Elkstone Staffordshire Family History Guide

Elkstone is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Staffordshire, created in 1785 from a chapelry in Alstonfield Ancient Parish.

Other places in the parish include: Upper Elkstone and Lower Elkstone.

Parish church: St. John the Baptist

Parish registers begin: 1785

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ELKSTONE and WARSLOW, three townships and two chapelries in Alstonefield parish, Stafford.

Two of the townships are Lower and Upper Elkstone; and they lie near the river Manifold, 5 miles ENE of Leek town and r. station. The other township is Warslow, and lies 7 miles ENE of Leek. Real property of Lower Elkstone, £485; of Upper Elkstone, £1,389; of Warslow, £1,896, of which £54 are in mines. Pop. of the three, 689. Houses, 147.

The two chapelries are Elkstone and Warslow; and they have a post office, of the name of Warslow, under Ashborne. Both are p. curacies, but they jointly form one living. Value, £73 and £105. Patron, the Vicar of Alstonefield.

There is a Wesleyan chapel.

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

The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1851

Elkstone (Upper and Lower), a township in the parish of Alstonefield, county of Stafford; 5 miles east-north-east of Leek, and west of the river Dove.

Living, a perpetual curacy in the archd. of Stafford and dio. of Lichfield; rated at £33; gross income £74. Patron, the vicar of Alstonefield. The great and small tithes, moduses, &c, of the township of Lower Elkstone are commuted.

Here is a daily school.

Acres 1,150. Houses 137. A.P. £2,138. Pop., in 1801, 208 ; in 1831, 626.

Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851.

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

ELKSTONE, LOWER and UPPER, a chapelry, in the parish of Alstonfield, union of Leek, N. division of the hundred of Totmonslow and of the county of Stafford, 5½ miles (E. N. E.) from Leek; containing 253 inhabitants.

These are two townships, forming the chapelry, and divided by a small brook: the houses are mostly on the eastern side of Mixon Hill, a lofty ridge, in which copper, lead, and rottenstone have been obtained. A court leet and baron is held for the manor of Upper Elkstone.

The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £74; patron, the Vicar of Alstonfield; impropriator, Sir John Crewe, Bart. The chapel is dedicated to St. John the Baptist, and is a small edifice with a wooden belfry.

A school is supported by endowment.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845

Elkstone, Lower and Upper, a chapelry, in the parish of Alstonfield, union of Leek, N. division of the hundred of Totmonslow and of the county of Stafford, 5 ½ miles (E. N. E.) from Leek, Staffordshire; containing 253 inhabitants.

The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £74; patron, Vicar of Alstonfield; impropriator, Sir George Crewe, Bart. The chapel is dedicated to St. John the Baptist.

A school is supported by endowment.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.

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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

Alstonefield Church Elementary School 1871 to 1912 Admissions

Elkstone School (Junior Mixed and Infants) 1896 to 1911 Admissions

Newtown School (Junior Mixed and Infants) (Fawfieldhead) 1897 to 1914 Admissions

Ramshaw Board School (Later Ramshaw Council School) (Junior Mixed and Infants) (Heathylee) 1885 to 1912 Admissions