Blurton is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Staffordshire, created in 1721 from chapelry in Trentham Ancient Parish.
Alternative names: Blurton and Lightwood Forest
Parish church:
Parish registers begin: 1754
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BLURTON and LIGHTWOOD-FOREST, a township-chapelry in Trentham parish, Stafford; on the North Stafford railway, adjacent to the Grand Trunk canal, 1 mile SE of Trentham r. station, and 5 SE by E of Newcastle-under-Lyne. Post Town, Trentham, under Stoke-upon-Trent. Acres, 2,210. Real property, £6,985. Pop., 2,857. Houses, 594. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield; and till 1866 was united with Redbank. Value, £400. Patron, the Duke of Sutherland. The church is good.
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, Blurton and Lightwood-Forest – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions of St. Bartholemew’s Church, Blurton
Author: Carter, Robert Edward; Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry. North Staffordshire Branch
England, Staffordshire, Blurton and Lightwood-Forest – Church records ( 7 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Blurton and Lightwood-Forest, 1814-1838
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Blurton and Lightwood-Forest (Staffordshire)
Blurton parish registers
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Blurton and Lightwood-Forest (Staffordshire); Staffordshire Parish Registers Society; Bold, Andre; Bold, Elisebeth
England, Staffordshire, Blurton and Lightwood-Forest, parish registers : St. Bartholomew, 1842-1901
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Blurton and Lightwood-Forest (Staffordshire); Staffordshire County Record Office
Parish registers for Blurton and Lightwood-Forest, 1754-1877
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Blurton and Lightwood-Forest (Staffordshire)
Parish registers for Blurton and Lightwood-Forest, 1828-1967
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Blurton and Lightwood-Forest (Staffordshire)
Parish registers for Dresden, 1853-1907
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Dresden (Staffordshire)
Parish registers for St. Luke’s Church, Dresden, 1885-1898
Author: Church of England. St. Luke’s Church (Dresden, Staffordshire)
England, Staffordshire, Blurton and Lightwood-Forest – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Parish register printouts of Blurton, Stafford, England ; christenings, 1814-1836
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
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Administration
- County: Staffordshire
- Civil Registration District: Stone
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Lichfield
- Rural Deanery: Trentham
- Poor Law Union: Stone
- Hundred: North Pirehill
- Province: Canterbury