Malpas Genealogical Records
Malpas Birth & Baptism Records
An index to births registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of birth certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
A name index, connected to digital images of baptism registers. These records may help trace a family as far back as 1892.
Baptism records from people born in and around Malpas between 1817 and 1906. Lists the name of people's parent's and other details.
Digital images of baptism registers, searchable by a name index, essentially recording births, but may include residence, father's occupation and more.
Name index linked to original images of the baptism registers of Malpas. Records document parents' names and date of baptism and/or birth.
Malpas Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to marriages registered throughout England & Wales. This is the only national marriage index that allows you to search by both spouse's names. Provides a reference to order copies of marriage certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Marriage records from people who married at Threapwood, Malpas between 1837 and 1910. Lists an individual's abode, marital status and more.
Digital images of marriage registers, searchable by a name index. They are the primary source for pre-1837 marriages. They may record the bride and groom's residence, the groom's occupation, parents' names, marital status and witnesses.
Marriage registers record Anglican marriages in Bickley, Malpas. They are the primary marriage document before 1837 and contain the same details as marriage certificates from then on.
Digital images of marriage registers, searchable by a name index. Details may include residence, marital status, parents' names and witnesses.
Malpas Death & Burial Records
An index to deaths registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of death certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Digital images of burial registers, searchable by a name index. Lists the deceased's name, residence and age. Some records may contain the names of relations, cause of death and more.
Digital images of burial registers, searchable by a name index. Lists the deceased's name, residence and age. Some records may contain the names of relations, cause of death and more.
Digital images of burial registers, searchable by a name index. They record the date someone was buried, their age & residence.
Records of burial for people buried at Threapwood, Malpas between 1829 and 1906. Details include the deceased's name, residence and age.
Malpas Census & Population Lists
An index to and digital images of records that detail 40 million civilians in England and Wales. Records list name, date of birth, address, marital status, occupation and details of trade or profession.
The 1911 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
A full name index, connected to original images of the registers. These records list those who were eligible to vote and may give a description of an individual's property.
A list of freeholders, organised by hundred, in the county of Cheshire. Contains their name, title and description of their estate.
A collection of financial records maintained by the English Exchequer relating to Cheshire.
Newspapers Covering Malpas
This fully searchable newspaper will provide a rich variety of information about the people and places of the Wrexham district. Includes family announcements.
A database allowing full text searches of a newspaper covering local news, family announcements, obituaries, court proceedings, business notices and more in the Chester area.
Local news; notices of births, marriages and deaths; business notices; details on the proceedings of public institutions; adverts and a rich tapestry of other local information from the Chester district. Every line of text from the newspaper can be searched and images of the original pages viewed.
A weekly newspaper containing local news, family announcements, sports, advertisements etc. It was liberal in politics. Each edition has been indexed and digitised.
A weekly newspaper covering local, parliamentary, community and religious news. It contained family announcements. Each edition has been indexed and digitised.
Malpas Wills & Probate Records
Searchable index and original images of over 12.5 million probates and administrations granted by civil registries. Entries usually include the testator's name, date of death, date of probate and registry. Names of relations may be given.
Digital images, indexed by testor's name, of 28,716 wills, administrations, inventories and other probate documents. The records can shed light on an individual’s relations, possessions, land holdings, legal agreements and more. They cover various jurisdictions throughout the north of England.
An index to 263,822 wills, administrations and other probate documents proved by an ecclesiastical court in York. The index included the testor's name, residence, year of probate, type of document and reference to order copies of the referenced document(s.).
An index to 10,195 wills, administrations and other probate documents proved by an ecclesiastical court in York. The index included the testor's name, residence, occupation, will & probate year, language, type of document and reference to order copies of the referenced document(s.).
An index to wills, administrations and inventories proved by the Diocese of Lichfield and Coventry. Copies of wills can be ordered or viewed at the record office in Lichfield.
Malpas Immigration & Travel Records
Abstracts of poor law cases in Cheshire quarter sessions, covering events such as removals, settlement, bastardy and vagrancy.
A name index connected to original images of passenger lists recording people travelling from Britain to destinations outside Europe. Records may detail a passenger's age or date of birth, residence, occupation, destination and more.
A full index of passenger lists for vessels arriving in the UK linked to original images. Does not include lists from vessels sailing from European ports. Early entries can be brief, but later entries may include dates of births, occupations, home addresses and more. Useful for documenting immigration.
An index to and images of documents recording over 1.65 million passengers who arrived in Victoria, Australia, including passengers whose voyage was paid for by others.
Details on over 600,000 non-British citizens arriving in England. Often includes age and professions. Useful for discerning the origin of immigrants.
Malpas Military Records
The names of Shropshire militia men who were buried in Great Yarmouth.
A history of the English Civil War from a Cheshire perspective.
Details of over 4,000 Welsh Guards' service, medals and place of birth.
A searchable list of over 100,000 British Army POWs. Records contains details on the captured, their military career and where they were held prisoner.
Details on around 165,000 men serving in the British Army, Navy and Air Force who were held as prisoners during WWII.
Malpas Court & Legal Records
A searchable transcript of Shropshire legal records. They include matters relating to militias, alcohol, agriculture, coroners' inquests and much more.
