Leighton with Minshull, Cheshire Genealogy: Difference between revisions

Leighton with Minshull, Cheshire
	; St Peters Church Bradfield Green Cheshire
Type	Ecclesiastical Parish
Civil Jurisdictions
Hundred	Nantwich
County	Cheshire
Poor Law Union	Nantwich
Registration District	Nantwich
Records begin
	Parish registers: 1840
	Bishop's Transcripts: 1840
Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions
Rural Deanery	Nantwich
Diocese	Pre-1541 - Lichfield and Coventry; Post-1540 - Chester
Province	Canterbury
Legal Jurisdictions
Probate Court	Pre-1541 - Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory) Post-1540 - Court of the Bishop of Cheshire (Episcopal Consistory)
Location of Archive
	Cheshire Record Office
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England

Cheshire

Cheshire Parishes

Leighton with Minshull

Guide to Leighton with Minshull, Cheshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History

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 Bradfield-Green. The chapelry was constituted in 1840, and is sometimes called Leighton-cum-Minshull-Vernon. There is an Independent chapel.^[1]

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.

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.

Resources

Find Neighboring Parishes

Use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map

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

Cemeteries

St. Peter's Church, Minshull Vernon, monumental inscriptions(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Census Records

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

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

Leighton with Minshull Online Parish Records
Collections	Baptisms		Marriages		Burials
	Indexes and images	Indexes only	Indexes and images	Indexes only	Indexes and images	Indexes only
FamilySearch Collections-Cheshire	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s	-
Parish Registers-Cheshire	1500s-2000s	-	1500s-2000s	-	1500s-2000s	-
Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog	1700s-1800s	-	1700s-1800s	-	1700s-1800s	-
FreeREG	-	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s
Findmypast-Cheshire ($)	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s	-
Ancestry-Church of England BMD-Cheshire ($)	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s	-
Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($)	-	1500s-1900s 1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s 1500s-1900s	-	1500s-1900s
Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage
Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free)	-	-	-	1500s-1800s	-	-
National Burial Index-FMP (Free)	-	-	-	-	-	1800s-1900s

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.

1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at Findmypast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)
1671-1900 England, Cheshire Non-conformist Records, 1671-1900 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index (dates may vary by parish)

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 civil registration article tells more about these records. Here are two excellent Internet sites with birth, marriage and death indexes available:

Registration Districts

Nantwich (1837–1937)
Crewe (1937–74)
Congleton and Crewe (1974–88)
South Cheshire (1988–98)
Cheshire Central (post 1998)

Poor Law Unions

Northwich Poor Law Union, Cheshire

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

Leighton (near Nantwich) on GENUKI

References

↑ John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72). Date Accessed: 22 March 2013

[1] John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72). Date Accessed: 22 March 2013

