Alstonfield, Staffordshire Family History Guide

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Alstonfield is an Ancient Parish in the county of Staffordshire.

Alternative names: Allstonefield, Alstonefield

Other places in the parish include: Heathylee, Quarnford, Hollinsclough, Longnor, Fairfieldhead, Warslow, and Elkstone.

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1538
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1661

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Alstonfield. Church Street 1908
Alstonfield. Chapel and Old Smithy 1907

Alstonfield Parish Registers

Alstonfield Parish Registers 1659 to 1750

The Alstonfield Parish Registers 1659 to 1750 are available free to read online, with options to download the pdf for personal research

Alstonfield Parish Registers 1659 to 1715 Part 3: Staffordshire Parish Register Society. Volume 1 Part II Deanery of Alstonfield. Alstonfield Parish Register Part 3, pages 177 to 288. General Editor W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L. Privately Printed for the Staffordshire Parish Register Society. 1903.

Alstonfield parish register [1538 1812] Part I [V] July 1902 [Dec. 1906] pt3 5

Alstonfield Parish Registers 1659 to 1715 Part 3 pages 177 to 288: Staffordshire Parish Register Society.

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The Alstonfield Parish Registers 1715 to 1750 Part 4 are available free to read online, with options to download the pdf for personal research

Alstonfield Parish Registers 1715 to 1750 Part 4: Staffordshire Parish Register Society. Volume 1 Part IV Deanery of Alstonfield. Alstonfield Parish Register Part 4, pages 289 to 368. General Editor W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L. Privately Printed for the Staffordshire Parish Register Society. 1904.

Alstonfield parish register [1538 1812] Part I [V] July 1902 [Dec. 1906] pt4 7

Alstonfield Parish Registers 1715 to 1750 Part 4 pages 289 to 368: Staffordshire Parish Register Society.

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Online School Records

The National School Admission Registers & Log-Books 1870–1914 collection offers a rare glimpse into the educational journeys of children across England and Wales during a transformative era. These records often capture names, dates of birth, parental occupations, and school attendance patterns – making them invaluable for family historians, local researchers, and anyone tracing Victorian or Edwardian ancestry. You can view them free with a Findmypast Trial.

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

Parish History

Alstonfield

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ALLSTONEFIELD, or Allstonfield, a village, a township, and a parish on the NE border of Staffordshire, contiguous to Derbyshire. The village stands on the river Dove, 8 miles NNW of Ashborne r. station; and has a post-office under Ashborne. The township contains also the hamlet of Stanshope and a workhouse; and is in the district of Ashborne. Acres, 2,700. Real property, £4,488. Pop., 651. Houses, 140.

The parish contains also the townships of Heathylee, Quarnford, Hollinsclough, Longnor, Fairfieldhead, Warslow, and Elkstone, in the district of Leek. Acres, 21,860. Real property, £19,824. Pop., 4,117. Houses, 917. The property is divided among a few. Coal, lead ore, and copper are worked. Isaac Walton indulged his angling propensities here, with his friend Cotton of Beresford Hall. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £300. Patron, Sir John Crewe, Bart. The church is a beautiful structure in early English style, with a pinnacled tower. The p. curacies of Quarnford, Longnor, Warslow, and Elkstone are separate benefices. Charities, £54.

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

Fairfield Head

Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870

Fairfield Head, a township in Allstonefield parish, Stafford; 7 ½ miles NE by N of Leek. Real property, £4,298. Pop., 817. Houses, 175. There are two small churches, and two Wesleyan chapels.

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

Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845

Fairfield-Head, a township, in the parish of Alstonfield, union of Leek, N. division of the hundred of Totmonslow and of the county of Stafford, 7½ miles (N. E. by E.) from Leek; containing 991 inhabitants.

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.

A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland 1833

Fairfield Head, co. Stafford.
P.T. Ashborne (139) 5 m. NNW. Pop. 1135.
A township in the parish of Allstonefield and north division of the hundred of Totmonslow.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland by John Gorton. The Irish and Welsh articles by G. N. Wright; Vol. II; London; Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand; 1833.

Administration

  • County: Staffordshire
  • Civil Registration District: Ashbourne
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Lichfield
  • Rural Deanery: Alstonfield
  • Poor Law Union: Alstonfield
  • Hundred: North Totmonslow
  • Province: Canterbury