Burleydam, Cheshire Family History Guide

Burleydam is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Cheshire, created in 1738 from Wrenbury Ecclesiastical Parish.

Alternative names: Burley Dam

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1770
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1869

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BURLEY-DAM, a chapelry in Acton parish, Cheshire; on the verge of the county, 3½ miles SSE of Wrenbury r. station, and 4½ E by N of Whitchurch. It has a post office under Whitchurch. The statistics are returned with Acton. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £100. Patron, Viscount Combermere.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Cheshire, Burley-Dam – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Burley Dam, 1869-1922
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Burley Dam (Cheshire)

Parish registers for Burley Dam, 1770-1958
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Burley Dam (Cheshire)

England, Cheshire, Burley-Dam – Schools ( 1 )
School registers, 1866-1928
Author: Burley-Dam National School (Cheshire); Lincolnshire Archives Office (England); Cheshire Record Office

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

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