Himley Staffordshire Family History Guide

Himley is an Ancient Parish in the county of Staffordshire.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1665
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1664

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HIMLEY, a parish in Wolverhampton district, Stafford; near the Stafford and Worcester canal, 3 miles NNW of Brierley-Hill r. station, and 3¾ W by N of Dudley. Post town, Dudley. Acres, 1,185. Real property, £2,939. Pop., 367. Houses, 75. The property is divided among a few. The manor, with Himley Hall, belongs to the Earl of Dudley. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £315. Patron, the Earl of Dudley. The church was built in 1764. Charities £4 18s.

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

Dudley HIMLEY St Michael All Angels Church
Dudley HIMLEY St Michael All Angels Church

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Staffordshire, Himley – Church history ( 1 )
Himley parish register : Himley bapt., marr., bur., 1665-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Himley (Staffordshire); Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry

England, Staffordshire, Himley – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Himley, 1664-1885
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Himley (Staffordshire)

England, Staffordshire, Himley, parish registers : St. Michael and All Angels, 1668-1900
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Himley (Staffordshire); Staffordshire County Record Office

Himley parish register
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Himley (Staffordshire)

Himley parish register : Himley bapt., marr., bur., 1665-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Himley (Staffordshire); Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry

Parish registers and miscellany for Himley, Staffordshire, 1668-1882
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Himley (Staffordshire); Dudley Public Libraries. Archives and Local History Department

Registers of the Staffordshire parishes
Author: Ridsdale, J. R. W.; Carroll, P., Mrs.; Davies, T.

England, Staffordshire, Himley – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Parish register printouts of Himley, Stafford, England ; christenings, 1665-1875
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Himley, Stafford, England ; marriages, 1671-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Staffordshire, Himley – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments, Bilston, Bushbury and Himley, 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: Wolverhampton
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Lichfield
  • Rural Deanery: Himley
  • Poor Law Union: Seisdon
  • Hundred: North Seisdon
  • Province: Canterbury