Farewell Staffordshire Family History Guide

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Farewell is an Ancient Parish in the county of Staffordshire.

Alternative names: Farewell and Chorley

Other places in the parish include: Chorley.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1693
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1666

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

FAREWELL, a parish in Lichfield district, Stafford; near the Trent Valley railway, 2¾ miles NW of Lichfield. It contains the hamlet of Chorley; and its post town is Lichfield. Acres, 1,049. Rated property, £1,601. Pop., 209. Houses, 37. The property is divided among a few. A small Benedictine nunnery was founded here, about 1140, by Bishop Clinton; and given, at the dissolution, to Cardinal Wolsey. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £50. Patron, the Bishop of Lichfield. The church belonged to the nunnery, and is tolerable. Charities, £31.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Staffordshire, Farewell – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions of St. Bartholomew’s Church, Farewell, Staffordshire
Author: Harris, Pauline; Derry, Mary; Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry; Women’s Institute. Farewell and Chorley Women’s Institute (Staffordshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Farewell (Staffordshire)

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

England, Staffordshire, Farewell – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Farewell, 1663-1856
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Farewell (Staffordshire)

England, Staffordshire, Farewell, parish registers : St. Bartholomew, 1815-1903
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Farewell (Staffordshire); Staffordshire County Record Office

Parish registers for Farewell, 1693-1954
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Farewell (Staffordshire)

England, Staffordshire, Farewell – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Parish register printouts of Farewell, Stafford, England (Saint Bartholomew) ; christenings, 1711-1812
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Farewell, Stafford, England (St. Bartholomew) ; christenings, 1813-1867
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Staffordshire, Farewell – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Farewell parish records relating to the poor, 1773-1779
Author: Farewell (Staffordshire, England)

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Staffordshire
  • Civil Registration District: Lichfield
  • Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield
  • Diocese: Lichfield
  • Rural Deanery: Lichfield
  • Poor Law Union: Lichfield
  • Hundred: South Offlow
  • Province: Canterbury