Sheldon Genealogical Records
Sheldon 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.
Baptism registers document the baptism and sometimes birth of people in and around Sheldon. They list parents' names - their occupations, residence and sometimes other details.
Records of baptism for people born in and around Sheldon between 1813 and 1861. Details include child's name, parents' names and date of birth and/or baptism. Records may also include parent's occupations, residence, place of origin and more.
Baptism records from people born in and around Sheldon between 1558 and 1812. Lists the name of people's parent's, their occupations and abode.
Baptisms records for children living in and around St Giles, Sheldon, detail the names of their parents - their occupations and residence from 1558 to 1812.
Sheldon 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 Sheldon between 1754 and 1910. Lists an individual's abode, marital status, father's name, age and signature
The Marriage registers of St Giles, Sheldon, document marriages 1754 to 1837. Details given on the bride and groom may include their age, father's name, marital status and residence.
Marriage registers are the primary source for marital documentation before 1837, though are relevant to the present. They typically the record marital status and residence of the bride and groom.
Name index linked to original images of the marriage registers of St Giles, Sheldon. Records document marriages from 1558 to 1812.
Sheldon 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.
Burial records for people buried at Sheldon, detail the deceased's name, residence and age from 1813 to 1910.
Name index linked to original images of the burial registers of St Giles, Sheldon. Records document an individual's date of death and/or burial, age and residence. Some records may contain the names of relations, cause of death and more.
Burial registers record burials that occurred at Sheldon. They are the primary source documenting deaths before 1837, though are useful to the present. Details given may include the deceased's name, residence, age, names of relations, cause of death and more.
Burial records for people buried at St Giles, Sheldon, detail the deceased's name, residence and age from 1558 to 1812.
Sheldon 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 collection of records listing those eligible to vote; comprised of electoral registers, burgess rolls, poll books, and absent voters lists. Digital images, searchable by a name index.
An index to over 10,000,000 names from registers listing those eligible to vote.
A transcription of records that record households, occupations, age, place of birth and relations.
Newspapers Covering Sheldon
Regional news, notices of births, marriages and deaths, business notices, details on the proceedings of public institutions, adverts and a rich tapestry of other regional information from the Birmingham district. Every line of text from the newspaper can be searched and images of the original pages viewed.
Digital images, searchable by text, of a local Birmingham newspaper.
Original images of a local newspaper, searchable via a full text index. Includes news from the Coventry area, business notices, obituaries, family announcements and more.
This fully searchable newspaper will provide a rich variety of information about the people and places of the Lichfield district. Includes family announcements.
A searchable newspaper providing a rich variety of information about the people and places of the Tamworth district. Includes obituaries and family announcements.
Sheldon 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 probates and administrations granted by the Consistory Court of the Bishop of Worcester. Contains the deceased's name, occupation, residence and whether the grant was for probate or administration. Also lists which records contain an inventory.
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.
Sheldon 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.
Sheldon Military Records
A collection of documents primarily composed of certificates verifying a man’s service, account statements related to reimbursements to his family for his service, notices of commissions that were to be printed in a gazette, and documents outlining qualifications to serve as a Deputy Lieutenant.
A list of names found on World War One monuments in Warwickshire, with some service details.
A list of names found on World War Two monuments in Warwickshire, with some service details.
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.
Sheldon Court & Legal Records
A collection of records listing those eligible to vote; comprised of electoral registers, burgess rolls, poll books, and absent voters lists. Digital images, searchable by a name index.
An index to over 10,000,000 names from registers listing those eligible to vote.
Thousands of documents pertaining largely to occupations from one of Warwickshire lower courts. Contains considerable amounts of personal information.
A calendar of records kept by parish churches recording the administration of the poor. These records, can include genealogical details, such as age and place of birth; biographical details and more. The index contains over 80,000 names.
Digital images of records detailing the maintenance of the poor by the Church of England. Also includes rate books, which are useful for genealogists and the study of land ownership.
