STAFFORDSHIRE BURIAL INDEX
	Co-ordinator: Mr Tony Bowers, Lluest, Llanbedr, Gwynnedd. LL45 2HL
	Fees
	£4.00 non-returnable search fee per surname for up to three entries from the Index.  Additional entries 25p each, up to fifty entries.  Quotations will be given on a reducing scale of charges according to the numbers involved for any number of entries above fifty that are found.  Cheques should be made payable to BMSGH and a stamped, addressed envelope included for your reply.
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	STAFFORDSHIRE BURIAL INDEX
	The STAFFORDSHIRE BURIAL INDEX contains the burial entries from parish registers and bishops’ transcripts.  A few from other sources are also included, such as some Monumental Inscriptions and Quaker burials.  There is also the occasional entry from a parish bordering Staffordshire and some burials of Staffordshire people who were born outside the county.  The entries start with the beginning of the registers and continue up to and including 1837, when civil registration began.  The information contained for each entry can vary from person to person with a minimum of surname, date and parish, but might also include relationships, places of abode, cause of death, etc..
	The Index is thought to be complete containing all available information from all surviving registers or bishops’ transcripts for the county.  There is currently a team working on transferring the Index to computer, this project will take a number of years to complete and was started in 1998.  At the time of this update the project is working on the letter S, however there are outstanding boxes for many of the previous letters.  This program is likely to discover if there are any unknown gaps, if any are found they will be rectified as soon as possible.
	Please note that DUDLEY and OLDBURY are in the county of WORCESTERSHIRE and, although not Staffordshire, very small parts of these parishes are currently included.  Due to a number of requests Tony Bowers has compiled a list of parishes and other sources that are included in the Index.  This list has been compiled from various working records that were made during the formative years of this Index and is included herewith.
	It is said that there are in excess of 1,000,000 entries (Tony says he has not counted them), so people wishing to use the Index should note that they may find anywhere between nil and 15,000 entries for the surname they require.  Most people find that there are more entries in the Index for the name that they are researching than  they imagined.  Because of the size of the Index and the numbers of volunteers who have helped on the Index over the years, 100% accuracy can not be guaranteed, so we recommend that having found an entry you require, you then check with the original sources.  We are extremely grateful if, in the unlikely event that you find an error, you let us know in order that it can be verified and the Index corrected.
	We hope that the Staffordshire Burial Index will be of help to you, whether you are searching for an individual’s burial or you are interested in a one name study and require all entries found throughout the county, or indeed anything between these.  It is helpful if you are able to give examples of any variant spellings that you require, although we do try to include close variants when quotations are given.
	Also available via FFHS' website www.familyhistoryonline.co.uk

 

