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Guide to '''Leighton with Minshull, Cheshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy:''' parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
Leighton with Minshull Vernon St Peter is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Cheshire, created in 1850 from Leighton town in  [[Nantwich,_Cheshire]] Ancient Parish and  [[Middlewich,_Cheshire]]  Ancient Parish. Other places in the parish include: Bradfield Green, Minshul Vernon, Minshull, and Minshull Vernon.  


{{England Parish Infobox
Leighton was a township in Nantwich Parish, Nantwich Hundred , which became a civil parish in 1866. <br>Including the hamlet of Barrows Green. <br>
| Place = Leighton with Minshull
| default =
| image = St Peters Church Bradfield Green Cheshire.jpg
| caption = St Peters Church Bradfield Green Cheshire
| Type = [[Ecclesiastical Parish ]]
| County = Cheshire
| Hundred = Nantwich
| Poor Law Union = [http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Nantwich/ Nantwich]
| Registration District = Nantwich
| PRbegin = 1840
| BTbegin = 1840
| Province = Canterbury
| Diocese = Pre-1541 - Lichfield and Coventry; Post-1540 - Chester
| Archdeaconry =
| Archdeaconries =
| Rural Deanery = Nantwich
| Parish =
| Peculiar =
| Chapelry =
| Probate Court = Pre-1541 - Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory) Post-1540 - Court of the Bishop of Cheshire (Episcopal Consistory)
| Archdeaconry Court =
| Bishops Court =
| Prerogative Court =
| Archive = [[Cheshire Record Office]]
}}


== Parish History ==
Leighton is a scattered settlement and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, which lies immediately north west of Crewe. The parish also includes the village of Barrows Green, which lies on the northern outskirts of Crewe, 1½ miles from the centre. Nearby villages include Bradfield Green and Worleston. From 1974 the civil parish was served by Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council, which was succeeded on 1 April 2009 by the new unitary authority of Cheshire East .<br><br>


LEIGHTON with MINSHULL or MINSHULL-VERNON, is a village and a township in '''Middlewich parish''', and a '''chapelry''' partly also in '''Nantwich parish''', Cheshire. The village stands on the River Weaver, near the Northwestern railway, it is 3¾ miles S by W of Middlewich. The township contains also the village of <u>Bradfield-Green</u>. The chapelry was constituted in 1840, and is sometimes called Leighton-cum-Minshull-Vernon. There is an '''Independent''' chapel.<ref>John Marius Wilson, ''[https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/entry_page.jsp?text_id=991830  Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales]'' (1870-72). Date Accessed: 22 March 2013</ref>  
<br>


Leighton with Minshull Vernon St Peter is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Cheshire, created in 1850 from Leighton town in [[Nantwich, Cheshire]] Ancient Parish and [[Middlewich, Cheshire]] Ancient Parish. Other places in the parish include: Bradfield Green, Minshull, and Minshull Vernon.  
== Resources  ==
==== Civil Registration  ====
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The [[England Civil Registration|civil registration]] article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is [http://freebmd.org.uk/ FreeBMD].  
==== Church records  ====


Leighton was a township in Nantwich Parish, Nantwich Hundred, which became a civil parish in 1866. <br>Including the hamlet of Barrows Green.  
To find the names of the neighbouring parishes, use [http://maps.familysearch.org/ England Jurisdictions 1851]. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes. Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, nonconformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection.  


