UK Genealogy Archives logo
DISCLOSURE: This page may contain affiliate links, meaning when you click the links and make a purchase, we may receive a commission.

Cheslyn Hay, Staffordshire

Historical Description

Cheslyn-Hay, a village and a parish (formerly extra-parochial) in Staffordshire, 1 mile from Wyrley station on the L. & N.W.R., and 2 miles S of Cannock. Acreage, 819; population, 2066. There are collieries and brick and tile works; also Primitive and New Connexion Methodist chapels.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyStaffordshire 
Civil parishCannock 
HundredCuttlestone 
Poor Law unionPenkridge 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Cheslyn Hay from the following:


Land and Property

A full transcript of the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Staffordshire is online.


Maps

Online maps of Cheslyn Hay are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Staffordshire newspapers online:

DistrictSouth Staffordshire
CountyStaffordshire
RegionWest Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtWS6
Post TownWalsall

Advertisement

Advertisement