Whittington Staffordshire Family History Guide

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Whittington is an Ancient Parish in the county of Staffordshire. 

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1574
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1663

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WHITTINGTON, a parish, with two hamlets, in Lichfield district, Stafford; 2½ miles ESE of Lichfield r. station. It has a post-office under Lichfield.

Acres, 2,921. Real property, £5,781. Pop., 819. Houses, 184. The property is subdivided. The manor belonged to the Everards, passed to the Pagets, and belongs now to the Marquis of Anglesey.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £351. Patron, T. J. Levett, Esq. The church is good; and there is an endowed school with £12 a year.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Staffordshire, Whittington – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions of St. Giles Church, Whittington, Staffs.
Author: Duffell, Peter; Duffell, Gill; Harris, Pauline; Davis, G. L.; Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry

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

England, Staffordshire, Whittington – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Whittington, 1663-1870
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Whittington (Staffordshire)

England, Staffordshire, Whittington, parish registers : St. Giles

England, Staffordshire, Whittington, parish registers : St. Giles

Marriage licenses, bond, affidavits, 1672-1852
Author: Church of England. Diocese of Lichfield

England, Staffordshire, Whittington – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Parish register printouts of Whittington, Stafford, England ; christenings, 1750-1812
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Whittington, Stafford, England ; christenings, 1813-1870
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Staffordshire, Whittington – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments, Whittington, Staffordshire, England, 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: Lichfield
  • Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of Whittington and Baswich
  • Diocese: Lichfield
  • Rural Deanery: Lichfield
  • Poor Law Union: Lichfield
  • Hundred: North Offlow
  • Province: Canterbury