Gayton Staffordshire Family History Guide

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Gayton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Staffordshire.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1593
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1661

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

GAYTON, a parish in the district and county of Stafford; near the river Trent and the Grand Trunk canal, 1 mile NE of Weston r. station, and 5 NE of Stafford. It has a post office under Stafford. Acres, 1,270. Real property, £2,833. Pop., 249. Houses, 63. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £136. Patron, Mrs. Mould. The church is good; and there are charities £5.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Staffordshire, Gayton – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Gayton, 1661-1856
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Gayton (Staffordshire)

England, Staffordshire, Gayton, parish registers : St. Peter, 1813-1900
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Gayton (Staffordshire); Staffordshire County Record Office

Gayton, St. Peter
Author: Hall, Marion; Staffordshire Parish Registers Society

Parish registers for Gayton, 1593-1878
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Gayton (Staffordshire)

England, Staffordshire, Gayton – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Gayton, Staffs., Eng

England, Staffordshire, Gayton – Occupations ( 1 )
Gayton parish records relating to the poor, 1722-1834
Author: Gayton (Staffordshire, England)

England, Staffordshire, Gayton – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Gayton parish records relating to the poor, 1722-1834
Author: Gayton (Staffordshire, England)

England, Staffordshire, Gayton – 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 Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Lichfield
  • Rural Deanery: Stone
  • Poor Law Union: Stafford
  • Hundred: South Pirehill
  • Province: Canterbury