Hartford, Cheshire Family History Guide

Hartford is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Cheshire, created in 1825 from a chapelry in Witton Ecclesiastical Parish.

Other places in the parish include: Castle Northwich.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

Hartford

Parish registers: 1837
Bishop’s Transcripts: None

Castle Northwich

Parish registers: 1849
Bishop’s Transcripts: None

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HARTFORD, a village in Great Budworth parish, and a township-chapelry partly also in Weaverham parish, Cheshire.

The village stands on the river Weaver, adjacent to the Northwestern railway, 1 ½ mile SW of Northwich; and has a station with telegraph on the railway, a post office under Northwich, and fairs on 12 April and 12 Oct.

The chapelry comprises 1,102 acres. Real property, £4,979. Pop., 987. Houses, 214. Pop. of the Great Budworth portion, 969. Houses, 209. The manor belonged formerly to the Twemlows. Hartford Manor, Hartford Hall, Hartford House, Hartford Grange, and Woodlands are chief residences.

The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £117. Patrons, Trustees. The church is a brick building, with a tower.

There is a national school.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

Hartford

England, Cheshire, Hartford – Cemeteries ( 1 )
A transcript of the monumental inscriptions of St. John the Baptist, Hartford, Cheshire
Author: Bullock, Michael R.; Bullock, Michael R.; Family History Society of Cheshire

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

England, Cheshire, Hartford – Church records ( 2 )
Parish registers of Hartford, 1837-1943
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Hartford (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Vestry book of Hartford, 1828-1884
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Hartford (Cheshire)

England, Cheshire, Hartford – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Vestry book of Hartford, 1828-1884
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Hartford (Cheshire)

England, Cheshire, Hartford – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessments for Eddisbury hundred, 1785-1790, 1815-1819
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Land tax assessments for Hartford, 1784-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Castle Northwich

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

England, Cheshire, Castle-Northwich – Church records ( 1 )
Parish registers of Holy Trinity, Castle Northwich, 1849-1950
Author: Church of England. Holy Trinity Church (Castle Northwich, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

England, Cheshire, Castle-Northwich – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessments for Castle-Northwich, 1785-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Land tax assessments for Eddisbury hundred, 1785-1790, 1815-1819
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: Northwich
  • 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: Northwich
  • Hundred: Eddisbury
  • Province: York