Transcriptions of pleas brought before a court. They largely concern land disputes.
Translations of pleas brought before a court. They largely concern land disputes.
An index to over 50,000 records detailing admissions and discharges to government poor houses in Cheshire. The index is linked to digital images of the records, which may record name, birth year, religion, occupation, name of informant and details of admission, death or discharge.
Registers recording the admission of over 12,000 people for poor relief in Cheshire. Records include name, birth year, parish, occupation, religion, reason for admission and more.
Malpas Taxation Records
Around 500 maps that record land ownership down to individual fields. These are referenced to documents to record landowners, occupiers, field names, land use and rents due.
An index to over 2 million names listed in records detailing land ownership and occupation in Cheshire. These records can be used to trace land ownership and succession to leases. Contains digital images of original records.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
This vital collection details almost 1.2 million properties eligible for land tax. Records include the name of the landowner, occupier, amount assessed and sometimes the name and/or description of the property. It is a useful starting point for locating relevant estate records and establishing the succession of tenancies and freehold. Most records cover 1798, but some extend up to 1811.
An index linked to original images of registers recording apprenticeship indentures. Details are given on the trade and nature of apprenticeship. Many records list the parents of the apprentice.
Malpas Land & Property Records
A sprawling work detailing Shropshire's early historical records. It is particularly useful for the study of medieval Shropshire families.
An account of the Hereford bishopric estates in the 13th century.
A full name index, connected to original images of the registers. These records list those who were eligible to vote and may give a description of an individual's property.
Around 500 maps that record land ownership down to individual fields. These are referenced to documents to record landowners, occupiers, field names, land use and rents due.
An index to over 2 million names listed in records detailing land ownership and occupation in Cheshire. These records can be used to trace land ownership and succession to leases. Contains digital images of original records.
Malpas Directories & Gazetteers
Historical and contemporary descriptions of settlements, detailing their governance, churches, schools etc.; to which is appended lists of residents, with their occupations.
Historical and contemporary descriptions of settlements, detailing their governance, churches, schools etc.; to which is appended lists of residents, with their occupations.
A directory of the region's nobility, gentry, clergy, traders and professionals. Supplemented with a directory of churches and public schools.
Historical and contemporary descriptions of settlements, detailing their governance, churches, schools etc.; to which is appended lists of residents, with their occupations.
Pigot's is a directory briefly detailing the history, topography, amenities and postal service of settlements in North Wales. It also lists the occupation & addresses of commercial, private and professional residents of each town.
Malpas Cemeteries
Photographs and descriptions of Denbighshire's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Photographs and descriptions of Shropshire's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Photographs and descriptions of Cheshire's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Transcriptions of several thousand headstones in the county of Cheshire.
Images of millions of pages from cemetery and crematoria registers, photographs of memorials, cemetery plans and more. Records can be search by a name index.
Malpas Obituaries
The UKs largest repository of obituaries, containing millions of searchable notices.
A growing collection currently containing over 425,000 abstracts of obituaries with reference to the location of the full obituary.
A collection of 364 obituaries of Quakers from the British Isles. The volume was published in 1849 and includes obituaries of those who died in late 1847 through 1848.
This transcribed and searchable work by Sir William Musgrave contains 10,000s of brief obituaries. The work is a reference point for other works containing information on an individual.
A text index and digital images of all editions of a journal containing medical articles and obituaries of medical practitioners.
Malpas Histories & Books
Photographs and images of churches in Denbighshire.
Details of a travel through Shropshire, describing towns, monuments and other areas of interest. Contains sketches of buildings, views, interiors etc.
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
A sprawling work detailing Shropshire's early historical records. It is particularly useful for the study of medieval Shropshire families.
Photographs and images of churches in Shropshire.
Malpas School & Education Records
An index to over 400,000 pupils extracted from Cheshire school records. Includes names of parents and residences.
A name index connected to digital images of registers recording millions of children educated in schools operated by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education. Records contain a variety of information including genealogical details, education history, illnesses, exam result, fathers occupation and more.
A name index linked to original images of registers recording the education and careers of teachers in England & Wales.
A name index linked to original images of short biographies for over 120,000 Oxford University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A transcript of a vast scholarly work briefly chronicling the heritage, education and careers of over 150,000 Cambridge University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
Malpas Occupation & Business Records
Short histories of former public houses, with photographs and lists of owners or operators.
An introduction to smuggling on the west coast of Britain & the Isle of Man, with details of the act in various regions.
Profiles of coal and metal mines in the Midlands region of England.
Short histories of former public houses, with photographs and lists of owners or operators.
Profiles of coal and metal mines in Wales.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Malpas
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Records of the gentry, pedigrees, and memorials of old families, histories, antiquities, and physical descriptions of each county, the names of members of parliament over a three hundred year time-span, as well as other genealogical information.
A pedigree of a Prince of North Wales. Includes details of ancestors' kingdoms and tribes.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
Malpas Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
Photographs and descriptions of Denbighshire's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
A sprawling work detailing Shropshire's early historical records. It is particularly useful for the study of medieval Shropshire families.
Photographs and descriptions of Shropshire's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Malpas Church Records
The primary source of documentation for baptisms, marriages and burials before 1837, though extremely useful to the present. Their records can assist tracing a family as far back as 1561.
