Weston under Lizard Staffordshire Family History Guide

Weston under Lizard is an Ancient Parish in the county of Staffordshire. 

Alternative names: Weston under Liziard

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

• Parish registers: 1701
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1660

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

• Tong Shropshire
• Sheriffhales Shropshire
• Blymhill

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WESTON-UNDER-LIZARD, a parish, with a village, in the district of Shiffnal and county of Stafford; on Watling-street, under Lizard hill, 5 miles NE of Shiffnal r. station. It has a post-office under Shiffnal.

Acres, 2,398. Real property, £3,269. Pop., 275. Houses, 57. The manor, with W. Hall, belongs to the Earl of Bradford.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £453. Patron, the Earl of Bradford The church is good. Charities, £25.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Staffordshire, Weston-under-Lizard – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Weston-under-Lizard, 1660-1865
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Weston-under-Lizard (Staffordshire)

England, Staffordshire, Weston-under-Lizard, parish registers : St. Andrew

Parish registers for Weston-under-Lizard, 1701-1953
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Weston-under-Lizard (Staffordshire)

Registers of the Staffordshire parishes
Author: Ridsdale, J. R. W.; Carroll, P., Mrs.; Davies, T.

Weston under Lizard parish register
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Weston-under-Lizard (Staffordshire); Adams, Percy W. L. (Percy Walter Lewis), b. 1875

Weston-Under-Lizard parish register
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Weston-under-Lizard (Staffordshire); Adams, Percy W. L. (Percy Walter Lewis), b. 1875; Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry

England, Staffordshire, Weston-under-Lizard – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Weston-under-Lizard, Staffordshire, England

England, Staffordshire, Weston-under-Lizard – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Overseer accounts for Weston-under-Lizard, 1769-1827
Author: Weston-under-Lizard (Staffordshire, England)

England, Staffordshire, Weston-under-Lizard – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments, Weston under Lizard, Staffordshire, England, 1781-1854
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Staffordshire)

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

• County: Staffordshire
• Civil Registration District: Shifnal
• Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
• Diocese: Lichfield
• Rural Deanery: Brewood
• Poor Law Union: Shifnal
• Hundred: West Cuttlestone
• Province: Canterbury