Warmingham, Cheshire, England Genealogy
Guide to Warmingham, Cheshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Warmingham | |
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| St Leonard's Church, Warmingham Cheshire | |
| Type | Ancient Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| County | Cheshire |
| Hundred | Northwich |
| Poor Law Union | Nantwich |
| Registration District | Congleton; Nantwich |
| Records Begin | |
| Parish registers | 1538 |
| Bishop's Transcripts | 1570's |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Middlewich |
| 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
WARMINGHAM (St. Leonard), is a parish, partly in the union of Nantwich, but chiefly in that of Congleton, hundred of Northwich, South division of the county of Chester; containing, with the townships of Elton, Moston, and Tetton, 3½ miles W from Sandbach. The Trent and Mersey Canal, and the Liverpool and Birmingham railway, pass through the parish.[1]
Warmingham, St Leonard's is an Ancient Parish in Cheshire and includes Elton, Tetton and Moston.
Warmingham is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The village lies 3¼ miles to the north of Crewe and 3¼ miles to the west of Sandbach. The parish also includes the settlement of Lane Ends. Nearby villages include Minshull Vernon. St Leonard's Church and the Bear Paw public house are in Warmingham village.
Warmingham was a township in Warmingham Parish, Northwich Hundred, which became a civil parish in 1866. In 1936 part of Warmingham was added to Monks Coppenhall and includes the hamlet of Lane Ends.
Resources
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Cemeteries
- St. Leonard's Church, Warmingham nr. Sandbach, 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
| Warmingham 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
- Primitive Methodist
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Wesleyan Methodist
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
- Congleton (1837–1937)
- Crewe (1937–74)
- Congleton and Crewe (1974–88)
- South Cheshire (1988–98)
- Cheshire East (post 1998)
The post 2009 reorganisation of civil registration can be found online at Cheshire BMD
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
Warmingham on GENUKI
References
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England. Date Accessed: 16 April 2013
Bibliography
Pevsner, Nikolaus; Edward Hubbard (2003) [1971], The Buildings of England: Cheshire, New Haven: Yale University Press, p. 376, ISBN 0 300 09588 0
Morant, Roland W. (1989), Cheshire Churches, Birkenhead: Countyvise, pp. 186–187, ISBN 0 907768 18 0