Digital images of registers that record baptisms, which typically occur shortly after birth; marriages and burials. The registers can be searched by name and can help establish links between individuals back to the 16th century.
A facility to browse digital images of registers recording births/baptisms, marriages and deaths/burials. To search these register by a name index, use the links in the above sections.
Transcripts of baptism, marriage and burial registers for over 100 parishes in Shropshire.
Registers of baptisms, marriages and burials from around 100 parishes in Shropshire.
Biographical Directories Covering Malpas
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Brief biographies of Anglican clergy in the UK.
A directory containing lengthy biographies of noted British figures. The work took over two decades to compile. Biographies can be searched by name and are linked to images of the original publication.
Malpas Maps
A collection of digitalised maps covering the county.
Digital images of maps covering the county.
Around 500 maps that record land ownership down to individual fields. These are referenced to documents to record landowners, occupiers, field names, land use and rents due.
A collection of digitalised maps covering the county.
A series of maps depicting the county and routes passing through it.
Malpas Reference Works
A beginner’s guide to researching ancestry in Wales.
A beginner’s guide to researching ancestry in England.
Compiled in 1831, this book details the coverage and condition of parish registers in England & Wales.
A comprehensive guide to researching the history of buildings in the British Isles.
A service that provides advanced and custom surname maps for the British Isles and the US.
Civil & Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction
Historical Description
Malpas is a small market-town in Broxton hundred, chiefly consisting of three streets, situated at the south-western corner of the county, near the detached part of Flintshire. It is said to derive its name from the narrow, steep, and rugged way to it.
he Romans called it Malo Passus, and the Normans Malpas. This was one of the eight baronies
of Hugh Lupus, who bestowed it on Robert Fitzhugh. In the reign of Henry II. it was held by William Fitz-Patrick. It now belongs to the present Earl Cholmondeley, whose second title is Viscount Malpas.
The church is situated on the highest part of the town, it is a very handsome structure, and endowed with an ample revenue, which maintains two rectors and two curates. In this church is the family vault belonging to Earl Cholmondeley, in which many of his illustrious ancestors lie entombed.
There was formerly a castle in this town, of which there are at present no remains.
According to the returns under the population act in 1801, there were then in Malpas 194 houses, and 906 inhabitants.
The market is held on Monday, and there are three fairs on the days inserted in our list.
Sir Randle Brereton founded and endowed a free grammar-school here, and an hospital for poor persons.
John Speed, well known for his celebrated Chronicle of England, was born near Malpas, in the year 1552. He was brought up to the trade of a taylor; but, not liking a mechanical employment, he spent his leisure hours in reading such books particularly as related to the history of England.
He was soon taken noticed by Sir Fulk Greville, who generously allowed him a yearly salary, that he might be able to prosecute his studies without interruption. He was also assisted by many manuscripts, which he purchased for a trifle, from some persons who had assisted in plundering the monasteries. Furnished with these materials he began his history of England, which, although not at present much read, yet is still useful to be consulted. He also wrote a scripture genealogy; but it is not now held in much estimation.
There is one particular wherein Speed always differs from Sir William Dugdale, namely, in the valuation of the monasteries: his account making their revenues greater than that of Sir William's. Speed’s veracity as a writer has never been called in question; and, when it is considered that he lived nearer the times when the monasteries were standing than Sir William, his account of those structures ought to be the more depended upon.
He died in London, in the year and was interred in St. Giles’s church, near Cripplegate.
About four miles to the north-east of Malpas is Cholmondeley Hall, the seat of the Earl Cholmondeley; it is a venerable structure, surrounded with a moat, and situated in a low and damp spot, which renders this mansion an unpleasant residence. An elegant modern house, on a more elevated and pleasant site, is however now building by the present noble possessor of the estate.
