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Guide to '''Capenhurst, Cheshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy:''' parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records. | Guide to '''Capenhurst, Cheshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy:''' parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records. | ||
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| Parish = Shotwick | |||
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== Parish History == | == Parish History == | ||
Revision as of 21:12, 4 November 2016
England 
Cheshire Cheshire Parishes Capenhurst
Guide to Capenhurst, Cheshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Capenhurst, Cheshire | |
|---|---|
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Wirrall |
| County | Cheshire |
| Poor Law Union | Great Boughton & Chester |
| Registration District | Cheshire West & Chester |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Parish | Shotwick |
Parish History[edit | edit source]
CAPPENHURST, a township, in the parish of Shotwick, union of Great Boughton, Higher division of the hundred of Wirrall, S. division of the county of Chester, 5¾ miles (N. N. W.) from Chester.[1]
Resources[edit | edit source]
Census records[edit | edit source]
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.
Church records[edit | edit source]
Capenhurst Holy Trinity parish 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 |
| Capenhurst Holy Trinity Parish (1859) Online Records | ||||||
| Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | |
| FS PR's | 1752-1909 |
NONE |
NONE |
NONE |
NONE | NONE |
| FS BT'S | 1859-1893 |
NONE |
NONE |
NONE |
1860-1894 |
NONE |
Here is a list of parish registers on microfilm at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.
Parish registers for Capenhurst, 1859-1990 Cheshire Record Office: P181/4449/1-2. Formerly a chapelry in Shotwick parish. Includes Ledsham (in Neston parish). Called St. Michael's Church.
| Parish Registers: Capenhurst |
Film |
| Baptisms, 1859-1990. Banns of marriages, 1860-1976. |
2149187 Items 4 - 5 |
Bishop's transcripts for Capenhurst, 1859-1894 Cheshire Record Office: EDB 43
| Bishops Transcripts: Capenhurst | Film |
| Baptisms, 1859-1868, burials, 1860-1868, baptisms, 1867-1874, burials, 1868-1874, baptisms, 1874-1878, burials, 1874-1878, baptisms, 1892-1894, 1891-1892, burials, 1891-1894. |
1647366 Item 7 |
| Another filming, 1990. |
1656840 Item 7 |
Non-Conformist Churches[edit | edit source]
Not Known
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
- Great Boughton (1837-69)
- Chester (1870-1937)
- West Cheshire (1937-74)
- Chester & Ellesmere Port (1974-98)
- Cheshire West (1998-2007)
- Cheshire (2007-09)
- Cheshire West & Chester (2009+)
Poor Law Unions[edit | edit source]
- Great Boughton (1837-71)
- Chester (1871-1930)
Probate records[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Websites[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 501-511. Date accessed: 10 January 2014.