Waterfall is an Ancient Parish in the county of Staffordshire. Calton is a chapelry of Waterfall.
Other places in the parish include: Winkhill, Calton in Waterfall, and Calton.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1602
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1661
Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
WATERFALL, a parish, with two townships, in the district of Ashborne and county of Stafford; 5 miles NE of Froghall r. station, and 7 SE of Leek. Post town, Leek, under Stoke-on-Trent.
Acres, 1,530. Real property, £3,066. Pop., 533. Houses, 112. The property is much subdivided. There are an iron foundry, and paper, tow, and corn mills.
The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £60. Patron, A. Henniker, Esq. The church is good; and there are a Wesleyan chapel and charities £7.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Staffordshire, Waterfall – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions of St. James & St. Bartholomew, Waterfall, Staffordshire
Author: Harris, Pauline; Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry; Women’s Institute. Waterfall Women’s Institute (Staffordshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Waterfall (Staffordshire)
England, Staffordshire, Waterfall – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Waterfall, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Staffordshire, Waterfall – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Waterfall, 1661-1856
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Waterfall (Staffordshire)
England, Staffordshire, Waterfall, parish registers : St. James and St. Bartholomew
England, Staffordshire, Waterfall, parish registers : St. James and St. Bartholomew
Parish registers for Waterfall, 1602-1876
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Waterfall (Staffordshire)
England, Staffordshire, Waterfall – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Parish register printouts of Waterfall, Stafford, England ; christenings, 1661-1809
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
Parish register printouts of Waterfall, Stafford, England ; christenings, 1809-1856
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
Parish register printouts of Waterfall, Stafford, England ; marriages, 1661-1808
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
England, Staffordshire, Waterfall – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax returns for Waterfall, 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: Ashbourne
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Lichfield
- Rural Deanery: Alstonfield
- Poor Law Union: Ashbourne
- Hundred: South Totmonslow
- Province: Canterbury