MALPAS (“malus passus,” the bad or difficult pass) is a small market town, township and parish, partly in Flintshire, and stands, on an eminence, 404 feet above the sea level, commanding magnificent and extensive views of the Welsh mountains, the Wrekin and the surrounding country. The town has a station miles north-east of the town, on the Chester, Whitchurch and Shrewsbury branch of the London and North Western railway, and is 15 miles south-south-east from Chester, 5 north-west from Whitchurch, 12 east-by-south from Wrexham and 12 south-west from Nantwich, and 165 from London. It is in the Eddisbury division of the county, and in Whitchurch union, the parish extending into the unions of Nantwich and Tarvin, in the east division of the hundred of Broxton, county court district of Whitchurch, and petty sessional division of Broxton, rural deanery of Malpas, and archdeaconry and diocese of Chester. The town is lighted with gas by a limited company from works in Well street, and supplied with water by the Liverpool Corporation. The church of St. Oswald (standing on high ground, and formerly collegiate) is a noble edifice, chiefly in the Perpendicular style of Henry VII. with some portions in the Decorated style, and consists of chancel, nave of six bays, aisles each terminating in an ancient chapel erected respectively by the Cholmondeley and Egerton families, south porch with parvise or priest’s chamber over, vestry, said to have been designed by Sir John Vanbrugh, and a low embattled western tower, with pinnacles, and containing a clock with chimes and 6 bells. The stained east window, a memorial to Bishop Heber, was erected about 1890, at a cost of £300, defrayed by public subscription, and there are other memorial, windows in the chapels. The Brereton chapel, now commonly called the Egerton chapel, is inclosed by a carved oak screen, on which is am inscription invoking prayers for the founders, Sir Randle Brereton kt. and Eleanor, his wife, and in the chapel stands their tomb, erected by them during their lifetime, on Michaelmas day, 1522; it is an altar-tomb of white alabaster, originally painted and gilt, and bears recumbent marble effigies of both, the knight being in plate armour and wearing a collar of SS, his head resting on a helmet surmounted with the Brereton crest; the tomb having been moved from its original position, one side and end are now concealed by the adjacent walls; on the exposed side, within double-canopied niches are seven figures, and on the margin of the upper slab is an inscription: below the foundations of this chantry several ancient tombstones of the 12th and 13th centuries, with incised crosses, have been found since 1880, and one of these, which has been re-used, bears the date 1609. The Cholmondeley chapel is similarly inclosed, and its screen has also an invocatory inscription on behalf of Richard Cholmondeley and Elizabeth his wife, who founded it in 1547: in the chapel is an altar-tomb of alabaster, with recumbent effigies, to Sir Hugh Cholmondeley kt. grandson of the preceding, ob. 1596, and Sir Hugh Cholmondeley kt. his son and heir, ob. 1601, whose wife Mary (Holford) erected the tomb in 1605; on one side of it, within three plain niches, with shields of arms above, are figures of two children, kneeling, and a swathed infant, and at the west end is a shield with 10 quarterings: on the wall above this tomb is a monument to Mary, only daughter of Sir Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, and wife of George, Viscount Malpas, and subsequently 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley K.B.; she died 21 Dec. 1731: there are also memorials to Roger Brereton of Hoton, ob. 1590; and a brass to Alice, wife of Sir Thomas Brereton kt. ob. 12 Sept. 1622; Urian Davenport, rector of Malpas and vicar of Acton, ob. 28 July, 1495; to the Rev. Thomas Sandys M.A. rector of the Higher rectory, d. 12 Ang. 1713: to Samuel Hopley, poet, of Duckington, d. 11 Sept. 1769; and to Sir John Walter Tarleton K.C.B., R.N. naval aide-de-camp to the Queen, d. 25 Sept. 1880. The chancel, which is somewhat unsymmetrical in plan, has three sedilia of unequal height, and in the eastern part of the south wall of the nave is a large piscina of the 14th century; below the east end of the chancel is a crypt, in which lies a coffer of hewn wood, now in a state of decay; the chancel is ceiled with flat wooden panelling relieved by foliaged bosses at the intersections of the ribs; but here, as well as in the nave, there are traces of an earlier pointed roof; the fittings include twelve ancient stalls of carved oak; the font was given by Philip Egerton esq. of Oulton (1815); on the westernmost capital of the south arcade are four consecration crosses, and another appears on the lintel of the south porch; the wall of the north aisle exhibits three pointed arches, under one of which is a flat stone ornamented with tracery, and the remains of a stone coffin were found under another during the late restoration; near the south entrance to the church stands an ancient carved chest of fine workmanship, believed to date from the 12th century. The church was partially restored in 1841 at a cost of £2,500, and the work was continued during the decade 1880—90, at a further cost of £4,300; there are about 600 sittings. The register dates from the year 1561, and there are also churchwardens’ accounts, 1653—94, others of the 18th century, and miscellaneous documents of later date. The living, formerly a rectory, and as early as 1285 in two medieties, is now a single benefice, with the income of the higher mediety only, the lower mediety, on the death of the Rev. Charles William Cox M.A. in 1885 having been divided among the ecclesiastical parishes of St. Chads, Tushingham; St. Mary’s, Whitewell, Flintshire; and Holy Trinity, Bickerton; it is of £971 gross yearly value, average tithe rent-charge £713, net income £660, including 95 acres of glebe with residence, in the alternate gift of the Marquess of Cholmondeley and T. W. Tyrwhitt-Drake esq. and held since 1873 by the Rev. the Hon. William Trevor Kenyon M.A. of Christ Church, Oxford. The rectory house, pleasantly situated near the church in six acres of pleasure grounds, was erected at a cost of £1,500 by the Rev. Reginald Heber M.A. father of Bishop Heber, and rector of the higher rectory from 1770 till his death 10 Jan. 1,804. John Brereton, third son of Sir Randle Brereton kt. of Shochlach, held both medieties in 1499; his younger brother Thomas Brereton held the higher mediety from 1502 till his decease in 1511, and another John Brereton from, 1533 to 1542. A cemetery of 2 ½ acres was formed in 1875 at a cost of £1,900; it has two mortuary chapels, and is under the control of a joint committee.
