| Located At | Staffordshire Record Office |
| Level | Collection |
| Alt Ref No | D114, D3361, D3638, D4188, D5032, 7113, D7316, 7320, 7470, 7609 |
| Title | Records of Berkswich, Holy Trinity, also known as Baswich (Church of England) |
| Administrative History | The parish of Berkswich has been in existence since the mediaeval period. Until 1776 it included the two separate chapelries of Acton Trussell and Bednall, which were then formed into a single new parish. As well as the parish church of Berkswich, Holy Trinity, the parish is also served by a chapel of ease of Walton on the Hill, St. Thomas, and the mission church of Brocton, All Saints. |
| Arrangement | This collection is arranged in accordance with the Archive Service's standard Anglican Parish Catalogue Scheme. |
| Date | 1601-2017 |
| Description | The collection contains a good cross-section of the material that one would expect to find for a parish in existence since the mediaeval period. The more substantial types of records are :
Incumbent and Benefice : registers of baptism, marriage and burial 1601-1974; service registers 1899-1962.
Parish Administration - Ecclesiastical : churchwardens' accounts 1699-1828; offertory accounts 1844-1903 (with gap); faculties 1812-1974; plans for building works [1739]-1968; photographs 1945; vestry minutes 1798-1837, 1892-1991; Parochial Church Council minutes 1927-1996; Parochial Church council correspondence 1930s-1998, particularly relating to church property; parish magazines
Parish Administration - Civil : poor rate books 1805-1859 (with gaps); overseers of the poor accounts 1699-1837; papers re settlement and removal 1701-1834; bastardy papers 1695-1831; apprenticeship records 1737-1819; surveyors of the highways accounts 1824-1885.
Parish Charities : accounts of various parish charities 1844-1932.
Parochial School : committee, later managers', minutes 1836-1974; accounts 1836-1908.
Parish magazines: 2008-2015 (incomplete series).
Miscellaneous : various notes on aspects of local history, 20th cent.
One of the key figures in church life was HJ Bostock of the shoe manufacturing firm (Lotus Ltd), was for many years was churchwarden, later "Vice-Chairman Emeritus" of the Parochial Church Council. |
| Access Conditions | The records are generally open to public inspection, although access to certain records is restricted under the Data Protection Act. |
| Copyright | Any questions concerning the publication of images of documents in this collection should be directed to the County Archivist, Staffordshire Record Office, Eastgate Street, Stafford ST16 2 LZ. |