Bredbury, Cheshire Family History Guide

Bredbury is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Cheshire, created in 1846 from Stockport St Mary Ancient Parish.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1847
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1879

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BREDBURY, a township-chapelry in Stockport parish, Cheshire; adjacent to the Peak Forest canal, 2 miles ENE of Stockport r. station. Post Town, Stockport. Acres, 2,521. Real property, £15,075; of which £1,398 are in mines. Pop., 3,408. Houses, 676. The living is a vicarage in the dio. of Chester. Value, £160. Patron, alt. the Crown and the Bishop. The church is good; and there are an Independent chapel, and charities £16.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Cheshire, Bredbury – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions of St Mark’s Church, Bredbury
Author: North Cheshire Family History Society

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

England, Cheshire, Bredbury – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Bredbury, 1879-1892
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bredbury (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Parish registers for Bredbury, 1847-1981
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bredbury (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

England, Cheshire, Bredbury – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 2 )
Assessment for the relief of the poor for Bredbury, 1846-1861
Author: Bredbury (Cheshire)

Overseer and constable accounts for Bredbury, 1813-1838
Author: Bredbury (Cheshire)

England, Cheshire, Bredbury – Public records ( 1 )
Overseer and constable accounts for Bredbury, 1813-1838
Author: Bredbury (Cheshire)

England, Cheshire, Bredbury – Taxation ( 5 )
Assessment for the relief of the poor for Bredbury, 1846-1861
Author: Bredbury (Cheshire)

Assessment rate for church building, 1815
Author: Bredbury (Cheshire)

Land tax assessments for Bredbury, 1784-1832
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

Overseer and constable accounts for Bredbury, 1813-1838
Author: Bredbury (Cheshire)

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Cheshire
  • Civil Registration District: Stockport
  • 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: Stockport
  • Hundred: Macclesfield
  • Province: York