Reginald Heber D.D. the eminent bishop of Calcutta, was born at the higher rectory 21 April, 1783, and was partly educated at the endowed school at Whitchurch, Salop, afterwards privately at Neasden, Middlesex, and matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford, 8 Nov. 1800; in 1803 he gained the Newdigate prize for English verse by his famous poem “Palestine,” which has acquired a permanent place in English literature, and in 1805 won the English Essay, on “The Sense of Honour;” he became B.A. and Fellow of All Souls’ College in 1804; M.A. 1808 and D.D. in 1825; in 1812 he was appointed prebendary of St. Asaph, in 1815 Bampton Lecturer at Oxford, and preacher at Lincoln’s Inn in 1822; in 1823 he was made bishop of Calcutta, and while on a missionary tour in that diocese, died almost suddenly at Trichinopoly, 3 April, 1826. Bishop Heber was the author of a number of popular hymns, and he also wrote various poems, some volumes of sermons and a journal of his travels in India, and was a contributor to the leading reviews of the period.
The Public Hall, erected by subscription in 1887, occupies the site of the old subscription library and reading rooms in High street, and includes reading and billiard rooms, the latter containing a billiard table presented by Lord Dudley; there is also a subscription library attached containing about 400 volumes. The whole is managed by a committee of the members.
Wednesday is the market day, but the market has fallen into disuse. Fairs were formerly held on the 5th of April, the 26th of July, and the 8th of December for cattle and small wares, but are now discontinued.
A cattle auction is held at Hampton, adjoining Malpas railway station, every alternate Tuesday.
The Police Station is in High street, and has an attached residence for the sergeant. The magistrates hold their meetings monthly at the police court, Broxton.
The Cholmondeley Almshouses were founded in 1636 by Sir Thomas Brereton, for the support of six poor persons, who are appointed by the Marquess of Cholmondeley, and have about £6 yearly each, from various bequests, with a portion of bread weekly. In 1841 Elizabeth Taylor bequeathed her fortune to the Rev. Henry Wigfield, incumbent of Bickerton, with an expressed wish that it might be devoted to a charitable purpose. This trust has been discharged by the erection of a row of houses founded by indenture in 1856 for the support of six poor persons, each of whom receives £14 a year from the endowment, now (1896) amounting to £100 yearly. Many other benefactions have also been made at various times for the benefit of the poor of this parish, the whole producing at the present time about £86 for bread, fuel and clothing, and about £45 for distribution in money. Of this sum, £14 is distributed in particular townships named by the donors, and the remainder, which was left for the whole of the ancient parish, is apportioned among the various townships on an old agreement called the “Mize.”
The commanding position of this place caused it to be selected at an early period as a site for one of the numerous border fortresses erected to prevent the encroachments of the Welsh people, the keep of which stood on the mound known as “Castle Hill,” immediately north of the church, anciently the castle chapel; this mound, which is entirely artificial, measures 160 feet in diameter, and the remains of a subsidiary Roman station are supposed to be buried under it.
In the centre of the town formerly stood an ancient market cross, the remains of which, extant in situ about 1840, are believed to have been removed to Cholmondeley, and a new cross of red sandstone now occupies the site, erected in 1877 by the children of the late Rev. Charles Augustus Thurlow M.A. chancellor of the diocese, hon. canon of Chester cathedral, and 33 years rector of the higher mediety of this town, who died in 1873.
Malpas Old hall, which stood at the foot of the slope towards Wroxeter, the Roman Uriconium, was the seat of the Breretons of Brereton, who acquired a share in part of the barony of Malpas, 19 Rich. II. (1395—6), and in the reign of Hen. VII. had obtained possession of three-fourths of the barony, which they held till between 1668 and 1679, when it was disposed of to Sir William Drake kt. M.P. of Shardeloes, Bucks. Here the Breretons lived in splendid style, and maintained, among their numerous retainers, a baronial fool or jester, one Thomas Boswell, whose burial is recorded in the parish register in 1572; the house was destroyed by fire in 1760.
Here was anciently a small monastic house of the Cluniac order founded before 1135 by Wynebald le Balun, as a cell to the abbey of Montacute, in Somerset; at its dissolution there were two monks, and revenues estimated at £14.
James I. in one of his progresses is said to have visited Malpas, and stayed at the Red Lion inn.
The township of Malpas contains 1,988 acres; the rateable value is £6,003, and had a population in 1871 of 962 and in 1891 of 1,164 and of the ecclesiastical parish 3,035.
Schools
Grammar, founded in the 17th century & endowed with £25 yearly, derived from land called the Grammar’s field; the Marquis of Cholmondeley has the nomination of the master & six free scholars; average attendance, 30.
National Endowed, originally founded in 1719 by Richard Alport, who left £500 to found a day school; the income derived from the various bequests for this charity, now amounts to about £116 yearly, & new buildings were erected in 1889 by the late Joseph Lewis esq. on land given by the late T, T. Drake esq. for 140 boys & 140 girls; average attendance, 97 boys & 100 girls; a house was erected for the master in 1895.
Infants’, erected by subscription in 1874, for 130 children; average attendance, 85.
