Norton in the Moors

[BETTS7]

I have been looking at ancestors from Norton in the Moors in Staffordshire and have got back to 1666.  All the village information I can find says that the church there was built in the 1800's so where would these marriages, christenings, etc. have taken place before that?  Also, the names are unusual e.g. Johannis, Mariae, Janae, Ranalphus, Richardus, etc.  Are these normal names for the time?

[Ruskie]

Names would be Latin forms. Some information and examples here:
http://www.freereg.org.uk/howto/latinnames.htm

[Ruskie]

From GENUKI
http://www.genuki.org.uk/

Church of England Registers
The register of the parish church of St Bartholomew commences in 1574. The original registers for the period 1574-1964 (Bapts), 1574-1970 (Mar) & 1574-1905 (Bur) and Banns for the period 1823-1851 are deposited at Staffordshire Record Office.
 Bishops Transcripts, 1660-1852 (with gaps 1667, 1669-77, 1747-51 & 1767-70) are deposited at Lichfield Record Office.
 A transcript of the registers for the period 1574-1751 & 1754-1837 was published in two parts by Staffordshire Parish Register Society in 1924 & 1943 and has been reprinted by the Birmingham & Midland SGH.
 
The register of St Anne, Brown Edge commences in 1845. The original registers for the period 1845-1943 (Bapts), 1845-1933 (Mar) & 1845-1919 (Bur) are deposited at Staffordshire Record Office.
 Bishops Transcripts, 1851-1852 (Bur only) are deposited at Lichfield Record Office.
 

[BETTS7]

Thank you.  Are you saying that there was a church called St Bartholomew before the present one which was built in 1738?

[Ruskie]

I just had a thought ....

I have been looking at ancestors from Norton in the Moors in Staffordshire and have got back to 1666.  All the village information I can find says that the church there was built in the 1800's so where would these marriages, christenings, etc. have taken place before that?  Also, the names are unusual e.g. Johannis, Mariae, Janae, Ranalphus, Richardus, etc.  Are these normal names for the time?

How could you have got back to 1666 if you say that the church was only built in the 1800s?   Don't you have sources for the bmd's for your family, which should say which church the events occurred in ....  

[Ruskie]

The link I provided says the church was rebuilt in 1738, so presumably there was already a church on the site prior to this, and the records commence in 1574.

[mshrmh]

From the catalogue for Staffordshire RO:
"Norton-le-Moors, St Bartholomew, Formed 1779, formerly chapelry of Stoke on Trent St Peter EP" ie it became a parish in 1779, prior to that it was a chapelry under the parish of St Peter in Stoke. Other chapelries seem to have few marriages - these being mainly at the parish church so prior to 1779 you may find there are more for Norton people in the Stoke registers than in those of Norton.

Registers held at Stafford
Bap 1576-1964
Mar 1576-1970
Bur 1576-1957

Registers held at Lichfield
Bap 1660-1852
Mar 1660-1851
Bur 1660-1852

http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/leisure/archives/services/publications/GuidestoSources.aspx
is the link - C of E registers held are in the first Guide to Sources as a PDF download.

[BETTS7]

Thank you - I think that explains it although the church records I have been looking at show christenings & marriages in the 1600's at Norton in the Moors so I was unsure if a church had existed before the one built in the 1800's which I guess must be the case if the register commences in 1574.

[Zen rabbit]

Hm have you seen the Penkhull thread? They are looking for info on a William Meare b. 1520