Stowe Staffordshire Family History Guide
Stowe is an Ancient Parish in the county of Staffordshire.
Alternative names: Stowe by Chartley
Other places in the parish include: Drointon, Amerton, Little Heywood, Grindley, and Great Heywood.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1575
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1679
Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
STOWE, a parish, with three townships and parts of four others, in the district and county of Stafford; 2 miles E of Weston r. station, and 6½ ENE of Stafford. Post town, Stafford.
Acres, 5,347. Rated property, £7,734. Pop., 1,267. Houses, 271. The property is divided among a few.
The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £85. Patron, Mrs. Mould. The church was partly restored in 1866.
The parish includes parts of Heywood and Hixon chapelries.
There are an endowed school with £17 a year, and charities £16. See Chartley.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
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Online School Records
School records are a primary source for genealogists. The two types of records that are commonly available are admission registers and log books.
The admission registers of schools may be available from the 1870s, but more frequently from 1902. Usually shown under the date of entry, is the child’s name and address and his or her date of birth. Some registers, but not all, may also show the name and occupation of the parent or guardian, the name of the previous school attended and the reason for leaving.
For immigrant children the name of the previous school may uniquely provide the pupil’s exact place of origin.
These admission registers may enable the brothers and sisters of a pupil to be identified in a way that, with frequent names, would be difficult if not impossible from the civil registration records.
The log book may contain comments on the attendance of pupils, behaviour, discipline, the curriculum, attendance of teachers and absence for sickness etc., and the effect of epidemics and seasonal work on attendance. The names of individual pupils only occasionally appear in log books. The names and status of the teachers were recorded at the annual inspection, with a summary of the inspector’s report.
The following school records are available from Findmypast
Stowe Council School (Jmi) 1906 to 1914 Admissions
Stowe Earl Ferrers School (Jmi) 1870 to 1905 Admissions
Maps
Vision of Britain historical maps
Administration
- County: Staffordshire
- Civil Registration District: Stafford
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Lichfield
- Rural Deanery: Stone
- Poor Law Union: Stafford
- Hundred: South Pirehill
- Province: Canterbury