Middleton Scriven, Shropshire Family History Guide

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Middleton Scriven is an Ancient Parish in the county of Shropshire.

Parish church: St. John the Baptist

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1728
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1604

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Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

MIDDLETON-SCRIVEN, a parish in Bridgnorth district, Salop; 4 miles WNW of Hampton-Lode r. station, and 4½ SW of Bridgnorth. Post town, Bridgnorth. Acres, 786. Real property, £2,419. Pop., 111. Houses, 25. The property is all in one estate. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £170. Patron, T. Walker, Esq. The church is good, and has several stained glass windows.

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 1848

Middleton-Scriven, a parish in the hund. of Stottesden, union of Bridgenorth, county of Salop; 4½ miles south-west of Bridgenorth. Living, a discharged rectory in the archd. of Salop and dio. of Hereford; rated at £4 6s. 8d., returned at £1 13 3s.; gross income £150. Patron, in 1835, the Rev. T. Rowley. Acres 1,170. Houses 20. A. P. £1,759. Pop., in 1801, 80; in 1831, 99. Poor rates, in 1838, £26 19s.

Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1848.

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

MIDDLETON-SCRIVEN (St. John the Baptist), a parish, in the union of Bridgnorth, hundred of Stottesden, S. division of Salop, 5½ miles (S. S. W.) from Bridgnorth; containing 108 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king’s books at £4. 6. 8.; patron and incumbent, the Rev. T. Rowley, whose tithes have been commuted for £115, and who has a glebe of 33 acres.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Shropshire Gazetteer 1824

Middleton Scriven. A parish in the Chelmarsh division of the hundred of Stottesden, a rectory discharged, in the diocese of Hereford, the deanery of Stottesden, and archdeaconry of Salop. 19 houses, 86 inhabitants. 4 ½ miles south-west of Bridgnorth.

Source: The Shropshire Gazetteer, with an Appendix, including a Survey of the County and Valuable Miscellaneous Information, with Plates. Printed and Published by T. Gregory, Wem, 1824

Parish Registers

Middleton Scriven Parish Registers 1728 to 1812

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Shropshire, Middleton-Scriven – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Middleton Scriven, Shropshire, monumental inscriptions
Author: Watkins, A. C.

England, Shropshire, Middleton-Scriven – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Middleton-Scriven, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Shropshire, Middleton-Scriven – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Middleton-Scriven, 1604-1855
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Middleton-Scriven (Shropshire)

Bishop’s transcripts of St. John the Baptist Church, Middleton Scriven, Shropshire : for the years 16–?, 1631, 1637, 1638, 1660-1670, 1672-1728 for which the parish register is now missing
Author: Cox, Janice V.

Parish registers for Middleton-Scriven, 1728-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Middleton-Scriven (Shropshire)

Shropshire parish registers of the parishes of Bromfield, Greet, Bedstone, Middleton Scriven, Deuxhill and Glazeley, Habberley, Cardeston and Ratlinghope
Author: Church of England. Diocese of Hereford; Fletcher, W. G. D. (William George Dimock), 1851-1935; Church of England. Parish Church of Bromfield (Shropshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Greet (Shropshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Bedstone (Shropshire)

England, Shropshire, Middleton-Scriven – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Middleton Scriven, Shrops., Eng

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Poll Books

Poll Book 1865, Middleton Scriven Shropshire

Below are the names of those that voted in the election of July 1865 between Col. The Hon. P. E. Herbert, Sir Baldwin Leighton, Bart., and R. Jasper More, Esq.

Poll Book of the Election, July 1865 for the Southern Division of Shropshire.

Bridgnorth Polling District

Middleton Scriven, Parish of

653 Cureton Benjamin James

654 Cureton Thomas

655 Cureton Edward Charles

656 Giles Edward

657 Hall William

658 Jones William

659 Jukes John

660 Nicholas Richard

661 Porter Erisey John (clerk)

662 Wellings John

663 Walker Thomas

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Maps

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Administration

  • County: Shropshire
  • Civil Registration District: Bridgnorth
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of St Asaph (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Hereford
  • Rural Deanery: Stottesdon
  • Poor Law Union: Bridgnorth
  • Hundred: Stottesdon
  • Province: Canterbury