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Thanks, BumbleB.
Before 1791 or 1787, depending on source, the Giffard family of Chillington Hall, staunch Catholics, held services at the chapel at the hall.  When it fell into disrepair they transferred to the chapel, dedicated to St Mary the Virgin, within Black Ladies (now a large private residence, but originally a Benedictine priory).  In 1844 services transferred to the new parish church of Saint Mary the Virgin and St Chad, in Brewood.  I gather Lichfield has patchy Bishop's transcripts.
Dion

Hello

I am hoping someone can help with baptism records for Brewood, specifically in the time when the chapel at Black Ladies was in use.  May be recorded as Onion or Onions.

In particular, I am looking for baptisms of:
Thomas Onion, about 1808 (could be as early as 1805);
Edward Onion, about 1806 (who I think were brothers); and
Sarah Onion (Thomas's aunt), about 1796.

Abode would probably be somewhere in the Bishops Wood or Horsebrook area, but I can't be certain.

Any help gratefully received.
Dion

Hello
1696
Born Mary ye Daughter of Richard Dalloway & Elizabeth his wife -- Novem: 6
Bap: -- Decem: 3
There can be no doubt about the "o".
1697
Born:  Mary ye Daughter of John Dallaway & Hannah his wife -- Jan: 15
Bap: -- Feb: 10.
Best wishes
Dion

Thanks very much for your reply.  At least it tells me I've not missed anything obvious.  Looks like I should contact the archive and see what they can do.  Priscilla was not a direct ancestor - I was just trying to work out when the family left Chester, presumably as a result of competition from railways and Liverpool / Merseyside.
Cheers!
Dion

So that's "up yours", then?