Whixall, Shropshire Family History Guide

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Whixall is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Shropshire, created in 1776 from Prees Ancient Parish.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin: 1758

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WHIXHALL, a chapelry, with a village, in Prees parish, Salop; 1½ mile W by N of Prees r. station, and 4 N by E of Wem. It has a post-office under Whitchurch. Pop., 978. The property is much subdivided. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lichfield-Value, £120. Patron, the Vicar of Prees. The church was reported in 1859 as bad. There is an Independent 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

Whixall, a chapelry in the parish of Prees, Whitchurch division of the hund. of Bradford, union of Wem, county of Salop ; 4 miles north by east of Wem, near the Ellesmere canal. Living, a perpetual curacy, subordinate to the vicarage of Prees. Here is an Independent church, formed in 1808. A few poor children are here taught on an endowment of £2 per annum. Acreage with the parish. Houses 186. Pop., in 1831, 957.
Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851.

Parish Registers

The Register of Prees, Whixall Independent Chapel 1805-1823

Parish Records

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England, Shropshire, Whixall

England, Shropshire, Whixhall – Cemeteries ( 3 )
Monumental inscriptions of St. Mary’s Church, Whixall, Shropshire, 1750-1983
Author: George, Denis; Berry, Pat

Monumental inscriptions of United Reformed Church, Whixhall, Shropshire, 1815-1986
Author: George, Denis; Berry, Pat

Monumental inscriptions of Welsh End Methodist Church, Whixall, Shropshire, 1849-1986
Author: George, Denis; Berry, Pat

England, Shropshire, Whixhall – Church records ( 3 )
Births and baptisms for the Independent Church at Whixhall (Shropshire), 1806-1837
Author: Independent Church (Whixhall, Shropshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Whixall, 1756-1881
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Whixhall (Shropshire)

Register of baptisms, 1842-1900
Author: Hollinwood Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (Whixall, Shropshire)

England, Shropshire, Whixhall – Church records – Indexes ( 4 )
Computer printout of Whixall, Independent Chapel, Shropshire, England

Computer printout of Whixall, Shrops., Eng

Parish register printouts of Whixhall, Shropshire, England ; christenings, 1813-1843
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Whixhall, Shropshire, England ; christenings, 1844-1875
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Shropshire, Whixhall – Land and property ( 1 )
Court records, 1407-1919
Author: Manor of Whixall (Shropshire). Court

England, Shropshire, Whixhall – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
Court records, 1407-1919
Author: Manor of Whixall (Shropshire). Court

England, Shropshire, Whixhall – Schools ( 3 )
Log book, 1875-1925
Author: Whixall National School (Shropshire)

Log book, 1891-1941
Author: Whixall Church of England School (Shropshire)

Log books, 1891-1931, and admission registers, 1891-1925
Author: Whixall Council School (Shropshire)

Shropshire Historical Directories

Administration

  • County: Shropshire
  • Civil Registration District: Wem
  • Probate Court: Court of the Prebend of Prees or Pipe Minor
  • Diocese: Lichfield
  • Rural Deanery: Market Drayton
  • Poor Law Union: Wem
  • Hundred: North Bradford
  • Province: Canterbury