Cotes Heath Staffordshire Family History Guide

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Cotes Heath is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Staffordshire, created in 1844 from Eccleshall Ancient Parish.

Alternative names: Cotes

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1844
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1844

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

COTES, a township and a chapelry in Eccleshall parish, Stafford. The township lies adjacent to the North-western railway, about a mile from Standon-Bridge station, and 4¼ NNE of Eccleshall. Real property, £1,761. Pop., 288. Houses, 66. The chapelry bears the name of Cotes-Heath; and was constituted in 1844. Post town, Standon, under Eccleshall. Pop., 479. Houses, 101. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £150. Patron, the Vicar of Eccleshall.

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

Parish Records

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.

Cotes Heath Church Of England School (Jmi) Amission Register 1885 to 1914 Admissions

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Staffordshire
  • Civil Registration District: Stone
  • Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of Eccleshall
  • Diocese: Lichfield
  • Rural Deanery: Eccleshall
  • Poor Law Union: Stone
  • Hundred: North Pirehill
  • Province: Canterbury