Bloxwich Staffordshire Family History Guide

Bloxwich is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Staffordshire, created in 1810 from Walsall St Matthew Ancient Parish.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin: 1733

Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Primitive Methodist, Roman Catholic, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BLOXWICH, a village, a chapelry, and a subdistrict in Walsall district, Stafford. The village stands on the Wirley and Essington canal, adjacent to the Walsall and Stafford railway, 2½ miles NNW of Walsall; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Walsall.

The chapelry is in Walsall parish; and was constituted in 1842. Rated property, £17,509. Pop. in 1841, 3,801; in 1861, 7,345. Houses, 1,424. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £300. Patron, the Inhabitants. The church is very good; and there are chapels for Wesleyans and Roman Catholics.

The subdistrict includes also Pelsall township in Wolverhampton parish. Pop., 9,237. Houses, 1,800.

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

Parish Records

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England, Staffordshire, Bloxwich – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Burial registers, 1875-1991
Author: Bloxwich Cemetery (Staffordshire)

England, Staffordshire, Bloxwich – Church records ( 9 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Bloxwich, 1735-1873
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Bloxwich (Staffordshire)

Bloxwich parish register
Author: Tildesley, Norman W. (Norman William), 1900-; Church of England. Chapelry of Bloxwich (Staffordshire); Staffordshire Parish Registers Society

Bloxwich parish register
Author: Tildesley, Norman W. (Norman William), 1900-; Church of England. Chapelry of Bloxwich (Staffordshire)

Catholic registers, 1805-1829 : some miscellaneous parish entries, various locations

Church records for St. Thomas the Apostle (now St. Peter), Bloxwich, 1805-1929
Author: Catholic Church. St. Thomas the Apostle (Bloxwich, Staffordshire); Catholic Church. St. Peter (Bloxwich, Staffordshire)

England, Staffordshire, Bloxwich, parish registers, 1843-1901
Author: Staffordshire County Record Office; Church of England. Chapelry of Bloxwich (Staffordshire)

Parish registers for Bloxwich, 1733-1900
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Bloxwich (Staffordshire)

Walsall parish registers
Author: Tildesley, Norman W. (Norman William), 1900-; Church of England. Parish Church of Walsall (Staffordshire)

Walsall parish registers
Author: Tildesley, Norman W. (Norman William), 1900-; Church of England. St. Matthew’s Church (Walsall, Staffordshire)

England, Staffordshire, Bloxwich – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Bloxwich and Walsall, Roman Catholic Church, Stafford, England

England, Staffordshire, Bloxwich – Description and travel ( 1 )
Bloxwich & area

England, Staffordshire, Bloxwich – History ( 1 )
The story of Bloxwich, a south Staffordshire village
Author: Homeshaw, Ernest James

England, Staffordshire, Bloxwich – Schools ( 2 )
School log book, 1902-1904
Author: Elmore Green Temporary School (Bloxwich, Staffordshire)

School log books, 1897-1949
Author: Elmore Green Board School (Bloxwich, Staffordshire)

FamilySearch Historical Records

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Administration

  • County: Staffordshire
  • Civil Registration District: Walsall
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Lichfield
  • Rural Deanery: Walsall
  • Poor Law Union: Walsall
  • Hundred: South Offlow
  • Province: Canterbury