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Registration district?

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Sprack

Sprack Report 27 Aug 2006 16:18

thanks everyone, I'll try ludlow then and put that list in my favorites now. jenny x

Unknown

Unknown Report 27 Aug 2006 16:15

Put this list of registration districts in your favourites/bookmarks NOW. www.fhsc.org.uk/genuki/reg/ You won't regret it.

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 27 Aug 2006 16:13

It's in Ludlow district. Kath. x

Glen In Tinsel Knickers

Glen In Tinsel Knickers Report 27 Aug 2006 16:10

Stokesay is in the Ludlow district, LUDLOW REGISTRATION DISTRICT Registration County : Shropshire. Created : 1.7.1837. Sub-districts : Cainham; Craven Arms; Diddlebury; Leintwardine; Ludlow; Munslow. GRO volumes : XVIII (1837-51); 6a (1852-1946); 9A (1946-74). Registers now divided between Ludlow and Leominster districts. Glen

Unknown

Unknown Report 27 Aug 2006 16:06

From Genuki, hope this helps - Julie x STOKESAY - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868 [Description(s) from The National Gazetteer (1868)] 'STOKESAY, a parish in the lower division of Munslow hundred, county Salop, 7 miles N.W. of Ludlow, and 22 S. of Shrewsbury. Newton is its post town. It is situated on the river Onny and the turnpike road between Shrewsbury and Hereford. It comprises the townships of Aldon, Broom with Rowton, Newton, and Wettleton. In the vicinity are a Roman encampment called Norton's Canys, and the ruins of Stokesay Castle. The soil is of a clayey, limey, and gravelly nature, with a subsoil of blue clay. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford, value £351. The church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, or St. Peter, is an ancient structure with a tower and six bells. It has been recently restored. The parochial charities produce about £12 per annum. There is an endowed parochial school for both sexes. Earl Craven is lord of the manor and principal landowner.' 'ALDON, a township in the parish of Stokesay, hundred of Lower Munslow, in the county of Salop, 6 miles to the N.W. of Ludlow. It is not far from the small river Onny.' 'BROOM, a township united with Rowton, in the parishes of Clungunford, Hopesay, and Stokesay, hundred of Purslow, in the county of Salop, 7 miles to the S.E. of Bishop's Castle.' 'NEWTON WITH STOKE, a township in the parish of Stokesay, county Salop, 6 miles N.W. of Ludlow.' 'ROWTON, a township in the parishes of Clungunford, Hopesay, and Stokesay, county Salop, 7 miles N.W. of Ludlow. It is in conjunction with Broom.' 'STOKE WITH NEWTOWN, a township in the parish of Stokesay, county Salop, 6 miles N.W. of Ludlow, on the river Onny.' 'WETTLETON, a township in the parish of Stokesay, county Salop, 7 miles N. W. of Ludlow, on the river Onny.'

Sprack

Sprack Report 27 Aug 2006 15:59

can someone tell me which registration district Stokesay Shropshire would be please?. thanks in advance. jenny