway, 2 miles NE of Wolverhampton; and has a post-office under Wolverhampton, and a r. station.
Real property, £16,486; of which £852 are in mines. Pop. in 1851, 4,858; in 1861, 8,553. Houses, 1,708. The increase of pop. arose mainly from the erection of houses for the accommodation of coal-miners. The property is not much divided. Perry Hall is a chief residence. The manufacture of locks, keys, and traps is very largely carried on. Edward the Elder beat the Danes here in 910.
The chapelries are W. and W.-Heath; and are jointly conterminate with the township. The living of W. is a vicarage, and that of W.-Heath is a p. curacy, in the diocese of Lichfield. Value of W., £280; of W.-Heath, £120. Patron of W., the Bishop of Lichfield; of W.-Heath, H. Rogers, Esq. W. church was built in 1760, and recently enlarged. W.-Heath church was built in 1853.
There are three dissenting chapels, several public schools, and charities £20.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
Wednesfield
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England, Staffordshire, Heath Town
England, Staffordshire, Wednesfield – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Wednesfield, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Staffordshire, Wednesfield – Church records ( 7 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Wednesfield, 1799-1835
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Wednesfield (Staffordshire)
England, Staffordshire, Wednesfield, parish registers : St. Thomas
Parish registers for Wednesfield, 1751-1876
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Wednesfield (Staffordshire)
Parish registers for Wednesfield, 1852-1909
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Wednesfield (Staffordshire)
The register belonging to the chapel of St. Thomas in Wednesfield, Staffordshire, baptisms & burials 1751-1837
Author: Church of England. St. Thomas’ Church (Wednesfield); Cotton, W. E. C.
Vestry books, 1809-1901, Wednesfield
Author: Wednesfield (Staffordshire)
Wednesfield parish register : the register belonging to the chapel of St. Thomas in Wednesfield
Author: Thomas, H. R. (Herbert Robert); Staffordshire Parish Registers Society; Church of England. Chapelry of Wednesfield (Staffordshire)
England, Staffordshire, Wednesfield – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Wednesfield, Staffordshire, England
England, Staffordshire, Wednesfield – Directories ( 2 )
Bridgen’s directory of the borough of Wolverhampton including Bilston, Willenhall, Sedgley and Wednesfield : with the arrival and departures of the mails and stage coaches and the land and water conveyances
Author: Bridgen, Joseph; Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry
Directory of Wolverhampton, combining an alphabetical list of the inhabitants, and a classification of trades
England, Staffordshire, Wednesfield – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 2 )
Poor rate book, 1849
Author: Wednesfield (Staffordshire)
Vestry books, 1809-1901, Wednesfield
Author: Wednesfield (Staffordshire)
England, Staffordshire, Wednesfield – Schools ( 2 )
Log book of Wednesfield Board School, 1896-1911
Author: Wednesfield Board School (Wednesfield, Staffordshire)
Log books of Neachells Lane School, 1895-1925
Author: Neachells Lane School (Wednesfield, Staffordshire)
England, Staffordshire, Wednesfield – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Wednesfield, 1772-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Staffordshire)
England, Staffordshire, Wednesfield – Voting registers ( 1 )
Registers of electors, burgess rolls, parliamentary electoral rolls, 1852-1881
Author: Wolverhampton (Staffordshire : Borough)
Wednesfield-Heath
Use for:
England, Staffordshire, Heath Town
England, Staffordshire, Wednesfield-Heath – Church records ( 1 )
Parish registers for Wednesfield, 1852-1909
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Wednesfield (Staffordshire)
England, Staffordshire, Wednesfield-Heath – Schools ( 4 )
Log book of the Woden Road School, 1898-1925
Author: Woden Road School (Wednesfield-Heath, Staffordshire)
School log books of St. Faith’s School, Park Village, 1894-1925
Author: St. Faith’s School (Wednesfield-Heath, Staffordshire)
School records of Holy Trinity Church of England School, 1863-1925
Author: Holy Trinity Church of England School (Wednesfield-Heath, Staffordshire)
School records of Prestwood Road School, 1904-1925
Author: Prestwood Road School (Wednesfield-Heath, Staffordshire)
England, Staffordshire, Wednesfield-Heath – Voting registers ( 1 )
Registers of electors, burgess rolls, parliamentary electoral rolls, 1852-1881
Author: Wolverhampton (Staffordshire : Borough)
Maps
Vision of Britain historical maps
Administration
- County: Staffordshire
- Civil Registration District: Wolverhampton
- Probate Court: Pre-1846 – Court of the Peculiar of Wolverhampton, Post-1845 – Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Lichfield
- Rural Deanery: Wolverhampton
- Poor Law Union: Wolverhampton
- Hundred: South Offlow
- Province: Canterbury