Pensnett, Staffordshire Family History Guide

Pensnett St Mark is an Ecclesiastical parish formed in 1844 from Kingswinford, Staffordshire.

Status: Ecclesiastical Parish

Alternative names: Pensett

Parish church: St Mark

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1845
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: None

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist, New Connexion Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

Pensnett, a hamlet and a chapelry in Kingswinford parish, Stafford. The hamlet lies adjacent to Worcestershire, near Brierley Hill r. station, and 2 miles SW of Dudley; and has a post-office under Dudley.

The chapelry was constituted in 1844. Pop. in 1861, 5,639. Houses, 1,065. The inhabitants are employed in the mining of coal, the smelting of iron ore, and the manufacture of hardware and glass.

The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £250. Patron, the Earl of Dudley. 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, Pensnett – Church records ( 1 )
Parish registers and miscellany for Pensnett, Staffordshire, 1844-1905
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Pensnett; Dudley Public Libraries. Archives and Local History Department

England, Staffordshire, Pensnett – Schools ( 1 )
Pensnett day nursery
Author: Childs, Peggy

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Maps

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Administration

  • County: Staffordshire
  • Civil Registration District: Stourbridge
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Lichfield
  • Rural Deanery: Himley
  • Poor Law Union: Stourbridge
  • Hundred: North Seisdon
  • Province: Canterbury