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-=== Parish History  ===
+== Parish History ==
-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, ''[http://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>
+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>
 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.
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 == Resources  ==
+=== Find Neighboring Parishes ===
-==== Census records  ====
+Use [https://www.familysearch.org/mapp/ England Jurisdictions 1851 Map]
+::*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 ===
+* {{FSC|821031|title-id|disp=St. Peter's Church, Minshull Vernon, monumental inscriptions}}(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
+=== Census Records ===
 {{British Census|241248}}
-==== Church records  ====
+=== Church Records ===
+''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.
-Leighton with Minshull St Peter parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials have been indexed by the following groups:
+==== Church of England ====
+<font color=blue> Due to the increasing access of online records:</font><br>
-{| width="498" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border=".5"
+*<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'''''
+{| class="wikitable" width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"
+|-
+| bgcolor="#b6cee2" align="center" scope="col" colspan="7" | '''Leighton with Minshull Online Parish Records'''
+|-
+| 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>
+|-
+| 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" align="left" colspan="6" | '''<sub>FS PR's =[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1614792 FamilySearch Parish Registers]</sub>'''
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Findmypast-Cheshire ($)
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" |  <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/cheshire-diocese-of-chester-parish-baptisms-1538-1911 1500s-1900s] </center>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"|  <center>'''-'''</center>
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/cheshire-diocese-of-chester-parish-marriages-1538-1910 1500s-1900s] </center>
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/cheshire-diocese-of-chester-parish-burials-1538-1911 1500s-1900s] </center>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
 |-
-| bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left" colspan="6" | '''<sub>FS BT's =&nbsp;[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1469935 FamilySearch Bishops Transcripts]</sub>'''
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Ancestry-Church of England BMD-Cheshire ($)
-|}
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61760/ 1500s-1900s]  </center>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
-{| width="622" align="center" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"
+| 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="#ffffcc" align="center" scope="col" colspan="7" | '''Leighton with Minshull St Peter Parish (1840) Online Records'''
+| 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="#ffffcc" | <br>
+| bgcolor="#dbe7f0" align="center" scope="col" colspan="7" | ''Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage''
-| bgcolor="#ffcccc" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Baptisms'''''</center>
-| bgcolor="#ccffcc" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Marriages'''''</center>
-| bgcolor="#ccffff" colspan="2" | <center>'''''Burials'''''</center>
 |-
-| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | <br>
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free)
-| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | '''Indexes'''
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
-| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | '''Images'''
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
-| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | '''Indexes'''
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
-| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | '''Images'''
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/england-boyds-marriage-indexes-1538-1850 1500s-1800s]</center>
-| bgcolor="#ccffff" | '''Indexes'''
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
-| bgcolor="#ccffff" | '''Images'''
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
 |-
-| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''FS PR's'''
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" width="30%"| National Burial Index-FMP (Free)
-| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1614792 1813-1871] (4 entries)<br>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
-| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | &nbsp; NONE<br>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8" | <center>'''-'''</center>
-| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | &nbsp;&nbsp; NONE<br>
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
-| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | &nbsp; NONE<br>
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" | <center>'''-'''</center>
-| bgcolor="#ccffff" | &nbsp;&nbsp; NONE<br>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>'''-'''</center>
-| bgcolor="#ccffff" | &nbsp; NONE<br>
+| bgcolor="#E8E8E8"| <center>[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/national-burial-index-for-england-and-wales 1800s-1900s]</center>
 |-
-| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''FS BT'S'''
-| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1469935 1840-1856] <br>
-| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | &nbsp; NONE<br>
-| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | &nbsp;&nbsp; NONE<br>
-| bgcolor="#ccffcc" | &nbsp; NONE<br>
-| bgcolor="#ccffff" | [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1469935 1840-1868]<br>
-| bgcolor="#ccffff" | &nbsp; NONE<br>
 |}
+'''''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] ($)
+*[http://www.dustydocs.com/ UK Websites for Parish Records] - Links to online genealogical records
+*[https://ogindex.org/ Online Genealogical Index] -  Links to online genealogical records
-To find the names of the neighbouring parishes, use [http://maps.familysearch.org/ England Jurisdictions 1851]. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.
+====Nonconformist Records====
+"Nonconformist" is a term referring to religious denominations other than an established or state church. In England, the state church is the Church of England.<br>
-Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, nonconformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the FamilySearch Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection.
+*'''1717''' [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/england-and-wales-roman-catholics-1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717] at Findmypast ($), index and images (''coverage may vary'')
-===== Non-Conformist Churches  =====
-*'''1717''' [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/england-and-wales-roman-catholics-1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717] at FindMyPast ($), index and images
 *'''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'')
 A Primitive Methodist chapel was built in Leighton in 1841; it closed in 1899.
-==== Civil Registration  ====
+=== 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:
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 [[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.
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 Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
-*[http://maps.familysearch.org/ England Jurisdictions 1851]
+*[https://www.familysearch.org/mapp/ England Jurisdictions 1851]
-*[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp Vision of Britain]
+*[https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp Vision of Britain]
 == Websites  ==

Leighton with Minshull, Cheshire
St Peters Church Bradfield Green Cheshire
Type	Ecclesiastical Parish
Civil Jurisdictions
Hundred	Nantwich
County	Cheshire
Poor Law Union	Nantwich
Registration District	Nantwich
Records begin
Parish registers: 1840
Bishop's Transcripts: 1840
Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions
Rural Deanery	Nantwich
Diocese	Pre-1541 - Lichfield and Coventry; Post-1540 - Chester
Province	Canterbury
Legal Jurisdictions
Probate Court	Pre-1541 - Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory) Post-1540 - Court of the Bishop of Cheshire (Episcopal Consistory)
Location of Archive
Cheshire Record Office
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