Cobridge Staffordshire Family History Guide

Cobridge is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Staffordshire, created in 1845 from Burslem Ecclesiastical Parish.

Alternative names: Corbridge

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1840
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: None

Nonconformists include: Methodist New Connexion and Roman Catholic.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

COBRIDGE, a chapelry in Burslem parish, Stafford; in the vicinity of Burslem town and r. station. It was constituted in 1845; it shares in the industry and general character of Burslem; and it has a post office under Stoke-upon-Trent. Rated property, £4,369. Pop., 3,378. Houses, 657. The property is not much divided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £142. Patron, the Rector of Burslem. See Burslem.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Staffordshire, Cobridge – Church records ( 4 )
Church records for St. Peter, Cobridge, 1797-1931
Author: Catholic Church. St. Peter (Cobridge, Staffordshire); Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Birmingham (England)

Church records, 1825-1876
Author: Catholic Church. Our Blessed Lady and St. John the Baptist (Ashley, Staffordshire)

England, Staffordshire, Cobridge and Stoke-upon-Trent, church records

Parish registers for Cobridge, 1840-1905
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Cobridge (Staffordshire)

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Staffordshire
  • Civil Registration District: Wolstanton
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Lichfield
  • Rural Deanery: Stoke upon Trent
  • Poor Law Union: Wolstanton and Burslem
  • Hundred: North Pirehill
  • Province: Canterbury