Wychnor is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Staffordshire, created in 1792 from a chapelry in Tatenhill Ancient Parish.
Alternative names: Wichnor
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1731
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1660
Nonconformists include:
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
WICHNOR, a township-chapelry in Tatenhill parish, Stafford; on the river Trent, the Grand Trunk canal, Icknield-street, and the Derby and Dudley railway, at the junction of the line to Tamworth, 5½ miles NE of Lichfield.
It has a station at the r. junction; and its Post town is Burton-on-Trent. Acres, 1,610. Real property, £3,529. Pop., 152. Houses, 30. W. Hall-was the seat of the Somervilles; and was visited, in 1621, by James I. A Roman camp was here, and Roman coins have been found.
The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £71. Patron, T. J. Levatt, Esq. The church is good.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Staffordshire, Wichnor – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Wichnor, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Staffordshire, Wichnor – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Wichnor, 1660-1835
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Wichnor (Staffordshire)
England, Staffordshire, Wichnor, parish registers : St. Leonard
Parish registers for Wichnor, 1731-1836
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Wichnor (Staffordshire)
England, Staffordshire, Wichnor – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Parish register printouts of Wichnor, Stafford, England ; christenings, 1660-1663, 1674-1735
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
Parish register printouts of Wichnor, Stafford, England ; christenings, 1735-1809
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
Parish register printouts of Wichnor, Stafford, England, christenings, 1809-1835
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
England, Staffordshire, Wichnor – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
Court roll : 1508
Author: Manor of Wichnor. Court (Staffordshire)
England, Staffordshire, Wichnor – Occupations ( 1 )
Wichnor parish records relating to the poor, 1713-1831
Author: Wichnor (Staffordshire, England)
England, Staffordshire, Wichnor – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Wichnor parish records relating to the poor, 1713-1831
Author: Wichnor (Staffordshire, England)
England, Staffordshire, Wichnor – Schools ( 1 )
England, Staffordshire, Tatenhill and Wichnor, school records, 1881-1916
Author: Staffordshire County Record Office
England, Staffordshire, Wichnor – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments, Wichnor, Staffordshire, England, 1781-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Staffordshire)
Maps
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Administration
- County: Staffordshire
- Civil Registration District: Burton upon Trent
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Lichfield
- Rural Deanery: Lichfield
- Poor Law Union: Burton upon Trent
- Hundred: North Offlow
- Province: Canterbury
