Castle Hall, Cheshire Family History Guide

Castle Hall 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: 1852
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1892

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

• Ashton under Lyne St Michael, Lancashire
• Mottram in Longendale
• Stalybridge Old St George, Lancashire
• Stalybridge St Paul
• Stalybridge New St George, Lancashire
• Godley cum Newton Green
• Dukinfield St John the Evangelist

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

CASTLE-HALL, a chapelry in Dukinfield township, Stockport parish, Cheshire; on the verge of the county, adjacent to the river Tame, the Manchester and Sheffield railway, and Stalybridge. It was constituted in 1846. Post Town, Stalybridge, Lancashire. Pop., 7,612. Houses, 1,479. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chester. Value, £300. Patrons, Trustees.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Cheshire, Castle Hall – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Castle Hall, 1892-1893
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Castle Hall (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Parish registers for Castle Hall, 1852-1938
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Castle Hall (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

• County: Cheshire
• Civil Registration District: Ashton under Lyne
• 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