Lichfield St Chad Staffordshire Family History Guide

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Lichfield St Chad is an Ancient Parish and a market town in the county of Staffordshire. 

Alternative names: St Chad, Stow, Stowe

Other places in the parish include: Curborough and Elmhurst. 

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1635
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1659

Nonconformists include: Methodist New Connexion and Primitive Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

View from Stowe Pool west towards St Chad
View from Stowe Pool west towards St Chad

Parish History

See Lichfield Staffordshire Family History Guide

Parish Registers

Marriage Allegations

The following people have been recorded in the Hampshire Allegations for Marriage Licences granted by the Bishop of Winchester 1689 to 1837. See also Lichfield Staffordshire Family History Guide for Allegations and Marriage Licences where a specific parish has not been names.

Dodson, Christopher, of St. Chad, Lichfield, co. Stafford, clerk, 21, b., & Eleanor Halton, of Thruxton, 21, sp., at T., 10 Nov., 1824. Aff. 

Online School Records

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Curborough & Elmhurst Board School (Later Council School) (Jmi) 1901 to 1912 Admissions

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Staffordshire, Lichfield – Archives and libraries – Inventories, registers, catalogs ( 2 )
Guide to the contents of Lichfield Record Office

Lichfield Joint Record Office–diocesan probate and church commissioners’ records
Author: Staffordshire County Record Office; Lichfield Joint Record Office

England, Staffordshire, Lichfield – Bible records ( 1 )
Who needs this Bible?
Author: Humphries, Marjorie

England, Staffordshire, Lichfield – Cemeteries ( 2 )
Monumental inscriptions of Christ Church, Lichfield, Staffordshire
Author: Cox, Sue; Maxwell, K. (Kenneth); Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry; Manpower Services Commission (Staffordshire); Church of England. Christ Church (Lichfield, Staffordshire)

Monumental inscriptions of St. Michael’s Church, Lichfield, Staffordshire
Author: Gilmore, Mr.; Harris, Pauline; Wright, A. J. L.; Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry; Church of England. St. Michael’s Church (Lichfield, Staffordshire)

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

England, Staffordshire, Lichfield – Census – 1695 ( 1 )
Census of Lichfield carried out for Gregory King in 1695 and used in his national & political observations & conclusions upon the state & condition of England in 1696
Author: King, Gregory

England, Staffordshire, Lichfield – Census – 1851 – Indexes ( 1 )
Surname and forename index of the 1851 census for Lichfield and Walsall : linked to a full transcript, HO107/2014 & 2015, HO107/2022 & 2023; also linked indexes in birth county order
Author: Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry

England, Staffordshire, Lichfield – Church history ( 3 )
Lichfield Cathedral : the cathedral church of St. Mary and St. Chad
Author: Joiner, T., Mrs.

Oligarchy and conflict : Lichfield Cathedral clergy in the early sixteenth century
Author: Cooper, T. N.

Saint Chad of Lichfield and Birmingham
Author: Greenslade, M. W. (Michael W.), d. 2005

England, Staffordshire, Lichfield – Church records ( 35 )
Abstracts of the marriage bonds and allegations of Lichfield 1711-1716
Author: Bethell, David

Births and baptisms, 1801-1837
Author: Wade Street Chapel (Lichfield, Staffordshire : Independent)

Births and baptisms, 1815-1837
Author: Wesleyan Church. Wade Street Chapel (Lichfield, England)

Bishop’s transcripts for Christ Church, Lichfield, 1848-1874
Author: Church of England. Christ Church (Lichfield, Staffordshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Hammerwich, 1727-1864
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Hammerwich (Staffordshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for St. Mary’s Church, Lichfield, 1659-1868
Author: Church of England. St. Mary’s Church (Lichfield, Staffordshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for St. Michael’s Church, Lichfield, 1663-1868
Author: Church of England. St. Michael’s Church (Lichfield, Staffordshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for the Cathedral Church, Lichfield, 1744-1892
Author: Church of England. Cathedral Church (Lichfield, Staffordshire)

Bishop’s transcripts, St. Chad’s Church, Lichfield, 1662-1892
Author: Church of England. St. Chad’s Church (Lichfield)

Church records for St. Joseph, Chasetown, 1883-1954
Author: Catholic Church. St. Joseph (Chasetown, Staffordshire)

Church records, 1788-1975
Author: Catholic Church. Holy Cross Chapel (Lichfield, Staffordshire)

Church records, 1791-1907
Author: Church of England. St. Michael’s Church (Lichfield, Staffordshire)

England, Staffordshire, Chasetown and Lichfield, church records

England, Staffordshire, Lichfield, parish registers : Christ Church

England, Staffordshire, Lichfield, parish registers : St. Chad
Author: Church of England. St. Chad’s Church (Lichfield); Staffordshire County Record Office

England, Staffordshire, Lichfield, parish registers : St. Mary

England, Staffordshire, Lichfield, parish registers : St. Mary

England, Staffordshire, Lichfield, parish registers : St. Michael
Author: Church of England. St. Michael’s Church (Lichfield, Staffordshire); Staffordshire County Record Office

England, Staffordshire, Lichfield, parish registers : The Close

Extracts taken from the copies of parish registers in the Bishop’s Register, Lichfield, 1868; and revd. Waringtons bills, 1776
Author: Church of England. Diocese of Lichfield

Lichfield Cathedral : a history of the naval and military monuments, memorials, and colours
Author: Savage, M. B.

