Chester St Peter, Cheshire Family History Guide

Chester St Peter is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cheshire.

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Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1588
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1600

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Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

See Chester, Cheshire Family History Guide

Parish Records

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England, Cheshire, Chester – Archives and libraries – Inventories, registers, catalogs ( 1 )
Inventories of calendars of records for Chester City from the Cheshire Record Office
Author: Cheshire Record Office

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

England, Cheshire, Chester – Church history ( 1 )
The history of the Church of St. Peter in Chester : including quaint and interesting extracts from its old registers, and a brief reference to its former surroundings
Author: Simpson, Frank

England, Cheshire, Chester – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for St. Peter’s Church, Chester, 1600-1879
Author: Church of England. St. Peter’s Church (Chester, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Parish registers for St. Peter’s Church, Chester, 1588-1958
Author: Church of England. St. Peter’s Church (Chester, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Parish chest and poor law records, 1626-1814
Author: Church of England. St. Peter’s Church (Chester, Cheshire)

England, Cheshire, Chester – History ( 1 )
The history of the county palatine and city of Chester compiled from original evidences in public offices, the Harleian and Cottonian mss., parochial registers, private muniments, unpublished ms. collections of successive Cheshire antiquaries, and a personal survey of every township in the county, incorporated with a republication of King’s Vale royal and Leycester’s Cheshire antiquities
Author: Ormerod, George, 1785-1873; Smith, William, 1550?-1618; Webb, William; Leycester, Peter, Sir, 1614-1678; Helsby, Thomas, b. 1832

England, Cheshire, Chester – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Parish chest and poor law records, 1626-1814
Author: Church of England. St. Peter’s Church (Chester, Cheshire)

England, Cheshire, Chester – Probate records ( 1 )
Original wills, bonds, and inventories for Chester only, 1492-1858
Author: Church of England. Diocese of Chester. Consistory Court; Cheshire Record Office

Maps

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Administration

  • County: Cheshire
  • Civil Registration District: Great Boughton
  • 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: Chester
  • Poor Law Union: Chester Incorporation
  • Hundred: Chester Borough
  • Province: York