Macclesfield St Peter, Cheshire, England Genealogy
Guide to Macclesfield St Peter, Cheshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Macclesfield St Peter | |
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| Church of St Peter Macclesfield | |
| Type | Ecclesiastical Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| County | Cheshire |
| Hundred | Macclesfield; Wirrall |
| Poor Law Union | Macclesfield |
| Registration District | Macclesfield |
| Records Begin | |
| Parish registers | 1846 |
| Bishop's Transcripts | 1874 |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Macclesfield |
| Diocese | Pre-1541 - Lichfield and Coventry; Post-1540 - Chester |
| Province | Canterbury |
| 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
Macclesfield, is a market-town, parochial chapelry, and newly-enfranchised borough, having a separate jurisdiction, it is locally in the parish of Prestbury, and hundred of Macclesfield, and the head of a union, in the Northern division of the county of Chester. The town is pleasantly situated near the southern extremity of the forest.
The parochial chapelry consists of the nine townships of Hurdsfield, Kettleshulme, Macclesfield, Macclesfield Forest, Pott-Shrigley, Rainow, Sutton, Wildboarclough, and Wincle. The parochial chapel, dedicated to St. Michael, and is dependent on the mother church at Prestbury.
Christchurch, was erected in 1775, at the expense of Charles Roe.
St. George's church, in Sutton, was erected as a dissenters' place of worship, the same township contains a church dedicated to St. James. In the year 1844, the Ecclesiastical Commissioners endowed two church districts St. Paul's and St. Peter's, Macclesfield, and the districts then became ecclesiastical parishes. There are places of worship for the Society of Friends, Independents, Primitive Methodists, Socinians, and Roman Catholics.[1]
Resources
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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
| Macclesfield, St Peter 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 ($)
- UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
- Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records
Nonconformist Records
"Nonconformist" is a term referring to religious denominations other than an established or state church. In England, the state church is the Church of England.
- 1600s-1910 Cheshire Non-Conformist & Roman Catholic Registers (Baptism) 17th Century-1910 at Findmypast ($); index & images (dates may vary by parish)
- 1600s-1910 Cheshire Non-Conformist & Roman Catholic Registers (Marriages) 17th Century-1910 at Findmypast ($); index & images (dates may vary by parish)
- 1600s-1910 Cheshire Non-Conformist & Roman Catholic Registers (Burials) 17th Century-1910 at Findmypast ($); index & images (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
- Society of Friends
- Independents
- Primitive Methodists
- Socinians
- Roman Catholics
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
- Macclesfield (1837-1998)
Poor Law Unions
- Macclesfield
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.
Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place
Websites
Macclesfield St Peter on GENUKI
Macclesfield on GENUKI
References
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848). Date Accessed: 26 March 2013.