Gawsworth, Cheshire Family History Guide

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Gawsworth is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cheshire.

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Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1557
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1586

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Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

THE OLD CROSS, GAWSWORTH CHESHIRE
THE OLD CROSS, GAWSWORTH CHESHIRE

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

GAWSWORTH, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Macclesfield district, Cheshire. The village stands near the Grand Trunk canal and the North Staffordshire railway, 3½ miles SW by S of Macclesfield; and is an ancient place, with some old houses.

The parish comprises 5,442 acres. Post town, Macclesfield. Real property, £7,038; of which £62 are in quarries. Pop., 713. Houses, 118. The manor belonged at the conquest to Earl Ranulph; passed to the Bigods; was long held by the Fittons; and belongs now to the Earl of Harrington. Gawsworth Hall is a seat of the Earl. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chester. Value, £737. Patron, the Earl of Harrington. The church is a handsome structure, with a pinnacled tower; and contains monuments of the Fittons. There are a national school, and charities £36. The sub-district contains also five townships of Prestbury parish, and one of Astbury. Acres, 16,854. Pop., 3,118. Houses, 587.

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

Gawsworth Old Rectory
Gawsworth Old Rectory

Parish Registers

Gawsworth Marriages 1557 to 1812

Gawsworth Old Hall Cheshire
Gawsworth Old Hall Cheshire

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Cheshire, Gawsworth – Cemeteries ( 2 )
Monumental inscriptions of St. James, Gawsworth
Author: Sanders, Colin; Sanders, Judy; North Cheshire Family History Society

North East Cheshire parish records and MIs
Author: North Cheshire Family History Society

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

England, Cheshire, Gawsworth – Church history ( 1 )
Gawsworth church and parish
Author: Polehampton, H. E.

England, Cheshire, Gawsworth – Church records ( 9 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Gawsworth, 1586-1868
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Gawsworth (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

The manor of Gawsworth, Cheshire
Author: Richards, Raymond; Ancient Monuments Society

Marriages at Gawsworth, 1557-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Gawsworth (Cheshire)

Marriages, 1588-1812, Gawsworth, Cheshire, England
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Gawsworth (Cheshire); Norman, Bertram William Tuff, 1880-1959

North East Cheshire parish records and MIs
Author: North Cheshire Family History Society

Parish chest material, 1778-1870
Author: Gawsworth (Cheshire)

Parish of St. James, Gawsworth, County of Cheshire, U.K. (Macclesfield Hundred), burials, 1557-1997
Author: Taylor, Betty; Church of England. Parish Church of Gawsworth (Cheshire)

Parish registers for Gawsworth, 1557-1993
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Gawsworth (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

The registers of the parish church of Gawsworth in the county of Chester, 1557-1837
Author: Dickinson, Robert

England, Cheshire, Gawsworth – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Computer printout of Gawsworth, Cheshire, England

Parish of St. James, Gawsworth : baptisms, 1557-1885
Author: North Cheshire Family History Society; Church of England. Parish Church of Gawsworth (Cheshire)

England, Cheshire, Gawsworth – History ( 1 )
The manor of Gawsworth, Cheshire
Author: Richards, Raymond; Ancient Monuments Society

England, Cheshire, Gawsworth – Manors ( 1 )
The manor of Gawsworth, Cheshire
Author: Richards, Raymond; Ancient Monuments Society

England, Cheshire, Gawsworth – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 2 )
The manor of Gawsworth, Cheshire
Author: Richards, Raymond; Ancient Monuments Society

Parish chest material, 1778-1870
Author: Gawsworth (Cheshire)

England, Cheshire, Gawsworth – Public records ( 1 )
The manor of Gawsworth, Cheshire
Author: Richards, Raymond; Ancient Monuments Society

England, Cheshire, Gawsworth – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessments for Gawsworth, 1784-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

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

Cheshire Historical Directories

Administration

  • County: Cheshire
  • Civil Registration District: Macclesfield
  • 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: Macclesfield
  • Hundred: Macclesfield
  • Province: York