Birtles, Cheshire Family History Guide

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Birtles, originally a chapelry of Prestbury Ancient Parish, was created a separate Ecclesiastical Parish in 1890 from Alderley Ancient Parish and Prestbury Ancient Parish in Cheshire.

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1890
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: None

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BIRTLES, a township-chapelry in Prestbury parish, Cheshire; 2¾ miles W by N of Macclesfield r. station. Post Town, Alderley, under Congleton. Acres, 460. Real property, £980. Pop., 73. Houses, 11. Birtles Hall is the seat of T. Hibbert, Esq. A Roman urn and some other Roman relics have been found. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £50. Patron, T. Hibbert, Esq.

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

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Cheshire
  • Civil Registration District: Macclesfield
  • 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: Macclesfield
  • Poor Law Union: Macclesfield
  • Hundred: Macclesfield
  • Province: York