Elton Herefordshire Family History Guide

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Elton is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Herefordshire, created in 1766 from chapelry in Wigmore Ancient Parish.

Parish church: St. Mary

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1657
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1662

Adjacent Parishes

Elton Parish Registers

Search online indexed transcriptions of baptisms, marriages and burials. Taken from the original parish registers, these entries may include names, dates, family relationships, residences, occupations and other details noted by the minister, with earlier records naturally offering fewer details.

Baptism Records

These records include indexed transcriptions of Church of England parish registers of baptisms.

Elton Herefordshire Baptisms 1629-1916

Marriage and Banns Records

These records include indexed transcriptions of Church of England parish registers of marriages.

Elton, Herefordshire Marriages 1662-1933

Elton, St Mary, Herefordshire Marriages 1662-1836

Death and Burial Records

These records include indexed transcriptions of Church of England parish registers of deaths and burials.

Elton, Herefordshire Burials 1560-1997

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ELTON, a parish in the district of Ludlow and county of Hereford; near the boundary with Salop, 3¼ miles NW by W of Woofferton Junction r. station, and 4¾ SW of Ludlow. Post town, Wigmore, under Kingsland, Herefordshire. Acres, 1,470. Real property, with Leinthall-Earls and Leinthall-Starkes, £3,791. Pop., 108. Houses, 18. The property is divided among a few. Elton Hall is a chief residence. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £145. Patron, the Rev. H. Cowdell. The church has a tower, a fine screen, and a noticeable font; and is old but good.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

ELTON (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Ludlow, hundred of Wigmore, county of Hereford, 4¾ miles (S. W. by W.) from Ludlow; containing 99 inhabitants. It is situated on the road from Wigmore to Ludlow, and comprises about 1500 acres, of which the portions of arable and pasture land are nearly equal; the scenery is very fine, and the plantations are largely stocked with oak. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £50; patron, E. H. K. Davies, Esq. The church is a small handsome edifice.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Historical Directories

The Post Office Directory Of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, and The City Of Bristol 1863

Historical Maps

Ludlow, Tenbury and District 1897: One Inch Sheet 181 (Old Ordnance Survey Maps - Inch to the Mile) This One Inch to the Mile map covers the area on the Shropshire - Herefordshire boundary, stretching from Leintwardine eastward to Tenbury Wells, and from Bromfield southward to the outskirts of Leominster. Woofferton Junction is in the centre of the map and there is included a detailed map of this on the reverse, also including part of Brimfield. View Map Details*
Ludlow, Tenbury and District 1897: One Inch Sheet 181 (Old Ordnance Survey Maps - Inch to the Mile)

Administration

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