Bollington, Cheshire Family History Guide

Bollington is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Cheshire, created in 1842 from Prestbury Ancient Parish.

Alternative names: Bollington near Macclesfield

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1834
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1841

Nonconformists include: Baptist, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Independent/Congregational, Primitive Methodist, Roman Catholic, Wesleyan Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist Association.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BOLLINGTON, a township, a chapelry, and a subdistrict in Prestbury parish, Cheshire.

The township lies near the river Bollin, the Macclesfield canal, and the Macclesfield and Manchester railway, 3 miles N by E of Macclesfield; and has a post office under Macclesfield.

Acres, 1,184. Real property, £16,184; of which £1,373 are in freestone and slate quarries. Pop., 3,439. Houses, 1,108. The property is subdivided. The inhabitants are employed chiefly in quarries, collieries, and silk and cotton factories.

The chapelry is conterminate with the township; and was constituted in 1835.

The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £190. Patron, the Vicar of Prestbury. The church was built in 1834, at a cost of £4,000; and is in the early English style.

There are an Independent chapel in the early second pointed style, built in 1868, three other dissenting chapels, a Roman Catholic chapel, and two national schools.

The subdistrict comprises five townships. Acres, 8,676. Pop., 10,357. Houses, 2,243.

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

Parish Records

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England, Cheshire, Bollington (near Macclesfield) – Cemeteries ( 2 )
The memorial inscriptions on graves in four burial grounds near Macclesfield
Author: Macclesfield Ferrets

The Parish Church of St. John the Baptist, Bollington [monumental inscriptions]
Author: North Cheshire Family History Society

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

England, Cheshire, Bollington (near Macclesfield) – Church records ( 8 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Bollington, 1841-1893
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bollington (near Macclesfield, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Church records for the High Street Primitive Methodist Chapel, Bollington (Cheshire), 1901-1950
Author: High Street Chapel, (Bollington, Cheshire : Primitive Methodist); Cheshire Record Office

Church records for the Wellington Road Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Bollington (Cheshire), 1841-1923
Author: Wellington Road Chapel (Bollington, Cheshire : Wesleyan Methodist); Cheshire Record Office

Church registers for Grimshaw Lane New Connexion Methodist Chapel, Bollington (Cheshire), 1889-1956
Author: Grimshaw Lane Chapel (Bollington, near Macclesfield, Cheshire : New Connexion); Cheshire Record Office

Church registers of St Gregory’s Catholic Church (Bollington, Cheshire), 1834-1927
Author: Catholic Church. St. Gregory’s (Bollington, Cheshire)

Church registers, Bollington Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (Cheshire), 1812-1837
Author: Bollington Chapel (Prestbury, Cheshire : Wesleyan Methodist)

Parish registers for St. John’s, Bollington, Cheshire, 1834-1959
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Bollington (near Macclesfield); Cheshire Record Office

Parish registers for St. Oswald’s, Bollington-Cross, 1908-1964
Author: Church of England. St. Oswald’s Church (Bollington Cross, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

England, Cheshire, Bollington (near Macclesfield) – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Bollington by Macclesfield, Wesleyan, Chesh., Eng

England, Cheshire, Bollington (near Macclesfield) – Directories ( 1 )
Directory, to Altrincham, Bowdon, Durham, Timperley, Baguley, Ashley, Hale and Bollington

England, Cheshire, Bollington (near Macclesfield) – History ( 1 )
Cotton Town : Bollington and the Swindells family in the 19th century
Author: Wilmslow Historical Society (Cheshire)

England, Cheshire, Bollington (near Macclesfield) – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Poor rate books for Bollington Cross and Kerridge, 1871-1873; Poor rate books for Kerridge, 1896-1899
Author: Bollington (Cheshire). Urban District Council

England, Cheshire, Bollington (near Macclesfield) – Schools ( 1 )
School registers for Bollington (near Macclesfield), 1868-1892
Author: Bollington National Boys’ School (Bollington, near Macclesfield, Cheshire; Cheshire Record Office

England, Cheshire, Bollington (near Macclesfield) – Taxation ( 10 )
General rate book, 1885; Valuation lists, 1897-1899 for Kerridge and Bollington Cross
Author: Bollington (Cheshire). Urban District Council

General rate books, 1853-1898
Author: Bollington (Cheshire). Urban District Council

General rate books, 1881 & 1887
Author: Bollington (Cheshire). Urban District Council

Highway rate books for Kerridge and Bollington Cross, 1874-1889
Author: Bollington (Cheshire). Urban District Council

Land tax assessments for Bollington (in Prestbury), 1784-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Land tax assessments for Macclesfield hundred, 1784-1787, 1815-1819
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Lighting rate books, 1868-1900
Author: Bollington (Cheshire). Urban District Council

Poor rate books for Bollington Cross and Kerridge, 1871-1873; Poor rate books for Kerridge, 1896-1899
Author: Bollington (Cheshire). Urban District Council

Poor rate books, 1823-1901
Author: Bollington (Cheshire). Urban District Council

Valuation lists, 1867-1901
Author: Bollington (Cheshire). Urban District Council

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: Altrincham Macclesfield
  • Hundred: Macclesfield
  • Province: York