Leighton is a scattered settlement and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, which lies immediately north west of Crewe. The parish also includes the village of Barrows Green, which lies on the northern outskirts of Crewe, 1½ miles from the centre. Nearby villages include Bradfield Green and Worleston.
===== Non-Conformist Churches  =====


== Resources  ==
A Primitive Methodist chapel was built in Leighton in 1841; it closed in 1899.<br>
=== Find Neighboring Parishes ===


Use [https://www.familysearch.org/mapp/ England Jurisdictions 1851 Map]
==== Census records  ====
::*Type the name of the parish in the ''search bar''
::*Click on the location ''pin'' on the map
::*Choose ''Options'' from the pop up box
::*Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes<br>


=== Cemeteries ===
Contributor: Include an overview if there is any unique information, such as the census for X year was destroyed. Add a link to online sites for indexes and/or images. Also add a link to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection.
* {{FSC|821031|title-id|disp=St. Peter's Church, Minshull Vernon, monumental inscriptions}}(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images


=== Census Records ===
Index for the Census may be searched at FamilySearch Historical Records
Census records from 1841 to 1921 are available online. See [[England Census|England Census]] for more resources. <br>


=== Church Records ===
http://www.1881pubs.com/ for details of public houses in the 1881 census
''The Church of England'' (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor. <br>
''Non-Conformist'' refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.


==== Church of England ====
==== <br>Poor Law Unions ====
<font color=blue> Due to the increasing access of online records:</font><br>
*<font color=blue>Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified<br>
*Dates in the following table are approximate </font><br>
'''''Hover over the collection's title for more information'''''
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| bgcolor="#efdcc3" | <center>'''''Collections'''''</center>
| bgcolor="#d9bfbf" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Baptisms'''''</center>
| bgcolor="#bfd9bf" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Marriages'''''</center>
| bgcolor="#cac4d4" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Burials'''''</center>
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" |
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>''Indexes and images''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>''Indexes only''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>''Indexes and images''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>''Indexes only''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>''Indexes and images''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>''Indexes only''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| FamilySearch Collections-Cheshire
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&f.recordType=0&q.recordCountry=England&q.recordSubcountry=England%2CCheshire 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&f.recordType=1&q.recordCountry=England&q.recordSubcountry=England%2CCheshire 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>[https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&f.recordType=2&q.recordCountry=England&q.recordSubcountry=England%2CCheshire 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Parish Registers-Cheshire
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>{{RecordSearch|1614792|1500s-2000s}}</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>{{RecordSearch|1614792|1500s-2000s}}</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>{{RecordSearch|1614792|1500s-2000s}}</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|<center>{{FS Bishop's Transcript}}</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| FreeREG
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center> [https://www.freereg.org.uk/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://www.freereg.org.uk/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://www.freereg.org.uk/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Findmypast-Cheshire ($)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/cheshire-diocese-of-chester-parish-baptisms-1538-1911 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|  <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/cheshire-diocese-of-chester-parish-marriages-1538-1910 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/cheshire-diocese-of-chester-parish-burials-1538-1911 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Ancestry-Church of England BMD-Cheshire ($)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61760/ 1500s-1900s]  </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61760/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61760/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9841/  1500s-1900s]<br>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1351/ 1500s-1900s]</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" |  <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9852/ 1500s-1900s]<br>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1352/ 1500s-1900s] </center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9840/ 1500s-1900s]<center>
|-
| bgcolor="#dbe7f0" align="center" scope="col" colspan="7" | ''Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage''
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/england-boyds-marriage-indexes-1538-1850 1500s-1800s]</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
|-
| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| National Burial Index-FMP (Free)
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/national-burial-index-for-england-and-wales 1800s-1900s]</center>
|-
|}
'''''Other Websites'''''<br>
These databases have incomplete parish coverage. <br>
*[http://joinermarriageindex.co.uk/marriage-records/Cheshire/ Joiner Marriage Index - Cheshire] ($)
*[https://parishregister.co.uk/online/cheshire-parish-records The Genealogist Parish Registers - Cheshire] ($)
*[http://www.dustydocs.com/ UK Websites for Parish Records] - Links to online genealogical records
*[https://ogindex.org/ Online Genealogical Index] -  Links to online genealogical records


====Nonconformist Records====
[[Northwich_Poor_Law_Union,_Cheshire]]<br><br>
"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.<br>
 
*'''1671-1900''' {{RecordSearch|1610550|England, Cheshire Non-conformist Records, 1671-1900}} at FamilySearch - [[England, Cheshire Non-Conformist Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index (''dates may vary by parish'')
*'''1717''' [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/england-and-wales-roman-catholics-1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717] at Findmypast - index & images ($); coverage may vary
*[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/england-roman-catholic-parish-marriages England Roman Catholic Parish Marriages] at Findmypast — index & images ($); coverage may vary
 
A Primitive Methodist chapel was built in Leighton in 1841; it closed in 1899.
 
