Drayton Bassett Staffordshire Family History Guide

Drayton Bassett is an Ancient Parish partly in Staffordshire and partly in Warwickshire.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin: 1559

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Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

DRAYTON-BASSETT, a parish in Tamworth district, Stafford; on the Fazeley canal, at the boundary with Warwick, adjacent to the Birmingham and Derby railway, 2¾ miles SSW of Tamworth. It has a post office under Tamworth. Acres, 3,315. Real property, £6,380. Pop., 441. Houses, 91. The property is divided among a few. 

The manor belonged formerly to the Bassets and to the Earls of Leicester-Drayton manor-house, a grand Tudor mansion by Smirke, in a large well-wooded park, with fine gardens, is the seat of Sir Robert Peel, Bart.; and Drayton House is the seat of the Vernons. Some of the inhabitants are cotton-spinners.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £257. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is a plain but very good stone structure, repaired in 1850: has a tower; and contains a neat marble tablet, 19½ feet high, to the memory of the late Sir Robert Peel.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Staffordshire, Drayton-Bassett – Cemeteries ( 2 )
Drayton Bassett churchyard survey
Author: Smith, Christine Colloby, b. 1941; Manor County Primary School (Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire)

St. Peter’s church, Drayton Bassett, survey of tombs and memorials in church and churchyard
Author: Colloby, C., Mrs.

England, Staffordshire, Drayton-Bassett – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Drayton-Bassett, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Staffordshire, Drayton-Bassett – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Drayton-Bassett, 1664-1881
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Drayton-Bassett (Staffordshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Drayton-Bassett, 1847-1875
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Drayton-Bassett (Staffordshire)

England, Staffordshire, Drayton Bassett, parish registers : St. Peter, 1559-1900
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Drayton-Bassett (Staffordshire); Staffordshire County Record Office

England, Staffordshire, Drayton-Bassett – Church records – Indexes ( 4 )
Computer printout of Drayton Bassett, Staffs., Eng

Parish register printouts of Drayton-Bassett, Satfford, England ; marriages, 1664-1751
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Drayton-Bassett, Stafford, England ; christenings, 1752-1875
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Drayton-Bassett, Strafford, England ; christenings, 1664-1751
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Staffordshire, Drayton-Bassett – History ( 1 )
Drayton Manor and village : home of the Peels
Author: Smith, Christine Colloby, b. 1941

England, Staffordshire, Drayton-Bassett – Manors ( 1 )
Drayton Manor and village : home of the Peels
Author: Smith, Christine Colloby, b. 1941

England, Staffordshire, Drayton-Bassett – Occupations ( 1 )
Drayton-Bassett parish records relating to the poor, 1632-1834
Author: Drayton-Bassett (Staffordshire, England)

England, Staffordshire, Drayton-Bassett – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Drayton-Bassett parish records relating to the poor, 1632-1834
Author: Drayton-Bassett (Staffordshire, England)

England, Staffordshire, Drayton-Bassett – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments, Drayton-Basett, 1772-1830
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Staffordshire)

Administration

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