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Staffordshire Place Guide - Penkridge

Penkridge

All of the links in the table below enable you to view Collection catalogues in our online catalogue Gateway to the Past. Where there is no link this is either because we hold the collection but the catalogue is not yet online, or because the collection is held by another Archive Service, or is still in the hands of the organisation itself.

Location
OS County Series 6 inches to 1 mile sheets	50NE
OS National Grid 6 inches to 1 mile sheet	SJ91SW
OS National Grid reference	SJ921142
Church of England
Ancient Parish	Penkridge, St Michael and All Angels
Ancient Chapelries	Coppenhall, St Lawrence; Dunston, St Leonard; Stretton, St John
Modern Parishes	Levedale mission church (from 1920); Pillaton, St Modwena (ancient church, long disused)
Local Government
Civil Parishes	Penkridge (to date); Coppenhall (1866-1981); Dunston (1866-1981); Dunston with Coppenhall (1981-date); Stretton (1866-date)
Hundred	Cuttlestone East (all except township of Stretton) and Cuttlestone West (township of Stretton)
Poor Law Union	Penkridge Poor Law Union (1836-1870s); Cannock Poor Law Union (1870s-1930)
District Council	Cannock Rural District (1894-1974); South Staffordshire District (1974-date)
Parliamentary Representation
Parliamentary Constituency (to 1974)	Southern Staffordshire (1832-1867); West Staffordshire (1867-1918); Stafford (1918-1948); Cannock (1948-1970); South West Staffordshire (1970-1974)
Nonconformist Churches
Methodist Churches	Penkridge Methodist Church
Estate records
Major estates	Anson family of Shugborough, Earls of Lichfield
Minor estates	Congreve family of Congreve
Other organisations
Businesses	Businesses in Penkridge
Societies and clubs	Societies and clubs in Penkridge
Photographs
Building conservation photographs	Building conservation photographs for Penkridge; Building conservation photographs for Coppenhall; Building conservation photographs of Dunston Please see note 1 below.
Notes
Note 1	This link provides a hitlist of photographs included within a larger collection covering the entire county.