Oakamoor Staffordshire Family History Guide

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Oakamoor is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Staffordshire, created in 1833 from Cheadle Ancient Parish.

Alternative names: Oakmoor

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1832
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1835

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

OAKAMOOR, or Oakmoor, a chapelry in Cheadle parish, Stafford; on the river Churnet and on the North Staffordshire railway, 3 miles ENE of Cheadle.

It has a station with telegraph on the railway, and a post-office under Stafford. The statistics are returned with the parish.

The inhabitants are employed chiefly in cotton manufacture, and in collieries and brassworks.

The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £40. Patron, the Rector of Cheadle.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Staffordshire, Oakamoor – Cemeteries ( 2 )
Monumental inscriptions of Holy Trinity, Oakamoor
Author: Carter, Robert Edward; Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry. North Staffordshire Branch; Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry

Monumental inscriptions of Memorial Free Church, Oakamoor
Author: Carter, Robert Edward; Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry. North Staffordshire Branch; Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry

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

England, Staffordshire, Oakamoor – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Oakamoor, 1835-1855
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Oakamoor (Staffordshire)

England, Staffordshire, Oakamoor, parish registers : Holy Trinity, 1832-1900
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Oakamoor (Staffordshire); Staffordshire County Record Office

England, Staffordshire, Oakamoor – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Parish register printouts of Oakamoor, Stafford, England ; christenings, 1835-1855
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Staffordshire
  • Civil Registration District: Cheadle
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Lichfield
  • Rural Deanery: Cheadle
  • Poor Law Union: Cheadle
  • Hundred: North Totmonslow; South Totmonslow
  • Province: Canterbury