Sheldon Taxation Records
An index linked to original images of over 250,000 land tax assessments. These records can be a useful aid for establishing ancestry among land owning families and their tenants; and are also useful for locating relevant estate records.
A transcription of records naming those who had taxes levied against them for the privilege of owning a hearth.
Certificates for individuals who paid a tax for the privilege of using hair powder.
Over 1,000 documents listing those taxed for owning or occupying houses with hearths.
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.
Sheldon Land & Property Records
A collection of records listing those eligible to vote; comprised of electoral registers, burgess rolls, poll books, and absent voters lists. Digital images, searchable by a name index.
An index linked to original images of over 250,000 land tax assessments. These records can be a useful aid for establishing ancestry among land owning families and their tenants; and are also useful for locating relevant estate records.
Digital images of records detailing the maintenance of the poor by the Church of England. Also includes rate books, which are useful for genealogists and the study of land ownership.
Digital images of parish records, besides baptism, marriage & burial registers. These records can include genealogical and biographical information that does not occur in registers. The collection includes: account books, vestry books, marriage licences, letters, rate books, orders of removal, churchwarden’s books, rents, constable records, papist estates, parish addresses, deeds, logs, minutes & orders.
An alphabetical list of people who owned, rather than leased, land in the county.
Sheldon Directories & Gazetteers
Classified directory of the manufacturing district fifteen miles around Birmingham, including Worcester & the Potteries. Does not include Birmingham.
An exhaustive gazetteer, containing details of settlement's history, governance, churches, postal services, public institutions and more. Also contains lists of residents with their occupation and address.
A directory of residents and businesses; with a description of each settlement, containing details on its history, public institutions, churches, postal services, governance and more.
A directory of residents and businesses; with a description of each settlement, containing details on its history, public institutions, churches, postal services, governance and more.
A directory of residents and businesses; with a description of each settlement, containing details on its history, public institutions, churches, postal services, governance and more.
Sheldon Cemeteries
An index to over 200,000 gravestones and memorials in the county of Warwickshire.
Photographs and descriptions of Warwickshire's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
An index to surnames occurring on monuments, such as gravestones, that have been transcribed by the Birmingham and Midlands Society.
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.
Sheldon 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.
Sheldon Histories & Books
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
This database contains digitized copies of historical publications from Warwickshire and Birmingham. Their pages can include biographical details, newsworthy events, member lists, obituaries, court dockets, and other historical tidbits.
Photographs and images of churches in Warwickshire.
High quality photographs of Warwickshire church interiors and exteriors.
An index of windmills in the county, with brief notes and some photographs.
Sheldon 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.
Sheldon Occupation & Business Records
Almost 200 records documenting members of freemasonic lodges.
Nearly 200 documents relating to people who operated boats on canals running through Warwickshire.
Over 1,500 documents relating to bounties offered to farmers by the government to grow flax.
Over 2,000 documents relating to those employed as gamekeepers in Warwickshire.
Profiles of the county's public houses, including details of their owners and operators.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Sheldon
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Genealogies of Warwickshire families who had the right to bear arms. Illustrations of arms and some biographical details are given.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
Sheldon Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Genealogies of Warwickshire families who had the right to bear arms. Illustrations of arms and some biographical details are given.
Photographs and descriptions of Warwickshire's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
Sheldon Church Records
Prior to civil registration in 1837, the parish registers of Sheldon are the most common place to turn for details on births, marriages and deaths.
The parish registers of Sheldon are a collection of books essentially documenting births, marriages and deaths. Their records can assist tracing a family back numerous generations.
The parish registers of Sheldon are a collection of books essentially documenting births, marriages and deaths. Their records can assist tracing a family as far back as 1558.
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 1821.
Original images of parish registers, searchable by a name index, covering almost all Warwickshire parishes.
Biographical Directories Covering Sheldon
This database contains digitized copies of historical publications from Warwickshire and Birmingham. Their pages can include biographical details, newsworthy events, member lists, obituaries, court dockets, and other historical tidbits.