Staffordshire Burial Index
Sources:  Parish Registers, BTs and other transcripts
Abbots Bromley	1558 – 1837
Acton Trussel / Bednall	1659 – 1837
Adbaston	1600 – 1837
Aldridge	1660 – 1837
Alrewas	1568 – 1837
Alstonfield	1538 – 1837
Alton	1676 – 1837
Areley  (now  Worcs)	1564 – 1837
Armitage	1623 – 1837
Ashley	1551 – 1837
Audley	1538 – 1837
Bagnall	1835 – 1837
Barlaston	1695 – 1837
Barton u Needwood	1571 – 1837
Bednall	1705 – 1837
Berkswich / Baswich	1601 – 1837
Betley	1538 – 1837
Biddulph	1559 – 1837
Bilston	1684 – 1837
Blithfield	1538 – 1837
Blore	1558 – 1837
Bloxwich	1733 – 1837
Blurton	1828 – 1837
Blymhill	1561 – 1837
Bobbington	1572 – 1831
Bradeley	1538 – 1837
Bradley in the Moors	1674 – 1837
Bramshall	1587 – 1837
Brewood	1562 – 1837
Brierley Hill	1766 – 1837
Broom  (now Worcs)	1813 – 1837
Bucknall	1763 – 1837
Burntwood	1826 – 1837
Burslem,  St. John	1578 – 1837
Burslem,  St. Paul	1831 – 1837
Burton on Trent,  Holy Trinity	1826 – 1837
Burton on Trent, St. Modwen	1587 – 1837
Bushbury	1560 – 1837
Butterton	1660 – 1837
Calton
Cannock	1707 – 1837
Cauldon	1664 – 1837
Caverswell	1552 – 1837
Chapel Chorlton	1597 – 1835
Cheadle	1575 – 1837
Chebsey	1660 – 1837
Checkley	1626 – 1837
Cheddleton	1676 – 1837
Church Eaton	1538 – 1837
Clent  (now Worcs)	1813 – 1837
Clifton Campville	1662 – 1837
Codsall	1587 - 1837
Colton	1647 - 1837
Colwich	1590 - 1837
Coppenhall
Coseley	1830 - 1837
Croxden	1674 - 1837
Darlaston	1539 - 1837
Dilhorne	1561 - 1837
Draycott le Moors	1676 - 1837
Drayton Bassett	1559 - 1837
Eccleshall	1573 - 1837
Edingale	1577 - 1837
Elford	1558 - 1837
Elkestone	1792 – 1837
Ellaston	1538 – 1837
Ellenhall	1539 – 1837
Endon with Stanley	1731 – 1837
Enville	1627 – 1837
Farewell	1695 – 1837
Forton	1558 – 1837
Fradswell	1550 – 1837
Fulford	1815 – 1837
Gayton	1600 – 1837
Gnosall	1572 – 1837
Gornal Lower	1823 – 1837
Gratwich	1682 – 1837
Great Barr	1660 – 1837
Grindon	1697 – 1837
Hammerwich	1726 – 1837
Hamstall Ridware	1741 – 1837
Hanbury	1574 – 1837
Handsworth	1558 – 1837
Hanley	1791 – 1837
Harborne	1813 – 1837
Harlaston	1746 – 1837
Haughton	1570 – 1837
High Offley	1659 – 1837
Hilderston	1833 – 1837
Himley	1665 – 1837
Hints	1558 – 1827
Horton	1653 – 1837
Ilam	1656 – 1837
Ingestre	1691 – 1837
Ipstone	1560 – 1837
Keele	1540 – 1837
Kingsley	1561 – 1837
Kingstone	1813 – 1837
Kingswinford	1603 – 1837
Kings Bromley	1673 – 1837
Kinver	1560 – 1837
Lapley	1538 – 1837
Leek	1634 – 1837
Leigh	1541 – 1837
Lichfield,  Cathedral	1660 – 1837
Lichfield,  St. Chad	1635 – 1837
Lichfield,  St. Mary	1566 – 1837
Lichfield,  St. Michael	1574 – 1837
Longdon	1663 – 1837
Longnor	1691 – 1837
Longton,  St. James	1834 – 1837
Longton,  St. John	1764 – 1837
Madeley	1567 – 1837
Maer	1558 – 1837
Marchington	1609 – 1837
Marston	1564 – 1837
Mayfield	1576 – 1837
Meerbrook	1738 – 1837
Milwich	1573 – 1837
Mavesyn Ridware	1538 – 1837
Mucclestone	1555 – 1837
Needwood	1813 – 1837
Newborough
Newcastle-u-Lyme,  St. Giles	1563 – 1837
Newcastle-u-Lyme,  St. George	1829 – 1837
Newchapel	1724 – 1837
Norbury	1538 – 1837
Norton Canes	1567 – 1837
Norton in the Moors	1574 – 1837
Oakamoor	1835 – 1837
Okeover	1759 – 1837
Onecote	1782 – 1837
Patshull	1560 – 1837
Pattingham	1559 – 1837
Pelsall	1763 – 1837
Penkridge	1572 – 1837
Penn	1571 – 1837
Perry Barr	1834 – 1837
Pipe Ridware	1571 – 1837
Quarnford	1744 – 1837
Ranton	1655 – 1837
Rocester	1565 – 1837
Rolleston	1569 – 1837
Rowley Regis  (Worcs)	1539 – 1837
Rugeley	1569 – 1837
Rushall	1771 – 1837
Rushton Spencer	1700 – 1837
Sandon	1635 – 1837
Sedgley	1558 – 1837
Seighford	1561 – 1837
Shareshill	1564 - 1837
Sheen	1601 – 1837
Shelton	1834 – 1827
Shenstone	1579 - 1837
Smethwick	1774 - 1837
Stafford,  St. Chad	1636 - 1837
Stafford,  St. Mary	1559 - 1837
Stafford,  Castle Church	1573 - 1837
Stretton	1675 - 1837
Standon	1558 - 1837
Stoke on Trent	1629 - 1837
Stone	1568 - 1837
Stonnall	1823 - 1837
Stowe	1613 - 1837
Swynnerton	1558 - 1837
Talk o’ th’ Hill
Tamworth	1558 – 1837
Tatenhill	1564 – 1837
Tettenhall	1602 – 1837
Thorpe Constantine	1539 – 1837
Tipton	1575 – 1837
Tixall	1669 – 1837
Trentham	1813 – 1837
Trysull	1566 – 1837
Tunstall	1832 – 1837
Tutbury	1668 – 1837
Uttoxeter	1596 – 1837
Walsall	1570 – 1837
Walsall Wood	____ - 1837
Warslow	1790 – 1837
Waterfall	1602 – 1837
Wednesbury	1561 – 1837
Wednesfield	1751 - 1837
Weeford	1562 - 1837
West Bromwich,
All Saints formerly St. Clements	1608 - 1837
Christ Church	1830 - 1837
Weston on Trent	1573 - 1837
Weston-u-Lizard	1654 - 1837
Wetton	1663 - 1837
Whitmore	1766 - 1837
Whittington	1663 - 1837
Wigginton	1827 - 1837
Willenhall	1727 - 1837
Wolstanton	1624 - 1837
Wolverhampton,  St. George	1832 - 1837
Wolverhampton,  St. Peter	1539 - 1837
Wombourne	1570 - 1837
Wychnor	1739 – 1837

