Alsager St Mary Magdalene Cheshire Family History Guide
Alsager St Mary Magdalene, originally a township in Barthomley Ancient Parish, was created a separate Ecclesiastical Parish in 1898. Alsager is situated in the county of Cheshire.
Ecclesiastical Parishes created from Alsager parish include:
- Alsager Christ Church Ecclesiastical Parish created in 1946
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Alsager Parish Registers
Search online registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and burials including digitised images of original records and registers and indexed transcriptions.
Baptisms, Marriages and Burials
Alsager St. Mary Magdalene, Cheshire Church of England Baptisms, 1898-1951
Marriage and Banns Records
These records include images of Church of England parish registers of marriages and banns records.
Alsager St Mary Magdalene, Cheshire Church of England Marriages and Banns 1898-1940
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
ALSAGER, a chapelry in Barthomley parish, Cheshire; near the river Wenlock, the Grand Trunk canal, and the North Stafford railway, 4¼ miles SSE of Sandbach. It has a station on the railway, about a mile distant; and its Post Town is Lawton, under Stoke-on-Trent. Acres, 2,184. Real property, £4,202. Pop., 703. Houses, 139. Part of the land was a common, recently enclosed. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £100. Patrons, the proprietors of the manor. There is a Wesleyan chapel of 1869. Charities, £41.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
ALSAGER, a chapelry, in the parish of Barthomley, union of Congleton, hundred of Northwich, S. division of the county of Chester, 4 miles (W.) from Church-Lawton; containing 445 inhabitants. The manor was at an early period in the possession of the Vernon family, and subsequently in that of the family of Minshull: about the reign of Henry III. it was held by the Alsagers, who became extinct in the male line in 1768, by the death of John Alsager, Esq., when the property devolved to his three sisters.
The chapelry is situated on the road from Barthomley to Lawton, and comprises 2076 acres; the soil is chiefly sand, clay, and fox-bench. On the heath is a mere, which, though small, is picturesque. The living is a donative, in the patronage of the owner of the manor; the income is £105, arising from 63 acres of land. A rent-charge of £240 has been awarded as a commutation in lieu of the tithes. The chapel is a handsome edifice, consecrated in 1790, and contains a monument to the memory of Col. Tryon, who was engaged in the Peninsular war.
There is a place of worship for Wesleyans; also a small school founded and endowed, in 1789, by Mary, Judith, and Margaret Alsager, owners of the manor, who likewise built and endowed the chapel.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Historical Maps
British National Grid Ref: SJ 79536 55476
BNG Eastings, Northings: 379536, 355476
Latitude, Longitude: 53.096096, -2.307053
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Sources
The following sources have been used to compile this article.
- F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991)
- FamilySearch Research Wiki – Cheshire, England Genealogy
- Cheshire Archives and Local Studies Catalogue
- Ancestry.co.uk