Lichfield Cathedral register
Author: Tildesley, Norman W. (Norman William), 1900-; Church of England. Cathedral Church (Lichfield, Staffordshire); Staffordshire Parish Registers Society

Parish registers and church records, 1566-1971
Author: Church of England. St. Mary’s Church (Lichfield, Staffordshire)

Parish registers and church records, 1574-1921

Parish registers for Hammerwich, 1724-1900
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Hammerwich (Staffordshire)

Parish registers for Lichfield, 1660-1984
Author: Church of England. Cathedral Church (Lichfield, Staffordshire)

Parish registers for the Diocese of Lichfield, marriage bonds, 1660-1858
Author: Church of England. Diocese of Lichfield

Record of members, 1847-1860
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Lichfield Branch (Staffordshire)

Register Lichfield, Staffordshire bishop’s transcripts
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Registers of St. Chad, 1616-1812
Author: Phillimore, W. P. W. (William Phillimore Watts), 1853-1913; Fletcher, W. G. D. (William George Dimock), 1851-1935; Purton, Ralph Cecil; Shropshire Parish Register Society

Registers of the Cathedral Church of St. Mary and St. Chad, Lichfield
Author: Church of England. Cathedral Church (Lichfield, Staffordshire); Tildesley, Norman W. (Norman William), 1900-

The registers or act books of the bishops of Coventry and Lichfield
Author: Robert, de Stretton, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, -1385; Wilson, Rowland Alwyn, 1868-; William Salt Archaeological Society

Roll books, 1874, 1906
Author: Lichfield Primitive Methodist Circuit (Staffordshire)

Society of Friends, Warwickshire North, church records, 1623-1890.
Author: Society of Friends. Warwickshire North Monthly Meeting (England)

The Story of Lichfield cathedral

England, Staffordshire, Lichfield – Church records – Indexes ( 14 )
Computer printout of Marston, Stafford, England

Parish register printouts of Lichfield, Stafford, England (Cathedral) ; christenings, 1660-1875
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Lichfield, Stafford, England (Christ Church) ; christenings, 1848-1874
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Lichfield, Stafford, England (Independent Church, Wade Street Chapel) ; christenings, 1801-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Lichfield, Stafford, England (Saint Chad) ; christenings, 1659-1812
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Lichfield, Stafford, England (Saint Chad) ; marriages, 1659-1812
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Lichfield, Stafford, England (Saint Mary) ; christenings, 1711-1812
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Lichfield, Stafford, England (Saint Michael) ; christenings, 1663-1812
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Lichfield, Stafford, England (Saint Michael) ; christenings, 1813-1868
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Lichfield, Stafford, England (Saint Michael) ; marriages, 1663-1666, 1690-1812
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Lichfield, Stafford, England (St. Chad) ; christenings, 1813-1877
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Lichfield, Stafford, England (St. Mary) ; christenings, 1813-1868
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Lichfield, Stafford, England (Wesleyan Methodist Church, Wade Street Chapel) ; christenings, 1815-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Lichfield, Stafford, England ; marriages, 1665-1879
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Staffordshire, Lichfield – Description and travel ( 1 )
Lichfield Cathedral : the cathedral church of St. Mary and St. Chad
Author: Joiner, T., Mrs.

England, Staffordshire, Lichfield – History ( 1 )
Inhabitants of Lichfield, Staffordshire in 1692
Author: Everton, Laura

England, Staffordshire, Lichfield – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
Court roll : 1651
Author: Manor of Lichfield. Court (Staffordshire)

England, Staffordshire, Lichfield – Maps ( 1 )
Lichfield official fully indexed street plan

England, Staffordshire, Lichfield – Military records ( 1 )
Lichfield Cathedral : a history of the naval and military monuments, memorials, and colours
Author: Savage, M. B.

England, Staffordshire, Lichfield – Occupations ( 1 )
The Gild of St. Mary, Lichfield : being ordinances of the gild of St. Mary and other documents
Author: Gild of St. Mary (Lichfield)

England, Staffordshire, Lichfield – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Public records, 1632-1850
Author: Lichfield (Staffordshire)

England, Staffordshire, Lichfield – Population ( 2 )
Inhabitants of Lichfield in 1692 with ages
Author: Shooter, Susan A. (Susan Ada)

Inhabitants of Lichfield, Staffordshire in 1692
Author: Everton, Laura

England, Staffordshire, Lichfield – Probate records ( 2 )
Lloyd of Wolverhampton
Author: Cockerill, Tim

Probate inventories of Lichfield and district, 1568-1680
Author: Church of England. Dean and Chapter of Lichfield. Peculiar Court; Vaisey, D. G.

England, Staffordshire, Lichfield – Schools ( 2 )
England, Staffordshire, Lichfield, Curborough and Elmhurst, school records, 1901-1915
Author: Staffordshire County Record Office

A short history of Lichfield Grammar School
Author: Laithwaite, P.; Lichfield Grammar School (Staffordshire)

England, Staffordshire, Lichfield – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Lichfield Close, 1772-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Staffordshire)

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Staffordshire
  • Civil Registration District: Lichfield
  • Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of the Dean of Lichfield
  • Diocese: Lichfield
  • Rural Deanery: Lichfield
  • Poor Law Union: Lichfield
  • Hundred: Lichfield City; North Offlow
  • Province: Canterbury