Wheathill Shropshire Family History Guide

Wheathill is an Ancient Parish in the county of Shropshire.

Parish church: Holy Trinity

Parish registers begin: 1573

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Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WHEATHILL, a parish in Cleobury-Mortimer district, Salop; 6½ miles NW by N of Cleobury-Mortimer r. station. Post town, Bridgnorth. Acres, 1,415. Rated property, £960. Pop., 123. Houses, 20. The manor belongs to Viscount Boyne. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £277. Patron, the Rev. B. Churton. The church is good.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Shropshire, Wheathill – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Church and churchyard, Wheathill, Shropshire, monumental inscriptions, 1684-1988
Author: South Shropshire Group

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

England, Shropshire, Wheathill – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Wheathill, 1622-1866
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Wheathill (Shropshire)

Parish chest records, 1797-1900
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Wheathill (Shropshire)

Parish register transcripts, 1573-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Wheathill (Shropshire)

Parish registers for Loughton, 1821-1925
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Loughton (Shropshire)

Parish registers for Wheathill, 1573-1925
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Wheathill (Shropshire)

England, Shropshire, Wheathill – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Computer printout of Wheathill, Shrops., Eng

Parish register printouts of Wheathill, Shropshire, England ; christenings, 1573-1812
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Shropshire, Wheathill – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Overseers’ accounts, 1786-1837
Author: Wheathill (Shropshire)

Poll Books

Wheathill, Shropshire, Poll Book 1865

Below are the names of those that voted in the election of July 1865 between Col. The Hon. P. E. Herbert, Sir Baldwin Leighton, Bart., and R. Jasper More, Esq.

Poll Book of the Election, July 1865 for the Southern Division of Shropshire.

Cleobury Mortimer Polling District

Wheathill— Parish of

1756 Churton Bernard, the Rev.

1757 Duce Edward

1758 Haines Richard

1759 Haines Richard, jun.

1760 Hodnett Edward

1761 Jones William

1762 Kinsey Edward

1763 Pearce Samuel

Directories

Wheathill Cassey Shropshire Directory 1875

Wheathill is a parish, in the Southern division of the county, Cleobury division of Stottesden hundred, Cleobury Mortimer union, and diocese of Hereford, nine miles from Ludlow, 16 from Kidderminster, and six to seven from Cleobury Mortimer. The Holy Trinity church is an old stone edifice in the Norman style. The living is a rectory, yearly value £300, with residence and 93 acres of glebe land, in the gift of, and held by, the Rev. Bernard Churton, B.A., of St. John’s College, Cambridge. Viscount Boyne is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The soil is light clay; subsoil, limestone and freestone. The area is 1,400 acres; the population in 1861 was 123: gross estimated rental, £1,394; rateable value, £1,274.

Letters received through Bridgnorth.

Churton Rev. Bernard, B.A.

Oliver Rev. William, M..A.

Blakeway Richard, farmer

Duce William, farmer, Wheathill green

Francis Benjamin, bear retailer and blacksmith

Hardwick Rd.; farmer, Wheathill house

Haines Richard, farmer and Maltster Duns living

Hodnett Edward, farmer, Besom

Jones John, farmer

Kinsey Richard, farmer

Parsons Edward, farmer, Wheathill ho

Stokes Joseph, shoe maker

Source: Edward Cassey & Co.’s History, Gazetteer, & Directory of Shropshire. Printed Shrewsbury 1875.

Wheathill Shropshire Parish Documents 1902

(Loughton, for ecclesiastical purposes, is attached to the parish of Wheathill) Documents in the custody of the Parish Meeting. – Kept by the Chairman, viz:-

  • Parish Meeting Minute Book.

Documents in the custody of the Rector. – Kept in a box in the Rectory, Viz:-

  • General Register, 1573 – 1709
  • General Register, 1685 – 1754, then Baptisms and Burials only to 1758.

  • Register of Baptisms and Burials, 1760 – 1800

  • Register of Baptisms and Burials, 1801 – 1811
  • Register of Baptisms, 1813 – in use
  • Register of Banns and Marriages, 1754 – 1812
  • Register of Marriages, 1813 – 1855
  • Register of Marriages (including perish of Loughton), 1838 – in use
  • Register of Burials, 1813 – 1879
  • Churchwardens’ and Overseers’ Account Book, 1787 – 1816
  • Overseers’ Account Book, 1816 – 1837
  • Tithe Map and Apportionment, dated 1841
  • Miscellaneous papers.

Source: Shropshire Parish Documents published 1902. A report of the Inspection of Parish Documents made to Salop County Council under section 17 of the Local Government Act 1894. Note: The location of the documents listed in this transcription are as cited in the book published in 1902 and should be used as a guide only. It should not be assumed that the documents are still kept at the stated location. Interested parties should perhaps contact Shropshire records office to ascertain the documents current whereabouts.

Administration

  • County: Shropshire
  • Civil Registration District: Cleobury Mortimer
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Hereford
  • Rural Deanery: Stottesdon
  • Poor Law Union: Cleobury Mortimer
  • Hundred: Stottesdon
  • Province: Canterbury