Bradley Staffordshire Family History Guide

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Bradley is an Ancient Parish in the county of Staffordshire.

Other places in the parish include: Alstone and Apeton, Apeton, Woollaston, Rule, and Billington.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin: 1538

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

Bradley

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BRADLEY, a parish in the district and county of Stafford; 2 miles SSE of Haughton r. station, and 5 SW of Stafford. It includes the liberties of Billington and Woollaston; and its Post Town is Church-Eaton, under Stafford. Acres, 3,376. Real property, £8,752. Pop., 597. Houses, 125. The property is much subdivided. The living. is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £75. Patron, the Duke of Sutherland. The church is very good. A free school h as £132; and other charities £10.

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

Billington

Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

Billington, a liberty in Bradley parish, Staffordshire; 2 miles SW of Stafford. Billington Bury here is an ancient British camp, and commands a fine view.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A Fullerton & Co. N.d.c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

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Bradley (near Stafford)

England, Staffordshire, Bradley (near Stafford) – Church records ( 7 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Bradley, 1636-1867
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bradley (Staffordshire)

Bradeley parish registers, 1538-1779
Author: Staffordshire Parish Registers Society

Bradley parish registers, 1538-1779
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bradley (Staffordshire)

England, Staffordshire, Bradley (near Stafford), parish registers : St. Martin’s, 1866-1902
Author: Church of England. St. Martin’s (Bradley, Staffordshire); Staffordshire County Record Office

England, Staffordshire, Bradley (near Stafford), parish registers : St. Mary and All-Saints, 1875-1901
Author: Church of England. All Saints and St. Mary’s (Bradley, Staffordshire); Staffordshire County Record Office

Parish registers for Bradley, 1538-1876
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bradley (Staffordshire)

Parish registers for Bradley, 1813-1940
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bradley (Staffordshire)

England, Staffordshire, Bradley (near Stafford) – Church records – Indexes ( 4 )
Parish register printouts of Bradley (near Stafford), Stafford, England ; christenings, 1636-1765
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Bradley (near Stafford), Stafford, England ; christenings, 1766-1848
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Bradley (near Stafford), Stafford, England ; marriages, 1636-1766
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Bradley by Stafford, Stafford, England, christenings, 1849-1860
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Staffordshire, Bradley (near Stafford) – Occupations ( 1 )
Bradley parish registers relating to the poor, 1688-1836
Author: Bradley (Staffordshire, England)

England, Staffordshire, Bradley (near Stafford) – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Bradley parish registers relating to the poor, 1688-1836
Author: Bradley (Staffordshire, England)

England, Staffordshire, Bradley (near Stafford) – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessments, Bradley, Staffordshire, England, 1781-1854
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Staffordshire)

Land tax returns for Bradley, 1781-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Staffordshire)

Bradley (near Haughton)

England, Staffordshire, Bradley (near Haughton) – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Bradley, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

FamilySearch Historical Records

Historical Maps

Dudley, Bridgnorth and District 1898: One Inch Sheet 167 (Old Ordnance Survey Maps - Inch to the Mile) This One Inch to the Mile map fills a major gap in the series. It covers the western part of the Black Country, plus a good section of east Shropshire. Coverage stretches from Dudley and Tipton westward to Morville, and from Bilston southward to Wolverley. Featuires include much of the Severn Valley Railway, Kinlet Park, the industrial area around Sedgley, the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal, etc. On the reverse is included a map of the village of Trysull. View Map Details*
Dudley, Bridgnorth and District 1898: One Inch Sheet 167 (Old Ordnance Survey Maps - Inch to the Mile)

Administration

  • County: Staffordshire
  • Civil Registration District: Stafford
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Lichfield
  • Rural Deanery: Penkridge
  • Poor Law Union: Stafford
  • Hundred: West Cuttlestone
  • Province: Canterbury