Most Common Surnames in Malpas
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Broxton Hundred |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jones | 123 | 1:36 | 1.13% | 1 |
| 2 | Davies | 88 | 1:50 | 1.55% | 3 |
| 3 | Williams | 78 | 1:57 | 1.38% | 4 |
| 4 | Edge | 63 | 1:71 | 9.13% | 139 |
| 5 | Dodd | 62 | 1:72 | 3.85% | 39 |
| 6 | Clutton | 59 | 1:75 | 45.38% | 921 |
| 7 | Hewitt | 55 | 1:81 | 5.30% | 73 |
| 8 | Johnson | 49 | 1:91 | 1.18% | 6 |
| 9 | Powell | 45 | 1:99 | 5.78% | 117 |
| 10 | Barlow | 44 | 1:101 | 2.85% | 41 |
| 11 | Brown | 43 | 1:103 | 1.37% | 12 |
| 11 | Evans | 43 | 1:103 | 1.57% | 15 |
| 11 | Faulkner | 43 | 1:103 | 6.03% | 132 |
| 11 | Ankers | 43 | 1:103 | 15.87% | 457 |
| 15 | Hughes | 41 | 1:108 | 1.13% | 9 |
| 16 | Hopley | 40 | 1:111 | 13.79% | 429 |
| 16 | Alman | 40 | 1:111 | 63.49% | 1,544 |
| 18 | Taylor | 39 | 1:114 | 0.77% | 5 |
| 18 | Green | 39 | 1:114 | 2.15% | 30 |
| 20 | Lee | 38 | 1:117 | 2.65% | 43 |
| 20 | Price | 38 | 1:117 | 2.30% | 36 |
| 22 | Shone | 37 | 1:120 | 10.63% | 348 |
| 23 | Crump | 36 | 1:123 | 45.57% | 1,324 |
| 24 | Edwards | 35 | 1:127 | 1.52% | 20 |
| 25 | Mullock | 34 | 1:131 | 26.36% | 924 |
| 26 | White | 32 | 1:139 | 2.44% | 50 |
| 26 | Parker | 32 | 1:139 | 2.85% | 62 |
| 26 | Phillips | 32 | 1:139 | 4.41% | 130 |
| 26 | Latham | 32 | 1:139 | 4.09% | 114 |
| 30 | Gibbons | 31 | 1:143 | 8.86% | 342 |
| 30 | Coffin | 31 | 1:143 | 77.50% | 2,141 |
| 32 | Tomlinson | 30 | 1:148 | 3.36% | 98 |
| 32 | Lightfoot | 30 | 1:148 | 3.99% | 125 |
| 32 | Huxley | 30 | 1:148 | 12.88% | 528 |
| 35 | Jackson | 29 | 1:153 | 0.74% | 7 |
| 35 | Griffiths | 29 | 1:153 | 1.94% | 42 |
| 37 | Roberts | 28 | 1:159 | 0.77% | 8 |
| 38 | Jenkins | 27 | 1:165 | 6.92% | 304 |
| 39 | Harrison | 25 | 1:178 | 1.07% | 19 |
| 39 | Harding | 25 | 1:178 | 2.81% | 99 |
| 39 | Woolley | 25 | 1:178 | 3.68% | 145 |
| 42 | Smith | 24 | 1:185 | 0.34% | 2 |
| 42 | Stockton | 24 | 1:185 | 4.62% | 215 |
| 42 | Bebbington | 24 | 1:185 | 3.50% | 140 |
| 45 | Wilkinson | 23 | 1:193 | 1.22% | 28 |
| 45 | Welch | 23 | 1:193 | 6.65% | 354 |
| 45 | Ravenscroft | 23 | 1:193 | 7.69% | 416 |
| 45 | Griffies | 23 | 1:193 | 60.53% | 2,216 |
| 49 | Lloyd | 22 | 1:202 | 1.55% | 45 |
| 50 | Cooper | 21 | 1:212 | 0.94% | 22 |
| 50 | Baker | 21 | 1:212 | 2.08% | 76 |
| 50 | Lea | 21 | 1:212 | 2.82% | 128 |
| 50 | Davenport | 21 | 1:212 | 1.62% | 52 |
| 50 | Allman | 21 | 1:212 | 5.59% | 317 |
| 50 | Chesworth | 21 | 1:212 | 9.81% | 579 |
| 56 | Holland | 20 | 1:222 | 1.20% | 35 |
| 57 | Eaton | 19 | 1:234 | 2.92% | 149 |
| 57 | Downes | 19 | 1:234 | 8.72% | 564 |
| 57 | Wragg | 19 | 1:234 | 24.68% | 1,348 |
| 57 | Fleet | 19 | 1:234 | 5.71% | 370 |
| 57 | Walley | 19 | 1:234 | 5.46% | 348 |
| 57 | Thelwell | 19 | 1:234 | 15.45% | 958 |
| 63 | Humphreys | 18 | 1:247 | 5.37% | 366 |
| 64 | Shaw | 17 | 1:261 | 0.65% | 17 |
| 64 | Gill | 17 | 1:261 | 3.81% | 256 |
| 64 | Reeves | 17 | 1:261 | 10.30% | 752 |
| 64 | Ashley | 17 | 1:261 | 3.81% | 256 |