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.
Sheldon Maps
A guide to locating relevant records for Birmingham's districts and surrounding parishes.
A map delineating Church of England parishes in Warwickshire.
Digital images of maps covering the county.
Detailed maps covering much of the UK. They depict forests, mountains, larger farms, roads, railroads, towns, and more.
Maps showing settlements, features and some buildings in mainland Britain.
Sheldon Reference Works
A guide to locating relevant records for Birmingham's districts and surrounding parishes.
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
SHELDON is a parish, 1 ½ miles south-west from Marston Green station on the Leamington and Birmingham section of the London and North Western railway, 3 north from Solihull, 5 south-west from Coleshill, and 6 south-east from. Birmingham, in the Northern division of the county, Birmingham division of the hundred of Hemlingford, petty sessional division and county court district of Solihull, union of Meriden, rural deanery of Coleshill, archdeaconry of Birmingham and diocese of Worcester. The village is small and but little frequented. The church of St. Giles, an edifice of red sandstone, consists of chancel, nave, north aisle, south porch, and a fine Perpendicular tower with canopied openings at the west end, containing a clock and 4 bells: it was thoroughly restored, the north aisle rebuilt, and twelve windows filled with stained glass in 1867, the chief expenses being borne by the patron: the church has some good Early Decorated features, and in the north aisle is a beautiful piece of tabernacle work, consisting of three canopied niches. The register dates from the year 1558. The living is a rectory, tithe-rent charge £217, net yearly value £389, including 16 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of J. K. D. Wingfield Digby esq. M.P. and held since 1849 by the Rev. J. Burleton Jones-Bateman M.A. of Caius College, Cambridge, rural dean of Coleshill, and surrogate. An excellent library, containing some valuable books, is available to all parishioners gratuitously; there is also a collection of old divinity folios, first collected by Thomas Bray D.D. of Hart Hall, Oxford, rector here in 1690, and founder of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel; he died 15th February, 1730, being then rector of St. Botolph’s, Aldgate, London. The manor of Skeldon, or Scheldon, was principally held by the family of Sheldon, from the time of Henry I. or II. until the reign of Edward III. after which it passed through the families of Peto, Bassett, Stafford, Shirly, and Grey, a member of which last family sold it to Sir George Digby, of Coleshill, knight, by whose descendant it is still held. John Kenelm Digby Wingfield-Digby esq. M.P. of Sherborne Castle, Dorset, is lord of the manor and owns nearly all the land. The soil is loamy; subsoil, marl. The chief crops are wheat, barley, beans and oats. The area is 2,514 acres; rateable value, £5,103; the population in 1891 was 448.
Parish School (mixed), erected in 1852, for 80 children; average attendance, 35; & partly endowed from a charity estate, in which, however, the school buildings & master’s house are not included.
Omnibuses from the Three Horse Shoes 6 times a day to Birmingham.
