Wolstanton Staffordshire Family History Guide
Wolstanton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Staffordshire.
Other places in the parish include: Branscliff, Wedgwood, Briershurst, Brieryhurst, Chatterley, Chatterly, Dales Green, Great Chell, Greenfield, Harrisea Head, Kidsgrove, Knutton, Little Chell, Oldcott, Ranscliff, Sandyford, Stadmoreslow, Stadmorslow, Thursfield, Wainlee, and Brerehurst.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin: 1628
Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Methodist New Connexion, Primitive Methodist, Society of Friends/Quaker, and Wesleyan Methodist.
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Adjacent Parishes
- Etruria
- Astbury Cheshire
- Audley
- Butterton
- Penkhull
- Newchapel
- Newcastle under Lyme St George
- Tunstall Christ Church
- Sneyd
- Church Lawton Cheshire
- Chesterton
- Newcastle under Lyme
- Trentham
- Keele
- Goldenhill
- Biddulph
- Burslem St Paul
- Norton le Moors
- Hope
- Burslem
- Talke
- Mowcop
Parish History
Wolstanton
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
WOLSTANTON, a village, a township, a parish, a sub-district, and a district, in Stafford. The village stands adjacent to the North Staffordshire railway, between Etruria and Burslem r. stations, 2 miles NNW of Stoke-upon-Trent; and has a post-office under Stoke-upon-Trent, a church almost entirely rebuilt in 1860 at a cost of £4,500, a Wesleyan chapel built in 1866, and charities £16.
The township includes the village, and extends beyond it. Real property, £6,577. Pop. in 1851, 1,317; in 1861, 1,842. Houses, 395. The increase of pop. arose from the extension of the earthen-ware trade.
The manor belongs to the Duchy of Lancaster. The parish contains 12 townships, and comprises 10,739 acres. Pop. in 1851, 22,191; in 1861, 32,029. Houses, 6,237. The property is much subdivided.
Most of the area lies within the tract called the Potteries; and there are numerous porcelain and earthenware factories, many brick and tile yards, and several iron and steel works, engine works, and silk and cotton mills.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £350. Patron, R. Sneyd, Esq.
The vicarages of New Chapel, Chesterton, Mowcop, Silverdale, Tunstall, Kidsgrove, and Golden-Hill, are separate benefices.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Chatterley
Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870
Chatterley, a township in Wolstanton parish, Stafford; 3 ½ miles NE of Newcastle-under-Lyne. Real property, £3,484. Pop., 798. Houses, 155.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Chell
Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870
CHELL, a township in Wolstanton parish, Stafford; 2 miles N of Burslem. Pop., 1,219. Houses, 215. It contains the Wolstanton and Burslem workhouse; and its inhabitants are chiefly colliers and potterers.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Rainscliff
Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850
Rainscliff, in Wolstanton. P. 967.
Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.
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
Cross Heath School junior Mixed Department 1909 to 1914 Admissions
Administration
- County: Staffordshire
- Civil Registration District: Wolstanton
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Lichfield
- Rural Deanery: Newcastle under Lyme
- Poor Law Union: Wolstanton and Burslem
- Hundred: North Pirehill
- Province: Canterbury