Gnosall Staffordshire Family History Guide
Gnosall is an Ancient Parish in the county of Staffordshire.
Alternative names: Gnosall with Knightley, Gnosall and Knightley
The parish is divided into the quarters of Gnosall, Cowley, Knightley, and Moreton; and includes the hamlets of Alstone, Befcote, Great Chatwell, Coton, Cowley, Moreton, Plardwick, and Wilbrighton, and parts of Apeton and Rule.
Parish church: St. Lawrence
Parish registers begin: 1572
Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational and Primitive Methodist.
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
Gnosall
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
GNOSALL, a village, a parish, and a sub-district in the district of Newport and county of Stafford. The village stands on the river Rowley, adjacent to the Birmingham and Liverpool canal and to the Shrewsbury and Stafford railway, 6½ miles WSW of Stafford; and has a station on the railway, a post office under Stafford, and fairs on 7 May and 23 Sept.
The parish is divided into the quarters of Gnosall, Cowley, Knightley, and Moreton; and includes the hamlets of Alstone, Befcote, Great Chatwell, Coton, Cowley, Moreton, Plardwick, and Wilbrighton, and parts of Apeton and Rule. Acres, 10,497. Real property, £17,154. Pop., 2,400. Houses, 515. A number of cottages have become dilapidated; and a decrease of pop. has taken place. The Newport workhouse was here, but has been removed to Newport.
The living is a vicarage, annexed to the p. curacy of Knightley, in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £175. Patron, the Bishop of Lichfield. The church is partly Norman, partly of later dates; comprises a nave and two aisles, a chancel and cross aisle, with a central tower; and was once collegiate.
The vicarage of Moreton is a separate benefice. There are a national school, and charities £173.
The sub-district contains five parishes. Acres, 24,815. Pop., 4,969. Houses, 1,022.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Chatwell Great and Little
Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870
Chatwell (Great and Little), two hamlets in Gnosall parish, Stafford; 8 ½ miles W of Penkridge.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Registers
Parish Records
FamilySearch
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.
Blackband Benjamin, Gnosall, Staffordshire, grocer, Dec. 20, 1825.
Blackband Gerrard, Gnosall, Staffordshire, grocer, Oct. 15, 1822.
Online School Records
School records are a primary source for genealogists. The two types of records that are commonly available are admission registers and log books.
The admission registers of schools may be available from the 1870s, but more frequently from 1902. Usually shown under the date of entry, is the child’s name and address and his or her date of birth. Some registers, but not all, may also show the name and occupation of the parent or guardian, the name of the previous school attended and the reason for leaving.
For immigrant children the name of the previous school may uniquely provide the pupil’s exact place of origin.
These admission registers may enable the brothers and sisters of a pupil to be identified in a way that, with frequent names, would be difficult if not impossible from the civil registration records.
The log book may contain comments on the attendance of pupils, behaviour, discipline, the curriculum, attendance of teachers and absence for sickness etc., and the effect of epidemics and seasonal work on attendance. The names of individual pupils only occasionally appear in log books. The names and status of the teachers were recorded at the annual inspection, with a summary of the inspector’s report.
The following school records are available from Findmypast
Moreton Church Of England School (Mixed) 1900 to 1913 Admissions
Staffordshire Historical Directories
Administration
- County: Staffordshire
- Civil Registration District: Newport
- Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of the Manor of Gnosall
- Diocese: Lichfield
- Rural Deanery: Eccleshall
- Poor Law Union: Newport
- Hundred: West Cuttlestone
- Province: Canterbury