Hanbury Staffordshire Family History Guide

Updated onDecember 19, 2025

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Hanbury is an Ancient Parish in the county of Staffordshire.

Other places in the parish include: Marchington Woodlands, Needwood Forest, Needwood, Moreton, Hanbury Woodend, Fauld, Draycott in the Clay with Moreton and Stubby Lane, Draycott in the Clay, Coton near Tutbury, Coton in the Clay, and Coton

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1574
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1661

Separate registers exist for Needwood Forest

Parish registers: None
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1813

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

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Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

Hanbury

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

Hanbury, a village and a parish in Burton-upon-Trent district, and a parish partly also in Uttoxeter district, Stafford. The village stands on an eminence near the river Dove, and the boundary with Derby, 2 ½ miles SSE of Sudbury r. station, and 6 NW by W of Burton-upon-Trent; commands a pleasant view of the heights of Derbyshire; and has a post-office under Burton-upon-Trent. The town comprises 3,195 acres. Pop., 543. Houses, 114.

The parish contains also the townships of Newborough, Hanbury-Woodend, Coton, Fauld, Marchington, Marchington-Woodlands, and Draycott-in-the-Clay. Acres, 12,112. Real property, £6,671. Pop., 2,638. Houses, 549. The property is subdivided.

The manor belongs to the Bishop of Lichfield. A nunnery was founded here, about 680, by Ethelred King of Mercia, and put under the government of his sister, St. Werburgh, who was buried and enshrined in it; but, on the invasion of the Danes in 875, her body was removed to Chester, and the nunnery was destroyed.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. The church is ancient, with a tower; was restored in 1849; and the chancel was rebuilt in 1862, and has a memorial window to the late Prince Consort.

The p. curacies of Newborough, Marchington, and Marchington-Woodlands are separate benefices. There are a national school, an endowed school with £36, and other charities with £123.

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

Hanbury Woodend

Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870

Hanbury-Woodend, a township in Hanbury parish, Stafford; near Hanbury village. Pop., 304. Houses, 60.

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

Stubby Lane

A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland 1833

Stubby Lane, co. Stafford.
P. T. Uttoxeter (135) 4 m. SE. Pop. 177.
A township in the parish of Hanbury and north division of the hundred of Offlow.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland by John Gorton. The Irish and Welsh articles by G. N. Wright; Vol. III; London; Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand; 1833.

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.

Hanbury National Endowed School 1905 to 1913 Admissions

Hanbury National Endowed School (Infants Dept.) 1906 to 1912 Admissions

Marchington Woodlands School infants 1896 to 1913 Admissions