Duddon Chapelry, Cheshire Genealogy

England

Cheshire

Cheshire Parishes

Duddon

Parish History

DUDDON, is a chapel of ease attached to and lying within the ancient parish boundary of Tarvin. It was created a chapelry and a church was built by the year 1833, dedicated to St Peter.

Resources

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Cemeteries

• A Transcription of the Monumental Inscriptions of St. Peter's, Duddon, Cheshire(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

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.

For church records see the parish church of Tarvin.

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.

• 1600s-1910 Cheshire Non-Conformist & Roman Catholic Registers (Baptism) 17th Century-1910 at Findmypast ($); index & images (dates may vary by parish)
• 1671-1900 England, Cheshire Non-conformist Records, 1671-1900 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index (dates may vary by parish)
• 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at Findmypast - index & images ($); coverage may vary
• England Roman Catholic Parish Marriages at Findmypast — index & images ($); coverage may vary

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:

• FreeBMD
• Cheshire BMD

Registration Districts

• Great Boughton (1837-1869
• Chester (1870-1937)
• West Cheshire (1937-74)
• Chester & Ellesmere Port (1974-98)
• Cheshire East (1998-2007)
• Cheshire (2007-09)
• Cheshire East (2009+)

Poor Law Unions

• Great Boughton

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.

• England Jurisdictions 1851
• Vision of Britain

Websites

Duddon on GENUKI

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