Mainstone Genealogical Records
Mainstone 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.
Digital images of baptism registers, searchable by a name index. These records detail relationships between parents and their children and may detail where they lived and how they made a living.
An index of nearly 500,000 baptisms, linked to images of the original registers.
A growing index of births registered in the counties of North Wales. Records include a reference to the sub-registration district, making it easier to order the correct certificate.
A searchable database of 1,159,976 records, linked to original images of baptism registers. The records provide proof of parentage, occupations, residence and other details.
Mainstone 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.
Banns registers list the names of people who intended to marry by the system of calling banns, in which the bride and groom's name were called for three weeks at church. At these callings objections could be made to a marriage. Thus they record any intended marriages that didn't occur.
Digital images of marriage registers, searchable by a name index. Details given on the bride and groom may include their age, father's name, marital status and residence.
An index of nearly 250,000 marriages, linked to images of the original registers.
Transcriptions of marriage registers from most Surrey parishes. They list brides and grooms, their residence, marital status and occasionally other details.
Mainstone 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. They record the date someone was buried, their age & residence.
An index of nearly 400,000 burials, linked to images of the original registers.
A growing index of deaths registered in the counties of North Wales. Records include a reference to the sub-registration district, making it easier to order the correct certificate.
A searchable database of 800,793 records, linked to original images of burial registers. The records may include date of burial and/or death, residence, age and other details.
Mainstone 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 transcript of records naming those who had a tax levied for the privilege of owning a hearth. Ordered by hundred.
Index and original images of summary books detailing localities, properties and their uses.
The 1911 census gives details on 2.5 million people living in Wales in 1911. Details include, age, birthplace, occupation, relationships to others, disabilities, spoken languages and more. Each person is indexed and linked to images of the original schedules.
Newspapers Covering Mainstone
A record of births, marriages, deaths, legal, political, organisation and other news from the Shrewsbury area. Original pages of the newspaper can be viewed and located by a full text search.
A journal containing scholarly articles on Montgomeryshire archaeology, history and genealogy.
A conservative newspaper covering local and district news, family notices, sport etc. Each edition has been indexed and digitised.
A weekly, liberal newspaper covering local, national and foreign news, agricultural matters and literature. 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.
Mainstone 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.
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.
An index to estate administrations performed by the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. The index covers the southern two thirds of England & Wales, but may also contain entries for northerners.
A searchable database providing brief details of surviving probates and administrations granted by the Diocese of Lichfield, which covered parts of Derbyshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire and Warwickshire. Contains a reference to order the original documents.
A searchable database of mid-17th Century probates performed by the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. Supplies details of testator and executor.
Mainstone Immigration & Travel Records
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.
Details on thousands of 17th century British immigrants to the U.S., detailing their origins and nature of their immigration.
Mainstone Military Records
A list of names found on World War One monuments in Powys, with some service details.
A list of names found on World War Two monuments in Powys, with some service details.
The names of Shropshire militia men who were buried in Great Yarmouth.
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.
Mainstone 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.
An index to names and places mentioned in act books of the Province of Canterbury. It records various licences and conferments, such as marriage and physician licences.
Translations of pleas brought before a court. They largely concern land disputes.
Browsable images of criminal proceedings in Wales.
Mainstone Taxation Records
A transcript of records naming those who had a tax levied for the privilege of owning a hearth. Ordered by hundred.
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.
A compilation of records from the Court of the Exchequer primarily dealing with taxes and land. These records are in Latin.
Mainstone 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 searchable database of thousands of transcribed and abstracted manuscripts, largely pertaining to land.
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.
Mainstone 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.
Mainstone Cemeteries
Photographs and descriptions of Shropshire's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
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.
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Profiles of several hundred mausolea found in the British Isles.
Several thousand transcribed memorials remembering those connected with the nautical occupations.
Mainstone 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.
Mainstone Histories & Books
A journal containing scholarly articles on Montgomeryshire archaeology, history and genealogy.
Biographies of Montgomeryshire sheriffs with much information on their families and arms. Also contains detail on deputy sheriffs.
Photographs and images of churches in Powys.
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.
Mainstone School & Education Records
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.
