Rosliston Derbyshire Family History Guide

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Rosliston is a chapelry of Walton on Trent Ancient Parish in Derbyshire. 

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1756 see also Walton on Trent
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1662

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ROSLISTON, a parish, with a village, in the district of Burton-upon-Trent and county of Derby; 2¾ miles W S W of Gresley r. station, and 4½ S by W of Burton-upon-Trent. It has a post-office under Burton-upon-Trent.

Acres, 1,197. Real property, £2,556. Pop., 382. Houses, 85. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to Sir H. M. Desvœux, Bart.

The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £200. Patron, the Rev. J. Sutton. The church is good, and has a spire.

There are a Baptist chapel and a parochial school.

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

Parish Registers

England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1537-1918

Administration

  • County: Derbyshire
  • Civil Registration District: Burton upon Trent
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Lichfield
  • Rural Deanery: Hartshorn
  • Poor Law Union: Burton upon Trent
  • Hundred: Repton and Gresley
  • Province: Canterbury