Family History

If you have any questions on your family history, concerning Loppington, you may like to contact:

Mr David Edge - 01939 235479 - edge@churchcott1.freeserve.co.uk who is willing to look up single family names in any records he holds in return for a small donation to church funds.

Our registers, other than those currently in use, have been deposited with Shropshire Archives in Shrewsbury (http://www.shropshire.gov.uk/archives.nsf)

Baptisms

1654 – 1859 – Transcribed and also on microform.

1859 – 2008 – original only

Marriages on microform

1654 – 1739

1755 - 1815

1813 – 1841 (also transcribed)

1837 – 1970

1970 – 2008 (original only)

Banns on microform

1755 – 1815

1841 – 1900

1897 – 1931

1934 -2008 (original only)

Burials on Microform

1654 - 1739

1736 – 1748 (incl. accounts 1689 – 1706)

1754 - 1812

1813 - 1893

1893 – 1992 (original only)

General (Baptisms, marriages and burials on microform)

1748 – 1753

David Edge also has access in Loppington to the Baptism Transcripts 1654 – 1859 and a photographed copy of the Baptism Register 1859 – 2008, together with an incomplete photographed copy of the Burial Register 1893 – 1992.

Monumental Inscriptions

A copy of the Monumental Inscriptions 1716 – 1981, including those on Loppington War Memorial prepared by Shropshire Family History Society (www.sfhs.org.uk) is held at Shropshire Archives and is also available for inspection in church.

Tithe Apportionment

Loppington Ecclesiastical Parish also comprises, Brown Heath, Burlton, Commonwood, Noneley and parts of Ruewood. The Tithe Apportionment and Maps 1839 are held on microfilm and microform by Shropshire Archives. If searching Brown Heath in Loppington Parish look also at Frankton Township in Ellesmere Parish.

George Chambre’s Plan of Pew Occupiers 1668

This document is held by Shropshire Archives in the Salt Collection ref: D5651/B/37/1/22. Some of the writing is difficult to decipher. It contains 78 family names and 9 place names. A copy of the plan and an abstract of names are held in church and also by David Edge.