Baddiley, Cheshire, England Genealogy
Guide to Baddiley, Cheshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Baddiley | |
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| Baddiley Saint Michael Church | |
| Type | Ancient Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| County | Cheshire |
| Hundred | Nantwich |
| Poor Law Union | Nantwich |
| Registration District | Nantwich |
| Records Begin | |
| Parish registers | 1579 |
| Bishop's Transcripts | 1596 |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Nantwich |
| Diocese | Pre-1541 - Lichfield and Coventry; Post-1540 - Chester |
| Province | York |
| Probate Court | Pre-1541 - Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory) Post-1540 - Court of the Bishop of Cheshire (Episcopal Consistory) |
| Archive | |
| Cheshire Record Office | |
Parish History
BADDILEY (St. Michael), is a parish, in the union and hundred of Nantwich, S. division of the county of Chester, it is 3 miles WSW from Nantwich. [1]
St Michael's Church, Baddiley is an Ancient Parish and is a rare example of a timber-framed church. The chancel dates from 1308, and is one of the oldest timber-framed churches in Europe.
Baddiley is listed in the Domesday Book as Bedelie, and the manor then belonged to the Praers family. In the first half of the 13th century, part of the Baddiley parish was granted to Combermere Abbey, a Cistercian monastery which had been endowed on its foundation in 1133 with a large area of land to the south; in 1355, the abbey also acquired the right to appoint the priest of the Baddiley church in exchange for land at Baddiley Grange. (Baddiley is not, however, included among the lands surrendered to the government when the abbey was dissolved in 1538.) By the 14th century, the manor had passed by marriage to the Bromley, Hondford and Mainwaring families, finally passing solely to the Mainwarings who occupied Baddiley Hall.
St Michael's Church, Baddiley is in the civil parish of Baddiley, Cheshire, England. It dates from the early 14th century. The nave and chancel are divided by a pre-Reformation screen and tympanum. It continues to be an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Nantwich. Its benefice is combined with those of St Mary's and St Michael's Church, Burleydam and St Margaret's Church, Wrenbury.
Baddiley is a scattered settlement and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The civil parish also includes the north-western part of the village of Ravensmoor (also in the parish of Burland), as well as the small settlements of Baddiley Hulse, Batterley Hill, and parts of Gradeley Green and Swanley.
Resources
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Cemeteries
- St. Michael's Church, Baddiley Cheshire, Monumental Inscriptions(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
Census records
Census records from 1841 to 1921 are available online. See England Census for more resources.
Church Records
The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor.
Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.
Church of England
Due to the increasing access of online records:
- Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
- Dates in the following table are approximate
Hover over the collection's title for more information
| Baddiley Online Parish Records | ||||||
| FamilySearch Collections-Cheshire | ||||||
| Parish Registers-Cheshire | ||||||
| Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog | ||||||
| FreeREG | ||||||
| Findmypast-Cheshire ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry-Church of England BMD-Cheshire ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($) | 1500s-1900s |
1500s-1900s |
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| Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage | ||||||
| Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free) | ||||||
| National Burial Index-FMP (Free) | ||||||
Other Websites
These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
- Joiner Marriage Index - Cheshire ($)
- The Genealogist Parish Registers - Cheshire ($)
- UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
- Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records
Nonconformist Records
"Nonconformist" is a term referring to religious denominations other than an established or state church. In England, the state church is the Church of England.
- 1671-1900 England, Cheshire Non-conformist Records, 1671-1900 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index (dates may vary by parish)
- 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at Findmypast - index & images ($); coverage may vary
- England Roman Catholic Parish Marriages at Findmypast — index & images ($); coverage may vary
Baddiley and Ravensmoor is part of the Audlem Circuit.
Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from 1 July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. Here are two excellent Internet sites with birth, marriage and death indexes available:
Registration Districts
- Nantwich (1837–1937)
- Crewe (1937–74)
- Congleton & Crewe (1974–1988)
- South Cheshire (1988–98)
- Cheshire Central ( post 1998)
Poor Law Unions
Probate Records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Cheshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.
See also England Cheshire Probate Records - FamilySearch Historical Records
Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Websites
Baddiley on GENUKI
References
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England(1848), pp. 124-128. Date accessed: 8 Nov 2013.
Bibliography
- Salter, Mark (1995), The Old Parish Churches of Cheshire, Malvern: Folly Publications, pp. 20–21, ISBN 1871731232
- Richards, Raymond (1947), Old Cheshire Churches, London: Batsford, pp. 38–40
- Clifton-Taylor, Alec (1974), English Parish Churches as Works of Art, London: Batsford, p. 52, ISBN 0 7134 2776 0