=== Civil Registration ===
 
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from 1 July 1837 to the present day. The [[England Civil Registration|civil registration]] article tells more about these records. Here are two excellent Internet sites with birth, marriage and death indexes available:
 
*[http://freebmd.org.uk/ FreeBMD]  
*[http://cheshirebmd.org.uk/ Cheshire BMD]
 
===== Registration Districts  =====
 
Nantwich (1837–1937)<br>Crewe (1937–74)<br>Congleton and Crewe (1974–88)<br>South Cheshire (1988–98)<br>Cheshire Central (post 1998)
 
=== Poor Law Unions  ===
 
[[Northwich Poor Law Union, Cheshire]]
 
=== Probate Records  ===


==== Probate records  ====
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to [[Cheshire Probate Records|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.  
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to [[Cheshire Probate Records|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.  
 
==== Poor Law Unions ====
See also [[England Cheshire Probate Records - FamilySearch Historical Records]]
Contributor: Add information about the pertinent poor law unions in the area.
 
== Maps and Gazetteers  ==
== Maps and Gazetteers  ==
 
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.<br>
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.  
*[http://maps.familysearch.org/ England Jurisdictions 1851]  
 
*[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp Vision of Britain]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/mapp/ England Jurisdictions 1851]  
== Web sites ==
*[https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp Vision of Britain]
Contributor: Add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.  
 
  [[Category:Cheshire]]
== Websites ==
 
Leighton (near Nantwich) on [http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/chs/leighton1.html GENUKI]
 
== References ==
 
{{reflist}}
 
{{Cheshire}}
 
[[Category:Cheshire Parishes]]

Revision as of 01:18, 25 December 2010

England Gotoarrow.png Cheshire Gotoarrow.png Leighton with Minshull

Parish History[edit | edit source]

Leighton with Minshull Vernon St Peter is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Cheshire, created in 1850 from Leighton town in  Nantwich,_Cheshire Ancient Parish and  Middlewich,_Cheshire  Ancient Parish. Other places in the parish include: Bradfield Green, Minshul Vernon, Minshull, and Minshull Vernon.

Leighton was a township in Nantwich Parish, Nantwich Hundred , which became a civil parish in 1866.
Including the hamlet of Barrows Green.

Leighton is a scattered settlement and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, which lies immediately north west of Crewe. The parish also includes the village of Barrows Green, which lies on the northern outskirts of Crewe, 1½ miles from the centre. Nearby villages include Bradfield Green and Worleston. From 1974 the civil parish was served by Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council, which was succeeded on 1 April 2009 by the new unitary authority of Cheshire East .


Resources[edit | edit source]

Civil Registration[edit | edit source]

Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church records[edit | edit source]

To find the names of the neighbouring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes. Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, nonconformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection.

Non-Conformist Churches[edit | edit source]

A Primitive Methodist chapel was built in Leighton in 1841; it closed in 1899.

Census records[edit | edit source]

Contributor: Include an overview if there is any unique information, such as the census for X year was destroyed. Add a link to online sites for indexes and/or images. Also add a link to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection.

Index for the Census may be searched at FamilySearch Historical Records

http://www.1881pubs.com/ for details of public houses in the 1881 census


Poor Law Unions[edit | edit source]

Northwich_Poor_Law_Union,_Cheshire

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.

Poor Law Unions[edit | edit source]

Contributor: Add information about the pertinent poor law unions in the area.

Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]

Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.

Web sites[edit | edit source]

Contributor: Add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.

To access available information, first log into FamilySearch.

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