Aston Staffordshire Family History Guide

Aston is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Staffordshire, created in 1846 from Stone Ancient Parish.

Alternative names: Aston, Burston, Stoke and Little Aston, Aston, Burston and Stoke

Other places in the parish include: Little Aston.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin: 1847

Nonconformists include: Roman Catholic

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Parish History

Aston

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ASTON, a chapelry in Stone parish, Stafford; on the river Trent, the Grand Trunk canal, and the Northwestern railway, 2 miles SE of Stone.

It includes the hamlet of Little Aston; and has a post office under Stafford. Real property, with Burston, Stoke, and Little Aston, £6,188. Pop., 625. Houses, 149.

The manor belonged anciently to the Astons, and passed to the Hevinghams and the Simeons.

The living is a p. curacy, united with the curacy of Burston, in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £166. Patron, the Hon. E. S. Jervis. The church is a neat edifice in the English style, with a tower.

There is a Roman Catholic church.

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

Little Aston

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ASTON. (Little), a hamlet in Shenstone parish, Stafford; 5½ miles ENE of Walsall. Pop., 115. Also a hamlet in Aston chapelry, Stone parish, Stafford.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

Aston

Little Aston

Use for:
England, Staffordshire, Aston (Little)

England, Staffordshire, Little Aston – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions of St. Peter’s Church, Little Aston, Staffordshire
Author: Harris, Pauline; Women’s Institute. Evening Women’s Institute (Little Aston, Staffordshire); Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry; Church of England. Chapelry of Little Aston (Staffordshire)

England, Staffordshire, Little Aston – Church records ( 3 )
England, Staffordshire, Little Aston, parish registers : St. Peter

England, Staffordshire, Little Aston, parish registers : St. Peter

Parish registers for Little Aston, 1877-1938
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Little Aston (Staffordshire)

England, Staffordshire, Little Aston – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
Court rolls and rentals : 1509-1667
Author: Manor of Aston-in-Coldfield. Court (Staffordshire)

England, Staffordshire, Little Aston – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments, Hopton and Coton, Ingestre, Kibblestone, Little Aston, and Marston, Staffordshire, England, 1781-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Staffordshire)

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

Aston School (Jmi) 1906 to 1914 Admissions