Berkswich with Walton Staffordshire Family History Guide

Berkswich with Walton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Staffordshire. Bednall is a chapelry of Berkswich with Walton.

Alternative names: Baswick

Other places in the parish include: Brockton, Brocton, Walton near Stafford, Walton, and Milford.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin: 1601

Nonconformists include: Methodist New Connexion, Primitive Methodist, and Roman Catholic.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

Staffordshire Brocton Village
Staffordshire Brocton Village

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BASWICK, or Berkswick, a township in Stafford district, and a parish in Stafford and Penkridge districts, Staffordshire.

The township is united to two other tracts, under the name of Baswick, Milford, and Walton; it lies on the Worcester canal, near the Northwestern and the Trent Valley railways, 2 miles SE of Stafford; and it contains the post office of Walton under Stafford. Real property, £4,015. Pop., 660. Houses, 128.

The parish contains also the township of Brockton and that of Acton-Trussel and Bednell. Acres, 6,608. Real property, £10,497. Pop., 1,555. Houses, 302. The property is divided among a few.

The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacy of St. Thomas, in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £238. Patrons, J. N. Lane, Esq., and the Rev.Inge. The church is good; and the p. curacy of Acton-Trussel-with-Bednell is a separate benefice. Charities, £15.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

Baswick

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England, Staffordshire, Baswich
England, Staffordshire, Berkswick

England, Staffordshire, Baswick – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Baswich, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Staffordshire, Baswick – Church records ( 11 )
Berkswich w. Walton parish register
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Baswick (Staffordshire); Wrottesley, F. J. (Francis John), 1848-; Staffordshire Parish Registers Society

Berkswich w. Walton parish register, 1601-1812
Author: Durrad, E. (Annie Elizabeth), 1874-1924; Wrottesley, F. J. (Francis John), 1848-; Church of England. Parish Church of Berkswich (Staffordshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Acton-Trussell and Bednall, 1659-1872
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Acton-Trussell and Bednall (Staffordshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Acton-Trussell and Bednall, 1678-1875
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Acton-Trussell and Bednall (Staffordshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Baswick, 1662-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Baswick (Staffordshire)

Computer printout of Baswick, Staffordshire, England

England, Staffordshire, Baswick, parish registers : Holy Trinity, 1737-1901
Author: Staffordshire County Record Office; Church of England. Parish Church of Baswick (Staffordshire)

Marriage licenses, bond, affidavits, 1672-1852
Author: Church of England. Diocese of Lichfield

Parish registers for Acton-Trussell and Bednall, 1813-1886
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Acton-Trussell and Bednall (Staffordshire)

Parish registers for Baswick, 1601-1876
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Baswick (Staffordshire)

Parish registers for Baswick, 1880-1935
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Baswick (Staffordshire)

England, Staffordshire, Baswick – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Bednall, Staffs., Eng

England, Staffordshire, Baswick – Occupations ( 1 )
Baswick parish records relating to the poor, 1683-1890
Author: Baswick (Staffordshire, England)

England, Staffordshire, Baswick – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Baswick parish records relating to the poor, 1683-1890
Author: Baswick (Staffordshire, England)

England, Staffordshire, Baswick – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments, Baswich, Walton and Milford, Staffordshire, England, 1781-1854
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Staffordshire)

Walton (near Stafford)

England, Staffordshire, Walton (near Stafford) – Church records ( 2 )
Berkswich w. Walton parish register, 1601-1812
Author: Durrad, E. (Annie Elizabeth), 1874-1924; Wrottesley, F. J. (Francis John), 1848-; Church of England. Parish Church of Berkswich (Staffordshire)

Parish registers for Baswick, 1880-1935
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Baswick (Staffordshire)

Administration

  • County: Staffordshire
  • Civil Registration District: Stafford
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Lichfield
  • Rural Deanery: Stafford
  • Poor Law Union: Stafford
  • Hundred: East Cuttlestone
  • Province: Canterbury