Daresbury, Cheshire Family History Guide
Daresbury is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Cheshire, created in 1738 from a chapelry in Runcorn Ancient Parish.
Other places in the parish include: Preston on the Hill, Newton by Daresbury, Acton Grange, Hatton, Keckwick, and Moore.
Alternative names:
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
Parish registers: 1617
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1600
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
DARESBURY, a township-chapelry and a sub-district in Runcorn district, Cheshire.
The chapelry is in Runcorn parish; lies on the Chester and Manchester railway, adjacent to the Bridgewater canal, 4¼ miles SW by S of Warrington; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Warrington. Acres, 599. Real property, £1,719. Pop., 136. Houses, 28. Daresbury Hall is a chief residence.
The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £175. Patron, G. Greenall, Esq.
A school has £42 from endowment; and other charities £7.
The subdistrict contains eight other townships of Runcorn parish, and one of Great Budworth. Acres, 8,963. Pop., 2,841. Houses, 511.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Cheshire, Daresbury – Cemeteries ( 3 )
All Saints Church, Daresbury (“the Lewis Carroll Church”) : monumental inscriptions in the church and churchyard
Author: Liverpool & S. W. Lancashire Family History Society
All Saints Church, Daresbury, churchyard : list of inscriptions on gravestones
A transcript of the monumental inscriptions of the new graveyard at All Saints, Daresbury, Cheshire
Author: Dibble, S.; Noble, Vacky; Family History Society of Cheshire. Daresbury Group
England, Cheshire, Daresbury – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Daresbury, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Cheshire, Daresbury – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Daresbury, 1600-1855
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Daresbury (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office
Parish registers for Daresbury, Cheshire, 1617-1951
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Daresbury (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office
Rate assessments and churchwarden accounts, 1677-1918, 1677-1918
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Daresbury (Cheshire)
England, Cheshire, Daresbury – Public records ( 1 )
Constables’ accounts, 1712-1741 & tithe books, 1656-1671
Author: Daresbury (Cheshire)
England, Cheshire, Daresbury – Taxation ( 3 )
Land tax assessments for Bucklow Hundred, 1780-1787, 1815-1819
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office
Land tax assessments for Daresbury, 1780-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office
Rate assessments and churchwarden accounts, 1677-1918, 1677-1918
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Daresbury (Cheshire)
Maps
Vision of Britain historical maps
Administration
- County: Cheshire
- Civil Registration District: Runcorn
- 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: Frodsham
- Poor Law Union: Runcorn
- Hundred: Bucklow
- Province: York