Fradswell Staffordshire Family History Guide

Fradswell is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Staffordshire, created in 1851 from a chapelry in Colwich Ancient Parish.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1578
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1666

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

FRADSWELL, a township-chapelry in Colwich parish, Stafford; 3¼ miles NE of Weston r. station, and 7½ SE by E of Stone. Post town, Weston, under Stafford.

Real property, £2,374. Pop., 220. Houses, 46. The property is divided among a few. Fradswell House is a chief residence.

The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £120. Patron, the Bishop of Lichfield. The church is very good.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Staffordshire, Fradswell – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Fradswell, 1666-1854
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Fradswell (Staffordshire)

England, Staffordshire, Fradswell, parish registers : St. James the Less, 1704-1900
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Fradswell (Staffordshire); Staffordshire County Record Office

Parish registers for Fradswell, 1578-1878
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Fradswell (Staffordshire)

Parish registers for Fradswell, 1813-1978
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Fradswell (Staffordshire)

England, Staffordshire, Fradswell – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Parish register printouts of Fradswell, Stafford, England ; christenings, 1666-1857
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Fradswell, Stafford, England ; marriages, 1666-1857
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Staffordshire, Fradswell – Occupations ( 1 )
Fradswell parish records relating to the poor, 1701-1853
Author: Fradswell (Staffordshire, England)

England, Staffordshire, Fradswell – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Fradswell parish records relating to the poor, 1701-1853
Author: Fradswell (Staffordshire, England)

England, Staffordshire, Fradswell – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments, Fradswell, Fulford, Gayton, Haywood and Hilderstone, Staffordshire, England, 1781-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Staffordshire)

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

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