Congleton Congleton Chapel, Cheshire, England Genealogy

England

Cheshire

Cheshire Parishes

Congleton Chapel

CONGLETON, is an incorporated market-town, a chapelry, and the head of a union, in the parish of Astbury, having a separate jurisdiction, it is locally in the hundred of Northwich, S. division of the county of Chester. The chapel, dedicated to St. Peter. At Congleton Moss, a church was dedicated to the Holy Trinity it was erected in 1845. Two districts or ecclesiastical parishes have been formed under Sir Robert Peel's act: in the one, St. Stephen's district, a chapel has been purchased from the dissenters, in the other, St. James', a church. There are places of worship for Independents, Primitive Methodists, Wesleyans, Unitarians, and Roman Catholics.

Congleton St Stephen was formed as separate parish in 1845 from Congleton St Peter and formed at similar period to St James.

St. Stephen's church consists of nave, chancel, aisles, bell-turret, and vestry, in the early decorated style, and was built in 1860.

Resources

Church Records

Congleton St Stephen's chapelry registers of christenings, marriages and burials have been indexed by the following groups:

FS PR's =FamilySearch Parish Registers

FS BT's = FamilySearch Bishops Transcripts

Congleton St Stephen's Chapelry Online Records
	Baptisms		Marriages		Burials
	Indexes	Images	Indexes	Images	Indexes	Images
FS PR's	1844-1909	NONE	1860-1934	NONE	1860-1932	NONE
FS BT'S	NONE	NONE	NONE	NONE	NONE	NONE

Title Parish registers of St. Stephen's Church, Congleton, 1844-1958
An index for Cheshire parish registers is available online in Record Search.

St. Stephen's Church is one of three chapelries in Congleton township. The township is in Astbury Ancient parish.
Cheshire Record Office call number: P 232/1/2.

Content	Film
Baptisms, 1844-1860, 1896-1936 (filmed twice). Marriages, 1860-1926.	FS Library BRITISH Film 2197357
Baptisms, 1860-1896.	FS Library BRITISH Film 2326898 Item 2
Baptisms, 1860-1896 (another filming).	FS Library BRITISH Film 2356823 Item 3
Marriages, 1926-1958. Burials, 1860-1932.	FS Library BRITISH Film 2197434 Items 1 - 4

Nonconformist Records

Refer to Congleton St Peter page.

Census Records

Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a FamilySearch Center or at the FamilySearch Library.

Poor Law Unions

• Congleton

Registration Districts

• Congleton (1837–1937)
• Macclesfield (1937–74)
• Congleton and Crewe (1974–88)
• South Cheshire (1988–98)
• Cheshire East (post 1998)
  

Registration events may be searched online at Cheshire BMD

References

Bibliography

Title History of Congleton: published to celebrate the 700th anniversary of the granting of the charter to the town
Congleton History Society
Authors W. B. Stephens, Congleton History Society
Editor W. B. Stephens
Publisher Manchester University Press ND, 1970
ISBN 0719012457, 9780719012457