Hixon Staffordshire Family History Guide

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Hixon is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Staffordshire, created in 1848 from Colwich Ancient Parish and Stowe Ancient Parish.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1848
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: None

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HIXON, a chapelry in Colwich and Stowe parishes, Staffordshire; on the Macclesfield and Colwich railway, adjacent to the river Trent, 6½ miles ESE of Stafford. It has a station on the railway, and a post office under Stafford; and it was constituted in 1848. Pop., 710. Houses, 174. Pop. of the Stowe portion, 620. Houses, 150. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £300. Patron, the Bishop of Lichfield. The church is modern.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Staffordshire, Hixon – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Hixon, 1848-1868
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Hixon (Staffordshire)

England, Staffordshire, Hixon parish registers : St. Peter, 1848-1900
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Hixon (Staffordshire); Staffordshire County Record Office

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: Rugeley
  • Poor Law Union: Stafford
  • Hundred: South Pirehill
  • Province: Canterbury