Rushton Staffordshire Family History Guide

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Rushton is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Staffordshire, created in 1726 from a chapelry in Leek Ancient Parish. 

Other places in the parish include: Rushton Spencer, Rushton James, and Heaton. 

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1700
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1693

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

RUSHTON, two townships and a chapelry in Leek parish, Stafford.

The townships are R.-James and R.-Spencer; they adjoin each other; and the latter lies on the North Staffordshire railway, near the river Dane, 5 miles NNW of Leek, and has a station on the railway, and a post-office under Macclesfield. Real property, £1,762 and £2,537. Pop., 273 and 358. Houses, 55 and 78.

The manor of R.-James belongs to Antrobus, Esq.; and that of R.-Spencer to freeholders.

The chapelry includes also the township of Heaton; and, in 1861, had a pop. of 1,027.

The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £148. Patron, the Vicar of Leek. The church is very old, and was formerly called “the chapel in the wilderness.”

There are a Wesleyan chapel and a free school.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

Use for:
England, Staffordshire, Rushton-James
England, Staffordshire, Rushton-Spencer

England, Staffordshire, Rushton – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monument and tombstone inscriptions, St. Laurence, Rushton Spencer, Staffordshire
Author: Hambleton, Josie; Dowley, Ann

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

England, Staffordshire, Rushton – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Rushton, 1693-1856
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Rushton (Staffordshire)

England, Staffordshire, Rushton, parish registers : St. Lawrence, 1700-1900
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Rushton (Staffordshire); Staffordshire County Record Office

Rushton Spencer, St. Lawrence : parish registers 1693-1812
Author: Grant, Dianna

England, Staffordshire, Rushton – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Parish register printouts of Rushton, Stafford, England ; christenings, 1813-1856
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Rushton-Spencer, Stafford, England ; christenings, 1693-1744
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Rushton-Spencer, Stafford, England ; christenings, 1741-1812
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Staffordshire, Rushton – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax returns for Rushton-James and Rushton-Spencer, 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: Leek
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Lichfield
  • Rural Deanery: Leek
  • Poor Law Union: Leek
  • Hundred: North Totmonslow
  • Province: Canterbury