This is the full list of baptisms listed in the registers now held at Stafford archives from 1842 – 1962 of St Thomas Church, Penkhull.
A great help for anyone researchibng their family tree of Penkhull.
A full record of all burials in the churchyard of St. Thomas, Penkhull from 1843 to 1943
A great help for people researching their family tree
Elzel format on a spreadsheet
The baptism register for St Peter ad Vincula – Stoke Church
in Excel format 1813 – 1835
St Thomas Church, Penkhull
Marriage Register 1845 -1891 Excel format spreadsheet
This 1671 documents lists tenants who have built cottages on the waste land of each area of the Manor – Wolstanton, Penkhull, Hanley, Seabridge, Whitmore, Knutton, Botteslow, Fenton Vivian – all under the authority of the Duchy of Lancaster and within his Manor of Newcastle under Lume.
These lists give name, and the rentals charged thereby giving an estimate of the larger and smaller plots. The waste is normally that land that is not suitable for cultivation normally at the sides of roads.
Three pages
Currently there is only one Hearth Tax record for Stoke upon Trent published in the Staffordshire Historical Collections.
Hearth Tax records can be an important tool for the historian as the number of hearths are listed, in some case some marked blocked up to save paying part of the tax.
It is used to assess the size of the property and in doing so determine the wealth of the owner helping to create a more detailed framework of the area under study.
Whilst doing my M.Phil at University of Keele I managed to locate a private searcher who during the war worked at the then Public Record Office who know the location of other returns. She subsequently copied these for me and listed here.
The important thing with three the names of property can change but with the same surname suggesting the father had died and now it was the son now living there.
The 1911 census for the Spittals workhouse contains in excess of 700 inmates, a huge number the care for and to provide meals each day. The burden upon the local community was huge and with constant problems to manage.
The listing in this excel report is a further valuable contribution for those wishing to study the returns each year and as 1911 was almost at the hight of the industrial revolution and therefore the numbers fail to reflect that.
Viewing this return firstly using the age listing can easily locate the young from the old and importantly those of working age to enable a graph illustrating the difficulties in society. The same applies to the place of birth whereby setting a radius around stoke at every 10 or 20 miles to ascertain there most are coming from. There is no end to the illustrations of life in 1911. A further example of the work that can be done with facts and figures.
Trade directories in England trace their history back to the late 17th century, when volumes such as the Little London Directory of 1677 listed names of merchants and tradesmen “for the Benefit of all Dealers that shall have occasion with any of them; Directing them at the first sight of their name, to the place of their abode.” The first one for Stoke on Trent including this of Penkhull is Bradshaw’s 1818. Download and view it now.
Trade directories in England trace their history back to the late 17th century, when volumes such as the Little London Directory of 1677 listed names of merchants and tradesmen “for the Benefit of all Dealers that shall have occasion with any of them; Directing them at the first sight of their name, to the place of their abode.”
Trade directories were originally produced to help promote and facilitate trade and commerce. A directory would include a general description of the town or area as well as details on local transportation, churches, schools, government offices and officials, shops, and businesses. Sometimes information on specific people, such as businessmen, traders, shopkeepers, was included as well.
Later directories began to include sections on private residents. At first this mainly consisted of the wealthier and more prominent individuals. Eventually the directories became more comprehensive and more residents, especially householders, were included regardless of social status. Try this 1822 and fiand all that you are after.
Gazetteer and Directory of Staffordshire
Trade directories in England trace their history back to the late 17th century, when volumes such as the Little London Directory of 1677 listed names of merchants and tradesmen “for the Benefit of all Dealers that shall have occasion with any of them; Directing them at the first sight of their name, to the place of their abode.”
Trade directories were originally produced to help promote and facilitate trade and commerce. A directory would include a general description of the town or area as well as details on local transportation, churches, schools, government offices and officials, shops, and businesses. Sometimes information on specific people, such as businessmen, traders, shopkeepers, was included as well.
Staffordshire 1851 White’s Directory
Trade directories in England trace their history back to the late 17th century, when volumes such as the Little London Directory of 1677 listed names of merchants and tradesmen “for the Benefit of all Dealers that shall have occasion with any of them; Directing them at the first sight of their name, to the place of their abode.”
Trade directories were originally produced to help promote and facilitate trade and commerce. A directory would include a general description of the town or area as well as details on local transportation, churches, schools, government offices and officials, shops, and businesses. Sometimes information on specific people, such as businessmen, traders, shopkeepers, was included as well.
Later directories began to include sections on private residents. At first this mainly consisted of the wealthier and more prominent individuals. Eventually the directories became more comprehensive and more residents, especially householders, were included regardless of social status.
1867 Keates Potteries Directory
Trade directories were originally produced to help promote and facilitate trade and commerce. A directory would include a general description of the town or area as well as details on local transportation, churches, schools, government offices and officials, shops, and businesses. Sometimes information on specific people, such as businessmen, traders, shopkeepers, was included as well.
Later directories began to include sections on private residents. At first this mainly consisted of the wealthier and more prominent individuals. Eventually the directories became more comprehensive and more residents, especially householders, were included regardless of social status.
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