 

Roman Catholic Registers
Bloxwich	1807 – 1829
Brewood,  Longbirch	1808 – 1837
Brewood,  White Ladies	1816 – 1837
Bushbury,  Moseley	1798 – 1825
Burslem,  Cobridge	____ - 1837
Handsworth, Maryvale	1819 – 1837
Sedgley	1801 – 1837
Stafford,  St. Austin	1831 - 1837
Stone,  Aston	1832 - 1837
Swynnerton	1813 - 1837
Tixall,  Great Haywood	1799 – 1830
Walsall,  St. Mary	1831 – 1837
West Bromwich	1832 – 1837
Wolverhampton	1784 – 1825

 

Other Sources Used
Bilston,  Swan Bank  (Wes.)	1825 – 1837
Coseley, Old Meeting  (Pres.)	1804 – 1837
Coseley, Darkhouse Chapel (part Bap)	1823 – 1837
Darlaston Chapel,  Wesleyan	1833 – 1837
Gornal Upper, Ruiton Chapel (Ind)	1792 – 1837
Leek,  Derby Street  (Ind)	1791 – 1837
Leek,  Quaker	1836 - 1837
Rowley Regis, Cradley Chapel (Bap.)	1783 – 1837
Walsall, Bath Street Cemetery	1756 – 1837
West Bromwich,  Wesleyan	____ - 1837
West Bromwich, Old Meeting  (Ind)	____ -1837
Wolverhampton,  John Street (Pres)	1726 – 1729
Wolverhampton, Temple Street  (Ind)	1786 – 1837

 

	N.B.     Dates shown are those of first recorded entry and last recorded entry entered in the Staffordshire burial Index.  Gaps do occur in many parish records, particularly during the commonwealth period,  these gaps are not recorded above.

 

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