Most Common Surnames in Sheldon
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Hemlingford Hundred |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Linforth | 12 | 1:32 | 11.65% | 1,096 |
| 2 | Jackson | 11 | 1:35 | 0.46% | 25 |
| 2 | Ball | 11 | 1:35 | 1.04% | 81 |
| 4 | Bloxham | 10 | 1:38 | 2.67% | 304 |
| 5 | Hall | 9 | 1:42 | 0.34% | 17 |
| 5 | Ross | 9 | 1:42 | 2.95% | 375 |
| 5 | Wilkes | 9 | 1:42 | 1.24% | 148 |
| 8 | Glover | 8 | 1:48 | 1.26% | 162 |
| 8 | Collett | 8 | 1:48 | 2.83% | 409 |
| 8 | Kelsey | 8 | 1:48 | 5.33% | 797 |
| 8 | Trenfield | 8 | 1:48 | 27.59% | 3,078 |
| 12 | Adams | 7 | 1:54 | 0.45% | 46 |
| 12 | Coates | 7 | 1:54 | 2.94% | 505 |
| 12 | Upton | 7 | 1:54 | 1.67% | 265 |
| 15 | Jones | 6 | 1:63 | 0.07% | 2 |
| 15 | Brown | 6 | 1:63 | 0.16% | 5 |
| 15 | Gibbs | 6 | 1:63 | 0.59% | 89 |
| 15 | Bullock | 6 | 1:63 | 1.57% | 296 |
| 15 | Bateman | 6 | 1:63 | 2.32% | 461 |
| 15 | Anderton | 6 | 1:63 | 2.12% | 409 |
| 15 | Knibbs | 6 | 1:63 | 5.61% | 1,069 |
| 15 | Ludgate | 6 | 1:63 | 15.79% | 2,510 |
| 15 | Evetts | 6 | 1:63 | 8.11% | 1,442 |
| 24 | Richards | 5 | 1:76 | 0.37% | 57 |
| 24 | Simons | 5 | 1:76 | 3.29% | 790 |
| 24 | Moulton | 5 | 1:76 | 9.62% | 1,963 |
| 24 | Abell | 5 | 1:76 | 12.50% | 2,418 |
| 24 | Cranmer | 5 | 1:76 | 7.94% | 1,687 |
| 24 | Avins | 5 | 1:76 | 33.33% | 4,780 |
| 30 | Green | 4 | 1:95 | 0.11% | 8 |
| 30 | Cook | 4 | 1:95 | 0.25% | 42 |
| 30 | Ford | 4 | 1:95 | 0.38% | 84 |
| 30 | Jennings | 4 | 1:95 | 0.52% | 128 |
| 30 | Walters | 4 | 1:95 | 1.01% | 282 |
| 30 | Dodd | 4 | 1:95 | 0.82% | 212 |
| 30 | Haynes | 4 | 1:95 | 0.47% | 113 |
| 30 | Reeve | 4 | 1:95 | 1.71% | 516 |
| 30 | Aston | 4 | 1:95 | 0.51% | 127 |
| 30 | Biddle | 4 | 1:95 | 0.73% | 187 |
| 30 | Meade | 4 | 1:95 | 30.77% | 5,280 |
| 30 | Joyner | 4 | 1:95 | 5.41% | 1,442 |
| 30 | Kempson | 4 | 1:95 | 5.88% | 1,570 |
| 30 | Tuby | 4 | 1:95 | 21.05% | 4,080 |
| 30 | Gadson | 4 | 1:95 | 80.00% | 10,525 |
| 30 | Berrick | 4 | 1:95 | 36.36% | 5,931 |
| 46 | Smith | 3 | 1:127 | 0.02% | 1 |
| 46 | Wilkinson | 3 | 1:127 | 0.55% | 190 |
| 46 | Burgess | 3 | 1:127 | 1.10% | 432 |
| 46 | Stanley | 3 | 1:127 | 0.34% | 109 |
| 46 | Wyatt | 3 | 1:127 | 0.99% | 380 |
| 46 | Lock | 3 | 1:127 | 1.69% | 681 |
| 46 | Richmond | 3 | 1:127 | 2.17% | 861 |
| 46 | Hallam | 3 | 1:127 | 3.19% | 1,174 |
| 46 | Marston | 3 | 1:127 | 0.69% | 251 |
| 46 | Sedgwick | 3 | 1:127 | 3.85% | 1,362 |
