Barnton, Cheshire Family History Guide

Barnton is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Cheshire, created in 1843 from Great Budworth Ancient Parish.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1849
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1855

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist, Wesleyan Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist Association.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BARNTON, a township and a chapelry in Great Budworth parish, Cheshire. The township lies near the Northwestern railway, 2 miles NW of Northwich; and has a post office under that town. Acres, 751. Real property, £3,052. Pop., 1,219. Houses, 264. The chapelry is more extensive than the township; and was constituted in 1843. Pop., 1,431. Houses, 310. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chester. Value, 120. Patron, the Bishop. The church is good; and there are three Methodist chapels.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

BARNTON, a township, in the parish of Great Budworth, union of Northwich, hundred of Bucklow, N. division of the county of Chester, 1¾ mile (N. W. by W.) from Northwich; containing 859 inhabitants.

The manor was purchased in the reign of King John by the Duttons, and was afterwards held under them, in moieties, by the Berthingtons and Starkies. Since the reign of Elizabeth, when the Starkies’ moiety is known to have been sold in severalties, the manor has been annihilated.

The township comprises 660 acres, of a sandy soil. A church dedicated to Christ has been erected: the living is a perpetual curacy, in the gift of the Bishop of Chester, with an income of £120. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Cheshire, Barnton – Cemeteries ( 1 )
A transcript of the monumental inscriptions of Christchurch, Barnton, Cheshire
Author: Family History Society of Cheshire

England, Cheshire, Barnton – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Barnton, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Cheshire, Barnton – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Barnton, 1855-1896
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Barnton (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Church records for the Mount Tabor United Methodist Church, Barnton, 1913-1957
Author: Mount Tabor Chapel (Barnton, Cheshire : United Methodist)

Church records for the Runcorn Road Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Barnton, 1865-1956
Author: Runcorn Road Chapel (Barnton, Cheshire : Wesleyan Methodist); Cheshire Record Office

Parish registers for Barnton, 1842-1956
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Barnton (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

England, Cheshire, Barnton – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessments for Barnton, 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

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Cheshire
  • Civil Registration District: Northwich
  • 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: Northwich
  • Hundred: Bucklow
  • Province: York