Tugford, Shropshire Family History Guide

Tugford is an Ancient Parish in the county of Shropshire.

Other places in the parish include: Baughcott.

Status: Ancient Parish

Parish church: St. Catherine

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1787
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1638

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

TUGFORD, a parish in Ludlow district, Salop; 8½ miles NNE of Ludlow r. station. Post town, Ludlow. Acres, 1,320. Real property, £1,828. Pop., 119. Houses, 25. The manor belongs to Pemberton, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford. Value, not reported. Patron, the Bishop of H. The church is good.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland 1833

Tugford, co. Salop.
P. T. Ludlow (142) 11 m. NNE. Pop. 186.
A parish in the hundred of Munslow; living a dis. rectory in the archdeaconry of Salop and diocese of Hereford; valued in K. B. 4l. 13s. 4d.; ann. val. P. R. 124l. 16s.; church ded. to St. Catherine; patron, the Bishop of Hereford.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland by John Gorton. The Irish and Welsh articles by G. N. Wright; Vol. III; London; Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand; 1833.

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Shropshire, Tugford – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions at St Catherine’s Church, Tugford, Shropshire, 1722-1994
Author: Shropshire Family History Society. South Shropshire Group

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

England, Shropshire, Tugford – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Tugford, 1638-1851
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Tugford (Shropshire)

Bishop’s transcripts of St. Catherine’s Church, Tugford, Shropshire : for the years 1637 or 1638, 1661 to 1754 for which the parish register is missing
Author: Cox, Janice V.

Churchwardens’ accounts, 1695-1744, and a notebook containing notes from the register and from the Churchwardens’ account book, 1698-1880
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Tugford (Shropshire)

Parish register transcripts, 1754-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Tugford (Shropshire)

Parish registers for Tugford, 1755-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Tugford (Shropshire)

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

Parish register printouts of Tugford, Shropshire, England (Saint Catherine): christenings, 1756-1812
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

FamilySearch – Birth Marriage & Death Census Migration & Naturalization Military Probate & Court

Poll Books

Tugford, 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.

Ludlow Polling District
Tugford, Parish of

2749 Cocks Benjamin
2750 Edwards Edward
2751 Hamar John
2752 Page William
2753 Shirley Richard
2754 Woodhouse Richard

Administration

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