Chadkirk, Cheshire Family History Guide

Chadkirk is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Cheshire, created in 1745 from part of Romiley chapelry in Stockport St Mary Ancient Parish.

Alternative names: Romiley

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1748
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1790

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ROMILEY, or Chadkirk, a village and a township-chapelry in Stockport parish, Cheshire.

The village stands on the Peak Forest canal, adjacent to the Manchester, Hyde, and New Mills railway, 4 miles E by N of Stockport; and has a station on the railway, and a post-office under Stockport.

The chapelry comprises 2, 290 acres. Real property, £6, 817; of which £30 are in quarries. Pop. in 1851, 1, 364; in 1861, 1, 468. Houses, 308. The property is much subdivided. Oak-wood Hall is the seat of L. Heyworth, Esq. There are two cotton-mills and extensive print-works.

The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £120. Patron, the Rector of Stockport. The church was built in 1865.

There is a Wesleyan chapel.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

Romiley is a chapelry in Stockport parish. It is also known as Chadkirk.

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England, Cheshire, Chadkirk

England, Cheshire, Romiley – Cemeteries ( 3 )
Monumental inscriptions of Chadkirk Old Chapel, Romily, Cheshire
Author: North Cheshire Family History Society

Monumental inscriptions of Hatherlow United Reform Church, Hatherlow Romiley, Stockport
Author: Swann, Mr.; Clarke, A. G.; Swann, Mrs.

Monumental inscriptions of the Church of St Chad (Chadkirk) Romiley, Stockport, Cheshire
Author: Berrell, A. Michael; Marlow, A.

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

England, Cheshire, Romiley – Church history ( 1 )
Memorials of Hatherlow and of the old Chadkirk Chapel
Author: Cocks, James

England, Cheshire, Romiley – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Chadkirk, 1790-1913
Author: Church of England. St. Chad’s Church (Chadkirk, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Hatherlow Congregational burials, 1793-1837
Author: Hatherlow Chapel (Romiley, Cheshire : Congregational); North Cheshire Family History Society

Parish of Chadkirk (St. Chad after 1868), Romiley, burials, 3 Dec 1755 to 15 Aug 1901
Author: Baumanis, Mary; Church of England. St. Chad’s Church (Chadkirk, Cheshire)

Parish registers for the chapelry of Chadkirk, 1747-1910
Author: Church of England. St. Chad’s Church (Chadkirk, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

England, Cheshire, Romiley – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
An alphabetical list of baptisms 1733 to 28 June 1837 recorded in the registers of Hatherlow Congregational Romiley, Cheshire, U.K. (Macclesfield Hundred)
Author: Hollings, Nancy; Slater, Rovy; North Cheshire Family History Society; Hatherlow Chapel (Romiley, Cheshire : Congregational)

England, Cheshire, Romiley – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Assessment rate for the relief of the poor for Romiley, Cheshire, 1824-1861
Author: Romiley (Cheshire)

England, Cheshire, Romiley – Taxation ( 3 )
Assessment rate for the relief of the poor for Romiley, Cheshire, 1824-1861
Author: Romiley (Cheshire)

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

Land tax assessments for Romiley, 1780-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

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