Weeford, Staffordshire Family History Guide

Weeford is an Ancient Parish in the county of Staffordshire.

Other places in the parish include: Packington, Swinfen, and Swinfen and Packington.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin: 1562

Nonconformists include:

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Parish History

Weeford

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WEEFORD, a parish, with a township and two hamlets, in Lichfield district, Stafford; on Watling-street, 3¾ miles SSE of Lichfield r. station. Post town, Lichfield.

Acres, 4,556. Real property, £4,860. Pop., 399. Houses, 78. The manor belongs to Lord Wenlock. Offlow barrow, which gives name to Offlow hundred, is here.

The living is a rectory, united with Hints, in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £420. Patron, the Bishop of L. The church is good.

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

Packington

Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870

Packington, a hamlet in Weeford parish, Stafford; 3 ¼ miles NW of Tamworth.

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

Weeford School 1896 to 1914 Admissions

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Administration

County: Staffordshire
Civil Registration District: Lichfield
Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of Alrewas and Weeford
Diocese: Lichfield
Rural Deanery: Lichfield
Poor Law Union: Lichfield
Hundred: South Offlow
Province: Canterbury