Haslington St Matthew Cheshire Family History Guide

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Haslington St Matthew an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Cheshire, created in 1766 from chapelry in Barthomley Ancient Parish.

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1645
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1665

Nonconformists include: General Baptist, Independent/Congregational, and Primitive Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Haslington Parish Registers

Search online registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and burials including digitised images of original records and registers and indexed transcriptions.

Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of baptism, marriage, and burial records.

Haslington, St. Matthew, Cheshire Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1645-1812

Haslington St Matthew, Cheshire Church of England Bishop’s Transcripts – Baptisms, Marriages and Burials – 1665-1876

Haslington St Matthew, Cheshire Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1907

Marriage and Banns Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of marriages and banns records.

Haslington St Matthew, Cheshire Church of England Marriages and Banns 1841-1942

Haslington St Matthew, Cheshire Church of England Bishop’s Transcripts – Marriages and Banns – 1665-1876

Death and Burial Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of deaths and burial records.

Haslington St Matthew, Cheshire Church of England Burials 1813-1992

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HASLINGTON, a village and a township-chapelry in Barthomley parish, Cheshire. The village stands near the Northwestern railway, 2½ miles NE of Crewe; and has a post office under Crewe. The chapelry comprises 3, 670 acres. Real property, £6,415. Pop. in 1851, 1,153; in 1861, 1,215. Houses, 242. The increase of pop., and at a rapid rate, was continuing in 1865. The manor belongs to Sir H. D. Bronghton, Bart. Haslington Hall is now a farm house. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chester. Value, £120. Patron, Sir H. D. Broughton, Bart. The church has a cupola and is a plain brick building. There are chapels for Independents, Baptists, and Primitive Mcthodists, and national schools.

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

Historical Maps

British National Grid Ref: SJ 73759 56062
BNG Eastings, Northings: 373759, 356062
Latitude, Longitude: 53.101101, -2.393368

View detailed 19th-century Ordnance Survey maps from the National Library of Scotland Maps – includes OS 25 inch 1892-1918 maps, a vast range of other historical OS maps and land use maps. These maps reveal old street layouts, parish boundaries, and landmarks long since vanished.

Alan Godfrey Old Ordnance Survey Maps

Chester and Central Cheshire 1905 One Inch Sheet 109

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Administration

  • County: Cheshire
  • Civil Registration District: Nantwich
  • 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: Nantwich
  • Poor Law Union: Nantwich
  • Hundred: Nantwich
  • Province: York