Stoke upon Tern, Shropshire
Historical Description
Stoke-upon-Tern, a village and a parish in Salop. The village is 1½ mile E of Hodnet station on the G.W.R. and 5 miles SW by S of Market Drayton. The parish contains also the townships of Eaton, Ollerton, and Wistanswick. Acreage, 5683; population, 790. There is a parish council consisting of nine members. Wistanswick has a post office under Market Drayton; money order and telegraph office, Hodnet. The manor has belonged for centuries to the Corbet family, The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield; net value, £700 with residence. The church is ancient and was rebuilt in 1874. It contains a monument to Sir Reginald Corbet, judge of the Common Pleas in the reign of Queen Elizabeth.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Salop | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Stoke-upon-Terne St. Peter | |
Hundred | North Bradford | |
Poor Law union | Drayton | |
Registration district | Whitchurch | 1935 - 1969 |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Findmypast, in association with the Shropshire Archives have the Baptisms, Banns, Marriages, and Burials online for Stoke upon Tern
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Stoke upon Tern from 1935 to 1969 you should search for the Whitchurch Registration District.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Stoke upon Tern from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Stoke-upon-Terne (St. Peter))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Shropshire (Salop) is available to browse.
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Shropshire newspapers online:
- Shrewsbury Chronicle
- Wellington Journal
- Eddowes's Journal, and General Advertiser for Shropshire, and the Principality of Wales
- Ludlow Advertiser
- Salopian Journal
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of Shropshire, 1623 is available on the Heraldry page.