A searchable database containing over 90,000 note-form biographies for students of Cambridge University.
Mainstone Occupation & Business Records
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.
An index to and images of registers recording over 3.7 million trade union members.
Books listing doctors who were licensed to operate in Britain and abroad. Contains doctor's residencies, qualification and date of registration.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Mainstone
Biographies of Montgomeryshire sheriffs with much information on their families and arms. Also contains detail on deputy sheriffs.
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.
Mainstone Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
Biographies of Montgomeryshire sheriffs with much information on their families and arms. Also contains detail on deputy sheriffs.
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.
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.
Mainstone Church Records
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.
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 Mainstone
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.
Mainstone Maps
A collection of digitalised maps covering the county.
Digital images of maps covering the county.
An interactive map featuring four OS map editions published between 1868 and 1954. To load a map select the menu tab on the far right, select the edition you wish to view and zoom in to a locality.
Digital images of maps covering the country.
An early 18th century map depicting Wales in ten plates.
Mainstone 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
MAINSTONE is a wide and thinly-populated parish and township, partly in Salop and partly in Montgomeryshire, comprising the townships of Castlewright, Eden hope, Knuck, and Deilth, in the Southern division of the county, hundreds of Clun and Purslow, Clun union, Bishop's Castle petty sessional division and county court district, rural deanery of Clun, archdeaconry of Ludlow and diocese of Hereford. Mainstone is south-west from the road from Bishop’s Castle to Clun, 4 ½ miles west-by-south from Bishop’s Castle railway station. From Bishop’s Moat (an ancient earthwork) a commanding view of the country for many miles round is obtained. Offa’s Dyke intersects the parish. The church of St. John the Baptist, built in the reign of Charles I. and rebuilt in the year 1887, is situated in a narrow valley at the foot of Clun Forest, is an edifice of stone, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and a western turret containing 2 bells. The register dates from the year 1604. The living is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge £258, net yearly value £ 228, including 5 acres of glebe, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and held since 1892 by the Rev. William Edmund Glenn, who resides at Bishop’s Castle. The charities are of £5 yearly value, distributed on Easter Monday. Here is a Primitive Methodist chapel, erected 1892. The Earl of Powis is lord of the manor; and the Rev. William Bishton Garnett-Botfield M. A., J. P. of Decker Hill, Shifnal, Lord Rowton (who owns most of the township of Edenhope), and Mr. Richard Sankey are the chief landowners. The soil is chiefly loam; the subsoil is stone and gravel. The chief crops are wheat, oats and barley. The area of the entire parish is 4,993 acres in Salop and 1,375 in Montgomeryshire; rateable value of Salop portion, £2,389; the population in 1891 was 217 in Salop and 132 in Montgomeryshire.
A School Board of 5 members was formed 15 Aug. 1882, with Clun, a contributory district, sending one member; H. S. Nevill, Bishop’s Castle, clerk to the board.
Board School (mixed), built in 1881, enlarged 1894 to hold 80; average attendance, 40.
