RECORDS AND RESEARCH MATERIAL

 

This page was last updated on: 27 February 2007

 

  BOOKS

  Books containing a varied assortment of lists of names concerning Audley and district
  • "Strays" in surrounding parish registers/censuses
  • Clergy
  • Seat holders in parish church
  • Fatalities in local colliery disasters
  • Rates 1701 and various volumes of rate books from 1880s
  • Richard Parrott’s survey of Audley & Talke, 1733
  • List of all Audley records held at William Salt library

 

 

  AUDLEY
  CENSUS
  • 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901 all transcribed and indexed by surname
  MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS

  St. James Church
  ELECTORAL REGISTERS

  1905, 1933 and 1951
  FIRST WORLD WAR LETTERS

  1. Oswald Tittle, 1912-17: emigrated; killed in First World War;

  2. John Lawton of Chesterton;

  3. Forthcoming: the Riley Brothers of Halmer End

  MANOR COURT DOCUMENTS

  1759 - 1765
  PARISH REGISTERS (St James' Church)

  Marriages:  1538-1955

  Baptisms:  1538-1949

  Burials:  1538-1953
 PEDIGREES

  A selection of local family trees from the Kelsall Pedigrees + list of names to be found in the Pedigrees
  THESIS

  "The Nailmaking Industry in Audley..., c1550-1750" by L.Williams. Univ of Keele, MA in Local History, 1993
  1837 TITHE APPORTIONMENT

  Includes Talke. A computer printout (not acreages/rents) and a copy of the accompanying Tithe Map
  LIST OF WILLS

  1650-1700 transcribed in full (list of those held at Lichfield)
  AUDLEY ENTRIES IN OTHER PARISH REGISTERS
  • Chesterton
  • Church Lawton (1592-1913)

 

 

  AUDLEY DISTRICT
  • Baptisms, Congregational Chapel, Halmerend, 1902-64
  • Monumental Inscriptions: Central Methodist Cemetery, Bignall End
  • Monumental Inscriptions: Independent/Congregational Chapel, Halmerend
  • Monumental Inscriptions: St John's Church, Alsagers Bank
  • Baptisms, Alsagers Bank United Methodist, 1908-60
  • Nonconformist Registers (transcribed & indexed)

 

 

  BARTHOMLEY
  CENSUS

  1851 and 1871
  PARISH REGISTERS

  1562-1908/10, published books

 

 

  BETLEY
  CENSUS

  1851-1891
  WILLS

  List of Betley Wills held at Lichfield
  PARISH CHURCH

  Monumental Inscriptions
  COLLECTIONS

  References in Collections for a History of Staffs & Calendar of Charter Rolls, date order, 1227-1640
  PARISH REGISTERS

  1538-1802

 

 

  BUTT LANE
  CENSUS

  1841-1891

 

 

  CHESTERTON
  CENSUS

  1841

  PARISH REGISTERS

  Marriages:  1852 - 1908

  Baptisms:  1846 - 1907

  Burials:  1852 - 1900

 

 

  CHURCH LAWTON
  PARISH REGISTERS

  Marriages:  1851 - 1950

  Baptisms:  1559 - 1950

  Burials:  1559 - 2001

 

 

  KEELE
  PARISH REGISTERS

  Marriages:  1543 - 1812

  Baptisms:  1540 - 1695

 

 

  KNUTTON
  Wesleyan baptisms 1879 - 1932

  United Methodist 1914 -1933

 

 

  MADELEY
  MIDDLE MADELEY METHODIST

  1864 - 1964
  PARISH REGISTERS

  Marriages:  1567 - 1812

  Baptisms:  1567 - 1775

  Burials:  1567 - 1775

 

 

  SILVERDALE
  PARISH REGISTERS
  • Wesleyan baptisms 1837-1926;
  • New Connexion baptisms 1887-1908;
  • United Methodist baptisms 1908-1918;
  • Zion & Primitives 1879-1903
  • 1903-62; Congregational
  • (+ some marriage & burials) 1909-1961

 

 

  TALKE
  CENSUS

  1841, 1851, 1881, 1891 and 1901
  MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS

  Monumental Inscriptions at the parish church of St Martin
  PARISH REGISTERS 

  Marriages:  1859 - 1931

  Baptisms:  1830 - 1937

  Burials:  1860 - 1938

 

 

  WRINEHILL
  Methodist 1846-1966

 

 

  WYBUNBURY TOWNSHIP
  CENSUS

  1851-1881, transcribed

 

  WAR MEMORIALS

  For AUDLEY, ALSAGERS BANK, BUTT LANE METHODIST CHAPEL, and SCOT HAY METHODIST CHAPEL.
  Names and information on individuals listed. There is also a list with some details of 200 men who served or were wounded during the First World War, but not killed.

 

 

  MICROFICHE
  BETLEY

  Parish Registers 1653 -1794 (general)

  Baptisms/burials 1793 - 1812

  Baptisms 1813 -1919       Marriages 1813 - 1950    Burials 1813 - 1913
  CHESTERTON

   Baptisms 1846 - 1907     Marriages 1852 -1908    Burials 1852 - 1900
  KEELE

    Baptisms 1540 - 1980    Marriages 1540 -1942    Burials 1540 -1904 
  KNUTTON

    Baptisms 1873 - 1936    Marriages 1875 -1940    Burials 1888 -1936 
  SILVERDALE

    Baptisms 1853 - 1926    Marriages 1856 -1932    Burials 1853 -1901 
  TALKE

    Baptisms 1830 -            Marriages 1859 -            Burials 1860 - 
  WOLSTANTON

   1628 onwards, baptisms, marriages and burials
  WOOD LANE

  Primitive Methodist Chapel Registers  

 

WHY NOT BECOME A MEMBER?

 

If you would like to become a member please visit the Joining Us page. A benefit of becoming a member is that Miss Pat Spode will do a moderate amount of research on your behalf (Contact us) This service is free of charge, but the research is only done from the records she holds at home. Please be aware that Pat has no access to a microfiche viewer and therefore cannot look through records that are on microfiche. A microfiche viewer is available at Research Meetings.

 

 

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS AVAILABLE TO THE SOCIETY

 

If you wish to see some of these at a meeting please contact Ian Bailey beforehand with the years that you want

Ian Bailey, 20 Hillside Avenue, Endon, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs, ST9 9HH

ibail1sc@stokecoll.ac.uk

 

  1. Staffs Advertiser extracts 1840-85 for Audley, Betley (from 1850), Chesterton, Knutton, Leycett, Silverdale, Talke, Barthomley and Alsager; also for same areas 1910-26
  2. Directories: photocopies of a number of directories for local villages

 

 

MAPS

 

The Society has a small collection of old maps.

 

 

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