Ashton upon Mersey Cheshire Family History Guide

Ashton upon Mersey is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cheshire.

Alternative names: Ashton on Mersey

Other places in the parish include: Sale.

Parish church: St. Martin

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1636
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1605

Nonconformists include: Calvinist, Independent/Congregational, Presbyterian Unitarian, Primitive Methodist, Society of Friends/Quaker, and Wesleyan Methodist. 

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ASHTON-ON-MERSEY, a township and a parish in Altrincham district, Cheshire.

The township-lies on the river Mersey, near the junction with it of the Bridge water canal, 1½ mile NW of Sale r. station, and 5¼ WSW of Manchester; it is not wholly within the parish of Ashton-on-Mersey, but extends into the parish of Bowden; and it has a post office under Manchester.

Acres, 1,611. Real property, £9,522. Pop., 1,476. Houses, 298. The parish includes also the township of Sale. Acres, 3,592. Real property, £28,806. Pop., 4,507. Houses, 895.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chester. Value, £608. Patron, the Rev.B. Sowerby. The vicarage of Sale is a separate benefice.

There are places of worship for Quakers, Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists. Charities, £7.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

ASHTON-upon-Mersey (St. Martin), a parish, in the union of Altrincham, hundred of Bucklow, N. division of the county of Chester, 1¾ mile (N.) from Altrincham; comprising the township of Sale, and part of the township of Ashton, the former containing 1309 inhabitants, and the latter, together with the remaining part of the township, in the parish of Bowdon, 1105.

A moiety of the manor was held for many generations by the Carringtons, and passed by a female heir of that family to the Booths, from whom it descended to the earls of Stamford and Warrington. The other moiety was possessed by the Hondfords, from whom it came to the Breretons; it afterwards became the property of Viscount Allen, who sold it in 1749 to George, Earl of Warrington, grandfather of the present Earl of Stamford and Warrington, now lord of the whole manor.

The township of Ashton is situated, as the name of the parish implies, on the banks of the Mersey; and comprises 1479 acres: the soil is of a sandy and light quality, and large quantities of potatoes and other early produce are grown for the supply of Manchester. The road from Altrincham to Manchester, and the Duke of Bridgewater’s canal, intersect the parish. A court leet is held.

The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £13. 4. 7.; net income, £608; patron and incumbent, the Rev. C. B. Sowerby.

Besides the church, there are places of worship for Calvinists, Wesleyan and Primitive Methodists, and Unitarians; and in the township of Sale is a school endowed with land and tenements producing £25. 15. per annum. John Okell, Esq., left £80; Thomas Ashton, Esq., £40; and Mrs. Safe, £23; the proceeds whereof are distributed among the poor.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

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England, Cheshire, Ashton-upon-Mersey

England, Cheshire, Ashton-on-Mersey – Cemeteries ( 4 )
Altrincham & District monumental inscriptions
Author: Family History Society of Cheshire

Memorial and commemorative inscriptions of St. Martin, Ashton-on-Mersey, Cheshire
Author: Family History Society of Cheshire. Altrincham Group

Monumental inscriptions of St. Martins parish church, Ashton-on-Mersey, Cheshire

Monumental inscriptions, St. Martin’s Church, Ashton-upon-Mersey, Cheshire, England
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. British Mission. Genealogical Board

England, Cheshire, Ashton-on-Mersey – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Ashton upon Mersey, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Cheshire, Ashton-on-Mersey – Church history ( 1 )
Some of the bye-paths in the history of the church of S. Martin Ashton- upon-Mersey and of the rectory
Author: Renshaw, Charles J.

England, Cheshire, Ashton-on-Mersey – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Ashton-on-Mersey, 1605-1876
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ashton-on-Mersey (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Church records, 1799-1836
Author: Cross Street Chapel (Ashton-on-Mersey, England : Independent)

Parish of St. Martin, Ashton-upon-Mersey; burials, 1731 to 1890
Author: North Cheshire Family History Society; Church of England. Parish Church of Ashton-on-Mersey (Cheshire)

Parish registers for St. Martin’s Church, Ashton-on-Mersey, Cheshire, 1636-1950
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ashton-on-Mersey (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Parish registers of Ashton-on-Mersey, Cheshire, baptisms and marriages, 1701-1760
Author: Ashton and Sale History Society

Parish registers of St. Anne’s Church, Sale, 1856-1953
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Sale (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

England, Cheshire, Ashton-on-Mersey – Church records – Indexes ( 5 )
An alphabetical list of baptisms 1605-1880 recorded in the parish registers of St. Martin, Ashton upon Mersey : county of Cheshire, U.K. (Bucklow Hundred, Altrincham Union)
Author: Slater, Rovy

An alphabetical list of burials 1608 to 1731 recorded in the parish registers of St. Martin, Ashton upon Mersey, county of Cheshire, U.K. (Bucklow Hundred, Altrincham Union)
Author: Slater, Rovy

Computer printout of Ashton upon Mersey, Cross Street Sale Bridge School Lane Independent, Chesh., Eng

Computer printout of Sale Moor, Wesleyan, Chesh., Eng

Parish register printouts of Ashton-on-Mersey, Cheshire, England (Independent, School Lane, Cross Street) ; christenings, 1799-1836
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Cheshire, Ashton-on-Mersey – Civil registration ( 1 )
Register of deaths at Bucklow Workhouse, 1891-1940
Author: Great Britain. Poor Law Union (Bucklow, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

England, Cheshire, Ashton-on-Mersey – History ( 1 )
Sale, Cheshire in 1841 : its people and their lives
Author: Newhill, John; Ashton and Sale History Society

England, Cheshire, Ashton-on-Mersey – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 2 )
England, Cheshire, Ashton-on-Mersey rate books for the relief of the poor, 1878-1931
Author: Ashton upon Mersey (Cheshire). Urban District Council; Manchester Archives Central Library

Poor law records for Ashton-on-Mersey, Cheshire, 1818-1824
Author: Ashton-on-Mersey (Cheshire)

England, Cheshire, Ashton-on-Mersey – Probate records ( 1 )
Ashton-on-Mersey and Sale wills and probate inventories from two Cheshire townships
Author: Groves, Jill; Higginbottom, Pat

England, Cheshire, Ashton-on-Mersey – Schools ( 1 )
School registers, 1871-1901
Author: Ashton-on-Mersey Parochial School (Cheshire); Lincolnshire Archives Office (England); Cheshire Record Office

England, Cheshire, Ashton-on-Mersey – Taxation ( 3 )
England, Cheshire, Ashton-on-Mersey rate books for the relief of the poor, 1878-1931
Author: Ashton upon Mersey (Cheshire). Urban District Council; Manchester Archives Central Library

Land tax assessments for Ashton-on-Mersey, 1780-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Land tax assessments for Bucklow Hundred, 1780-1787, 1815-1819
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

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Administration

  • County: Cheshire
  • Civil Registration District: Altrincham
  • Probate Court: Pre-1541 – Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory), Post-1540 – Court of the Bishop of Chester (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Pre-1541 – Lichfield and Coventry, Post-1540 – Chester
  • Rural Deanery: Frodsham
  • Poor Law Union: Altrincham
  • Hundred: Bucklow
  • Province: York