Keele is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Staffordshire, created in 1774 from a chapelry in Wolstanton Ancient Parish.
Other places in the parish include: Silverdale.
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1540
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1668
Nonconformists include: Methodist New Connexion and Wesleyan Methodist.
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
KEELE, a village and a parish in Newcastle-under-Lyne district, Stafford. The village stands 1½ mile S of Silverdale r. station, and 2 ½ W by S of Newcastle-under-Lyne; and has a post office under Newcastle, Staffordshire. The parish comprises 2,579 acres. Real property, £18,115; of which £12,000 are in mines, and £200 in iron works. Pop. in 1851, 1,232; in 1861, 1,062. Houses, 211.
The manor, with Keele Hall and all the land, belongs to R. Sneyd, Esq. The inhabitants are employed chiefly in collieries, ironstone mines, smelting furnaces, and a silk mill. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £195. Patron, R. Sneyd, Esq. The church was rebuilt in 1790, and has an embattled tower. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £17.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
Online School Records
Keele Church Of England School (Jmi) 1901 to 1913 Admissions
FamilySearch
England, Staffordshire, Keele – Archives and libraries – Inventories, registers, catalogs ( 1 )
Finding aids
Author: Keele University Library
England, Staffordshire, Keele – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions of St. John the Baptist Church, Keele, Staffordshire
Author: Harris, Pauline; Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry; Church of England. Parish Church of Keele (Staffordshire); Women’s Institute (Staffordshire)
England, Staffordshire, Keele – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Keele, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Staffordshire, Keele – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Keele, 1668-1869
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Keele (Staffordshire)
England, Staffordshire, Keele, parish registers : St. John the Baptist, 1837-1900
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Keele (Staffordshire); Staffordshire County Record Office
Keele parish register
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Keele (Staffordshire)
Keele parish register
Author: Tildesley, Norman W. (Norman William), 1900-; Church of England. Parish Church of Keele (Staffordshire)
Parish registers for Keele, 1540-1942
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Keele (Staffordshire)
Parish registers for Silverdale, 1853-1912
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Silverdale (Staffordshire)
England, Staffordshire, Keele – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Keele, Staffordshire, England
England, Staffordshire, Keele – Schools ( 3 )
England, Staffordshire, Keele, school records, 1901-1915
Author: Staffordshire County Record Office
Keele, after ten years
Keele, an historical critique
Author: Mountford, James Frederick, Sir, 1897-
England, Staffordshire, Keele – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments, High Offley, Hill Chorlton, Horsley, Hulton Abbey and Keele, Staffordshire, England, 1781-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Staffordshire)
Maps
Vision of Britain historical maps
Administration
- County: Staffordshire
- Civil Registration District: Newcastle under Lyme
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Lichfield
- Rural Deanery: Newcastle under Lyme
- Poor Law Union: Newcastle under Lyme
- Hundred: North Pirehill
- Province: Canterbury