Most Common Surnames in Mainstone
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Purslow Hundred |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Davies | 28 | 1:13 | 0.40% | 2 |
| 2 | Evans | 22 | 1:16 | 0.39% | 3 |
| 3 | Jones | 19 | 1:19 | 0.14% | 1 |
| 4 | Price | 17 | 1:21 | 0.65% | 8 |
| 5 | Sherry | 15 | 1:24 | 23.44% | 675 |
| 6 | Robinson | 11 | 1:32 | 1.97% | 51 |
| 6 | James | 11 | 1:32 | 1.18% | 23 |
| 8 | Williams | 10 | 1:35 | 0.21% | 4 |
| 9 | Chester | 9 | 1:39 | 8.33% | 386 |
| 9 | Longman | 9 | 1:39 | 69.23% | 1,978 |
| 11 | Lewis | 8 | 1:44 | 0.37% | 13 |
| 11 | Gough | 8 | 1:44 | 1.04% | 34 |
| 11 | Bright | 8 | 1:44 | 2.29% | 92 |
| 11 | Huffer | 8 | 1:44 | 16.67% | 837 |
| 15 | Francis | 7 | 1:50 | 1.84% | 82 |
| 15 | Miles | 7 | 1:50 | 3.37% | 184 |
| 15 | Bowen | 7 | 1:50 | 0.82% | 26 |
| 15 | Hamer | 7 | 1:50 | 4.09% | 229 |
| 19 | Morris | 6 | 1:59 | 0.18% | 6 |
| 19 | Morgan | 6 | 1:59 | 0.40% | 17 |
| 19 | Lloyd | 6 | 1:59 | 0.28% | 12 |
| 19 | Howells | 6 | 1:59 | 1.01% | 49 |
| 19 | Vaughn | 6 | 1:59 | 5.50% | 383 |
| 19 | Luscott | 6 | 1:59 | 9.09% | 649 |
| 25 | Brown | 5 | 1:71 | 0.33% | 18 |
| 25 | Edwards | 5 | 1:71 | 0.13% | 5 |
| 25 | Venables | 5 | 1:71 | 3.73% | 309 |
| 25 | Perkin | 5 | 1:71 | 4.39% | 374 |
| 25 | Hamar | 5 | 1:71 | 6.58% | 571 |
| 25 | Beamond | 5 | 1:71 | 4.63% | 386 |
| 31 | Thomas | 4 | 1:88 | 0.18% | 11 |
| 31 | Gardener | 4 | 1:88 | 5.80% | 627 |
| 31 | Hatfield | 4 | 1:88 | 6.67% | 706 |
| 31 | Gwilliam | 4 | 1:88 | 1.72% | 164 |
| 35 | Phillips | 3 | 1:118 | 0.33% | 24 |
| 35 | Owen | 3 | 1:118 | 0.18% | 15 |
| 35 | Powell | 3 | 1:118 | 0.20% | 19 |
| 35 | Rawlins | 3 | 1:118 | 11.11% | 1,250 |
| 35 | Sankey | 3 | 1:118 | 1.60% | 210 |
| 35 | Minton | 3 | 1:118 | 1.35% | 169 |
| 35 | Beddoes | 3 | 1:118 | 1.35% | 169 |
| 35 | Gwilt | 3 | 1:118 | 2.05% | 280 |
| 35 | Casewell | 3 | 1:118 | 6.52% | 873 |
| 44 | Webb | 2 | 1:177 | 0.62% | 101 |
| 44 | Crow | 2 | 1:177 | 12.50% | 1,743 |
| 44 | Llewellyn | 2 | 1:177 | 4.65% | 915 |
| 44 | Watkin | 2 | 1:177 | 0.96% | 183 |
| 44 | Home | 2 | 1:177 | 2.20% | 477 |
| 44 | Bebb | 2 | 1:177 | 2.20% | 477 |
| 44 | Evan | 2 | 1:177 | 40.00% | 3,877 |
| 44 | Monnington | 2 | 1:177 | 100.00% | 5,670 |
| 52 | Richards | 1 | 1:353 | 0.08% | 21 |
| 52 | Fletcher | 1 | 1:353 | 0.18% | 53 |
| 52 | Andrews | 1 | 1:353 | 0.42% | 162 |
| 52 | Newman | 1 | 1:353 | 1.67% | 706 |
| 52 | Owens | 1 | 1:353 | 0.36% | 126 |
| 52 | Simmons | 1 | 1:353 | 0.84% | 354 |
| 52 | Pugh | 1 | 1:353 | 0.08% | 22 |
| 52 | Groves | 1 | 1:353 | 0.45% | 167 |
| 52 | Meredith | 1 | 1:353 | 0.21% | 63 |
| 52 | Marston | 1 | 1:353 | 0.41% | 151 |
| 52 | Parton | 1 | 1:353 | 0.26% | 81 |
| 52 | Addis | 1 | 1:353 | 2.04% | 825 |
| 52 | Paice | 1 | 1:353 | 100.00% | 6,726 |
| 52 | Cheese | 1 | 1:353 | 2.70% | 1,024 |
| 52 | Heighway | 1 | 1:353 | 0.75% | 312 |
| 52 | Gittoes | 1 | 1:353 | 12.50% | 2,782 |
| 52 | Cadwaladar | 1 | 1:353 | 100.00% | 6,726 |