| 64 | Hinton | 17 | 1:261 | 18.09% | 1,174 |
| 64 | Purcell | 17 | 1:261 | 11.26% | 822 |
| 64 | Shenton | 17 | 1:261 | 8.33% | 615 |
| 71 | Matthews | 16 | 1:278 | 4.58% | 345 |
| 71 | Higgins | 16 | 1:278 | 2.57% | 163 |
| 71 | Worth | 16 | 1:278 | 6.25% | 478 |
| 71 | Wolley-Dad | 16 | 1:278 | 100.00% | 3,831 |
| 75 | Robinson | 15 | 1:296 | 0.47% | 11 |
| 75 | Richardson | 15 | 1:296 | 1.56% | 85 |
| 75 | Fox | 15 | 1:296 | 2.52% | 176 |
| 75 | Langley | 15 | 1:296 | 4.66% | 381 |
| 75 | Bickley | 15 | 1:296 | 20.55% | 1,393 |
| 75 | Done | 15 | 1:296 | 5.26% | 438 |
| 75 | Chidlow | 15 | 1:296 | 51.72% | 2,597 |
| 82 | Young | 14 | 1:317 | 1.86% | 123 |
| 82 | Cooke | 14 | 1:317 | 1.27% | 66 |
| 82 | Heath | 14 | 1:317 | 2.27% | 169 |
| 82 | Leech | 14 | 1:317 | 2.36% | 178 |
| 82 | Probin | 14 | 1:317 | 21.21% | 1,493 |
| 87 | Harris | 13 | 1:342 | 2.15% | 171 |
| 87 | Butler | 13 | 1:342 | 3.28% | 295 |
| 87 | Parry | 13 | 1:342 | 1.42% | 94 |
| 87 | Caldecott | 13 | 1:342 | 20.63% | 1,544 |
| 87 | Roycroft | 13 | 1:342 | 20.31% | 1,530 |
| 92 | Jennings | 12 | 1:370 | 3.79% | 389 |
| 92 | Dutton | 12 | 1:370 | 0.71% | 34 |
| 92 | Healey | 12 | 1:370 | 4.88% | 500 |
| 92 | Fowles | 12 | 1:370 | 5.77% | 602 |
| 92 | Nevitt | 12 | 1:370 | 18.46% | 1,510 |
| 92 | Brassey | 12 | 1:370 | 13.48% | 1,220 |
| 98 | Lewis | 11 | 1:404 | 0.68% | 38 |
| 98 | Adams | 11 | 1:404 | 1.97% | 196 |
| 98 | Owen | 11 | 1:404 | 0.83% | 49 |
| 98 | Stevenson | 11 | 1:404 | 4.78% | 535 |
| 98 | Cartwright | 11 | 1:404 | 1.85% | 176 |
| 98 | Mellor | 11 | 1:404 | 0.99% | 65 |
| 98 | Vaughan | 11 | 1:404 | 4.15% | 464 |
| 98 | Thomason | 11 | 1:404 | 4.93% | 556 |
| 98 | Moyle | 11 | 1:404 | 42.31% | 2,802 |
| 98 | Madeley | 11 | 1:404 | 15.71% | 1,427 |
| 98 | Ruscoe | 11 | 1:404 | 6.79% | 762 |
| 98 | Groome | 11 | 1:404 | 26.83% | 2,098 |
| 110 | Cook | 10 | 1:444 | 1.28% | 113 |
| 110 | George | 10 | 1:444 | 6.29% | 772 |
| 110 | Weston | 10 | 1:444 | 4.33% | 531 |
| 110 | Beckett | 10 | 1:444 | 2.53% | 295 |
| 110 | Downs | 10 | 1:444 | 3.28% | 405 |
| 110 | Wharton | 10 | 1:444 | 3.72% | 460 |
| 110 | Wynne | 10 | 1:444 | 4.76% | 592 |
| 110 | Beddow | 10 | 1:444 | 22.22% | 1,967 |
| 110 | Prodger | 10 | 1:444 | 71.43% | 4,210 |
| 119 | Allen | 9 | 1:494 | 0.92% | 82 |
| 119 | Richards | 9 | 1:494 | 2.22% | 289 |
| 119 | Rigby | 9 | 1:494 | 1.53% | 181 |
| 119 | Groom | 9 | 1:494 | 9.47% | 1,165 |
| 119 | Billington | 9 | 1:494 | 1.81% | 223 |
| 119 | Ridgway | 9 | 1:494 | 1.72% | 213 |
| 119 | Raymond | 9 | 1:494 | 81.82% | 4,913 |
| 119 | Mort | 9 | 1:494 | 7.03% | 930 |
| 119 | Royds | 9 | 1:494 | 29.03% | 2,491 |
| 119 | Twiss | 9 | 1:494 | 9.68% | 1,185 |
| 119 | Tomkin | 9 | 1:494 | 81.82% | 4,913 |
| 119 | Bevin | 9 | 1:494 | 28.13% | 2,426 |
| 119 | Shard | 9 | 1:494 | 20.45% | 2,001 |
| 119 | Thelwall | 9 | 1:494 | 21.95% | 2,098 |
| 133 | Hall | 8 | 1:555 | 0.38% | 24 |
| 133 | Manning | 8 | 1:555 | 3.67% | 564 |
| 133 | France | 8 | 1:555 | 4.47% | 700 |
| 133 | Brock | 8 | 1:555 | 13.56% | 1,609 |
