Wetton Staffordshire Family History Guide
Wetton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Staffordshire.
Other places in the parish include: Ecton.
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1657
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1660
Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational and Wesleyan Methodist.
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
WETTON, a parish in Leek district, Stafford; on the river Manifold, 7½ miles NW by N of Ashborne r. station. Post town, Ashborne. Acres, 2,600. Real property, £3,424. Pop., 452. Houses, 98. The property is not much divided.
The course of the Manifold here is partly subterranean. A limestone cliff rises over it near Ecton; and is pierced with a ramified cavern, about 130 feet long. Limestone, partly variegated and partly of marble quality, is quarried. A copper-mine began to be worked in the 17th century; yielded, for many years, an annual profit of about £30,000; and now is nearly exhausted.
The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £90. Patron, G. F. B. Blackett, Esq. The church, excepting the tower, was rebuilt in 1820. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a slightly endowed school, and charities £5.
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.
Wetton Church Of England School (Jmi) 1896 to 1912 Admissions
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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: Alstonfield
- Poor Law Union: Alstonfield Gilbert Union
- Hundred: South Totmonslow
- Province: Canterbury