| 46 | Caldicott | 3 | 1:127 | 1.39% | 559 |
| 46 | Jilkes | 3 | 1:127 | 50.00% | 9,237 |
| 58 | Wright | 2 | 1:190 | 0.07% | 13 |
| 58 | King | 2 | 1:190 | 0.12% | 40 |
| 58 | Clarke | 2 | 1:190 | 0.06% | 9 |
| 58 | Parker | 2 | 1:190 | 0.13% | 44 |
| 58 | Rogers | 2 | 1:190 | 0.17% | 71 |
| 58 | Waters | 2 | 1:190 | 0.72% | 425 |
| 58 | Finch | 2 | 1:190 | 0.73% | 430 |
| 58 | Blackwell | 2 | 1:190 | 0.56% | 321 |
| 58 | Avery | 2 | 1:190 | 0.69% | 400 |
| 58 | Paddy | 2 | 1:190 | 7.41% | 3,228 |
| 58 | Gopsill | 2 | 1:190 | 4.00% | 2,027 |
| 58 | Bunkle | 2 | 1:190 | 40.00% | 10,525 |
| 58 | Vinns | 2 | 1:190 | 100.00% | 15,906 |
| 71 | Williams | 1 | 1:380 | 0.03% | 6 |
| 71 | Taylor | 1 | 1:380 | 0.02% | 3 |
| 71 | Davies | 1 | 1:380 | 0.07% | 53 |
| 71 | Evans | 1 | 1:380 | 0.03% | 11 |
| 71 | Johnson | 1 | 1:380 | 0.03% | 10 |
| 71 | Cooper | 1 | 1:380 | 0.04% | 15 |
| 71 | Baker | 1 | 1:380 | 0.04% | 16 |
| 71 | Marshall | 1 | 1:380 | 0.11% | 101 |
| 71 | Hunt | 1 | 1:380 | 0.05% | 33 |
| 71 | Jenkins | 1 | 1:380 | 0.14% | 150 |
| 71 | Butler | 1 | 1:380 | 0.07% | 47 |
| 71 | Sharp | 1 | 1:380 | 0.23% | 249 |
| 71 | Newman | 1 | 1:380 | 0.12% | 120 |
| 71 | Long | 1 | 1:380 | 0.25% | 282 |
| 71 | Woodward | 1 | 1:380 | 0.08% | 66 |
| 71 | Austin | 1 | 1:380 | 0.19% | 198 |
| 71 | Kirby | 1 | 1:380 | 0.21% | 221 |
| 71 | Hale | 1 | 1:380 | 0.33% | 380 |
| 71 | Betts | 1 | 1:380 | 0.29% | 332 |
| 71 | Baylis | 1 | 1:380 | 0.28% | 330 |
| 71 | Tomlin | 1 | 1:380 | 0.92% | 1,055 |
| 71 | Whitmore | 1 | 1:380 | 0.36% | 423 |
| 71 | McConnell | 1 | 1:380 | 16.67% | 9,237 |
| 71 | Greenway | 1 | 1:380 | 0.20% | 206 |
| 71 | Douglass | 1 | 1:380 | 2.94% | 2,729 |
| 71 | Wigley | 1 | 1:380 | 0.42% | 502 |
| 71 | Bosworth | 1 | 1:380 | 0.44% | 529 |
| 71 | Fairbrother | 1 | 1:380 | 2.00% | 2,027 |
| 71 | Abbot | 1 | 1:380 | 6.25% | 4,591 |
| 71 | Chinn | 1 | 1:380 | 0.33% | 378 |
| 71 | Ryley | 1 | 1:380 | 1.59% | 1,687 |
| 71 | Hazlewood | 1 | 1:380 | 0.98% | 1,104 |
| 71 | Boneham | 1 | 1:380 | 0.64% | 763 |
| 71 | Smitten | 1 | 1:380 | 1.41% | 1,503 |
| 71 | Honer | 1 | 1:380 | 14.29% | 8,230 |
| 71 | Eastbury | 1 | 1:380 | 8.33% | 5,587 |
| 71 | Halles | 1 | 1:380 | 100.00% | 18,717 |
| 71 | Fein | 1 | 1:380 | 100.00% | 18,717 |
| 71 | Windrige | 1 | 1:380 | 10.00% | 6,286 |
| 71 | Jellet | 1 | 1:380 | 100.00% | 18,717 |
| 71 | Visson | 1 | 1:380 | 100.00% | 18,717 |