| 133 | Darlington | 8 | 1:555 | 1.29% | 165 |
| 133 | Trickett | 8 | 1:555 | 8.51% | 1,174 |
| 133 | Cornes | 8 | 1:555 | 2.90% | 450 |
| 133 | Ackerley | 8 | 1:555 | 4.08% | 632 |
| 133 | Boffey | 8 | 1:555 | 3.56% | 553 |
| 133 | Duckers | 8 | 1:555 | 7.77% | 1,095 |
| 133 | Kilminster | 8 | 1:555 | 100.00% | 6,184 |
| 133 | Winnington | 8 | 1:555 | 15.69% | 1,788 |
| 133 | Warberton | 8 | 1:555 | 80.00% | 5,247 |
| 146 | Turner | 7 | 1:635 | 0.36% | 27 |
| 146 | Martin | 7 | 1:635 | 0.85% | 109 |
| 146 | Simpson | 7 | 1:635 | 0.72% | 84 |
| 146 | Rogers | 7 | 1:635 | 1.10% | 154 |
| 146 | Read | 7 | 1:635 | 1.85% | 313 |
| 146 | Mercer | 7 | 1:635 | 4.02% | 722 |
| 146 | Arthur | 7 | 1:635 | 8.64% | 1,307 |
| 146 | Kenyon | 7 | 1:635 | 2.38% | 425 |
| 146 | Bate | 7 | 1:635 | 1.62% | 266 |
| 146 | Sumner | 7 | 1:635 | 1.35% | 215 |
| 146 | Broom | 7 | 1:635 | 7.61% | 1,192 |
| 146 | Hopwood | 7 | 1:635 | 1.77% | 297 |
| 146 | Whittingham | 7 | 1:635 | 3.83% | 678 |
| 146 | Maddocks | 7 | 1:635 | 2.17% | 381 |
| 146 | Bellis | 7 | 1:635 | 2.54% | 450 |
| 146 | Egerton | 7 | 1:635 | 1.72% | 288 |
| 146 | Astbury | 7 | 1:635 | 2.02% | 354 |
| 146 | Glenn | 7 | 1:635 | 17.07% | 2,098 |
| 146 | Brookfield | 7 | 1:635 | 17.07% | 2,098 |
| 146 | Boughey | 7 | 1:635 | 5.04% | 871 |
| 146 | Hiscocks | 7 | 1:635 | 53.85% | 4,418 |
| 146 | McCaffrey | 7 | 1:635 | 46.67% | 4,018 |
| 146 | Rolinson | 7 | 1:635 | 70.00% | 5,247 |
| 146 | Bulkeley | 7 | 1:635 | 58.33% | 4,659 |
| 146 | Arthan | 7 | 1:635 | 29.17% | 2,935 |
| 146 | Bithall | 7 | 1:635 | 70.00% | 5,247 |
| 172 | Walker | 6 | 1:741 | 0.21% | 14 |
| 172 | Wright | 6 | 1:741 | 0.20% | 13 |
| 172 | Hill | 6 | 1:741 | 0.44% | 46 |
| 172 | Morris | 6 | 1:741 | 0.35% | 33 |
| 172 | Fisher | 6 | 1:741 | 1.27% | 237 |
| 172 | Fletcher | 6 | 1:741 | 0.54% | 63 |
| 172 | Payne | 6 | 1:741 | 3.49% | 732 |
| 172 | Stokes | 6 | 1:741 | 2.55% | 523 |
| 172 | Sadler | 6 | 1:741 | 2.53% | 515 |
| 172 | Askew | 6 | 1:741 | 11.76% | 1,788 |
| 172 | Large | 6 | 1:741 | 3.35% | 700 |
| 172 | Wynn | 6 | 1:741 | 10.34% | 1,642 |
| 172 | Bagnall | 6 | 1:741 | 5.83% | 1,095 |
| 172 | Speed | 6 | 1:741 | 3.09% | 643 |
| 172 | Piggott | 6 | 1:741 | 6.82% | 1,228 |
| 172 | Henshall | 6 | 1:741 | 0.95% | 157 |
| 172 | Brereton | 6 | 1:741 | 1.32% | 254 |
| 172 | Forester | 6 | 1:741 | 28.57% | 3,204 |
| 172 | Chesters | 6 | 1:741 | 1.41% | 272 |
| 172 | Biggins | 6 | 1:741 | 21.43% | 2,653 |
| 172 | Hoggarth | 6 | 1:741 | 66.67% | 5,652 |
| 172 | Moulson | 6 | 1:741 | 10.53% | 1,664 |
| 172 | Byrnes | 6 | 1:741 | 15.79% | 2,216 |
| 172 | Ikin | 6 | 1:741 | 3.85% | 789 |
| 172 | Sparshott | 6 | 1:741 | 100.00% | 7,751 |
| 172 | Woollam | 6 | 1:741 | 11.32% | 1,744 |
| 172 | Downward | 6 | 1:741 | 42.86% | 4,210 |
| 172 | Dod | 6 | 1:741 | 20.69% | 2,597 |
| 172 | Lanceley | 6 | 1:741 | 7.89% | 1,356 |
| 172 | Morray | 6 | 1:741 | 66.67% | 5,652 |
| 172 | Houlbrook | 6 | 1:741 | 26.09% | 3,023 |
| 172 | Vawdrey | 6 | 1:741 | 25.00% | 2,935 |