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Hanbury Staffordshire Queries
« on: Tuesday 19 October 10 16:50 BST (UK) »
Having posted this photograph of what appeared to be thatched cottages, taken from near the Church in Hanbury, someone told me that it was one dwelling...

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/17392500

Looking into the history I noticed that on the maps of around 1880 this dwelling seems to be the site of a vicarage. Does anyone from the area know if I am on the the right track?

The other strange thing is that the Church of St. Werberg is marked as St. James. Was the name changed and then changed back?

Regards Peter


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« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 19 October 10 18:21 BST (UK) »
Hi Peter,

I have found this link which gives a brief history of the church and some lovely photographs of the interior.

http://www.themcs.org/churches/Hanbury%20-%20St%20Werburgh.html

This link shows you a lithogram of Hanbury Church and Parsonage in 1791

http://www.search.staffspasttrack.org.uk/engine/resource/default.asp?txtKeywords=Hanbury&lstContext=&lstResourceType=&lstExhibitionType=&chkPu

Type in Hanbury on the search section and it is on page 2

Cathy ;D ;D
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« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 19 October 10 18:22 BST (UK) »
Churches don't normally change their dedication. It must be a mistake by the cartographer. The ancient parish church is St. Werburg

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« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 19 October 10 20:34 BST (UK) »
Thanks Cathy for the links.

Stan I agree about the cartographer and here is a link to the 1888 OS Map showing St James…

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/mapsheet.aspx?compid=55137&sheetid=8229&ox=0&oy=0&zm=1&czm=10&x=220&y=426

Why I asked was the entry below for Hanbury on British  History online..
Hanbury (St. James)

HANBURY (St. James), a parish, in the union of Burton-upon-Trent, N. division of the hundred of Offlow and of the county of Stafford; comprising the townships of Coton, Draycott-in-the-Clay, Fauld, Hanbury, Hanbury-Woodend, and Marchington-Woodlands, and the chapelries of Marchington and Newborough; the whole containing 2483 inhabitants, of whom 114 are in the township of Hanbury, 6¾ miles (N. W. by W.) from Burton. This parish is very extensive, being upwards of five miles square. The living is a vicarage not in charge, in the gift of the Bishop of Lichfield: the tithes have been commuted for £862, of which £510 are paid to the bishop, and £352 to the vicar, who has also a glebe of 20 acres. The church, principally in the later English style, with a Norman font, was repewed, and the north aisle rebuilt, in 1824. Marchington and Newborough form separate incumbencies. A school is endowed with about £24 per annum, and there are several bequests for the poor. In the year 680, the Saxon princess, St. Werburgh, became abbess of a nunnery founded here by her brother Ethelred, King of Mercia: she was buried in this convent; but in 876 her remains were removed to Chester, where an elegant shrine was erected to her memory. No vestige of the nunnery is now visible.

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51003&strquery=st%20james%20hanbury#s7

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« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 19 October 10 21:45 BST (UK) »
I don't understand the British  History Online entry, as in the Directories the church is dedicated to St. Werburgh. See also http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/STS/Hanbury/index.html#ChurchHistory


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« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 19 October 10 22:03 BST (UK) »
I don't understand the British  History Online entry, as in the Directories the church is dedicated to St. Werburgh. See also http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/STS/Hanbury/index.html#ChurchHistory


Stan

Stan, I am glad that you do not understand it, because it, and the OS map had got me tearing my hair out!

Regards Peter 

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Re: Hanbury Staffordshire Queries
« Reply #6 on: Friday 22 October 10 23:56 BST (UK) »
I have ancesters, back to 1700's in Hanbury, all of their bmd records
state St Werbeghs Church.
I am sure the reference to 'St James' Hanbury must be wrong.
The cottages could possibly have been the vicarage in times past, but
there is also a very nice detatched house nearby that could also have
been a possibility also. I have been looking for the post office, that was,
but no luck either!
Regards
Alyson123
Lea/Lee ........Gnosall, Armitage Hednesford Kings Bromley,  Hednesford, Staffordshire.
Richardson..... Hanbury, Hednesford, Checkley Marchington .....Staffordshire
Corbett ....... Dawley, Wellington, Madeley......Shropshire, Willenhall & Hednesford,Staffs
Pyle/Pile ........Hensingham, Workington, Whitehaven, Cumberland
Pyle/Pile....... Newcastlle on Tyne, County Durham & Northumberland
Doran ...... Whitehaven, Cumberland and Ireland
Savage ........ County Down, Killough and Belfast, Irela

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Re: Hanbury Staffordshire Queries
« Reply #7 on: Thursday 10 February 11 20:23 GMT (UK) »
Hi, I believe my ancestor William Richardson of Checkley married Sarah Moore on 15th November 1791 at Hanbury.  It has been a matter of elimination but I think they moved to Ashbourne and then into Derby.  I saw your interest in Richardson, Checkley and wondered if this could be the same family and if you might have any further information.  Thanks.
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« Reply #8 on: Thursday 10 February 11 22:24 GMT (UK) »
Hi Almond Tree,
I do have a William Richardson in my tree born 1772 Checkley, his parents
were Samuel Richardson and Mary Marsh. Samuel and Mary are my
6x Gt Grandparents and had 13 children, along with William, my 5x G.father
Samuel.
Excited to see if we have a match?!?
Alyson123
Lea/Lee ........Gnosall, Armitage Hednesford Kings Bromley,  Hednesford, Staffordshire.
Richardson..... Hanbury, Hednesford, Checkley Marchington .....Staffordshire
Corbett ....... Dawley, Wellington, Madeley......Shropshire, Willenhall & Hednesford,Staffs
Pyle/Pile ........Hensingham, Workington, Whitehaven, Cumberland
Pyle/Pile....... Newcastlle on Tyne, County Durham & Northumberland
Doran ...... Whitehaven, Cumberland and Ireland
Savage ........ County Down, Killough and Belfast, Irela