Hoole All Saints Cheshire Family History Guide

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Hoole All Saints an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Cheshire created in 1872 from Chester Christ Church Ecclesiastical Parish. Hoole was originally a township partly in Plemstall Ancient Parish and partly in Chester St John the Baptist Ancient Parish. In 1843 with the creation of Chester Christ Church Ecclesiastical Parish Hoole township became part of Chester Christ Church parish.

Hoole All Saints 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.

Hoole All Saints, Cheshire Church of England Baptisms, 1868-1929

Marriage and Banns Records

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

Hoole All Saints, Cheshire Church of England Marriages and Banns 1872-1945

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HOOLE, a village and a township in Plemonstall parish, Cheshire. The village stands near the Chester and Manchester railway, 2¼ miles NNE of Chester; and has a constabulary office, a lecture hall and reading room, and a national school. The township comprises 743 acres. Real property, £6,144. Pop. in 1851, 427; in 1861, 1,596. Houses, 314. The increase of pop. was caused by proximity to Chester r. station. The landowners are the Earl of Shrewsbury, W. Brittain, Esq., and Mrs. Hamilton. Hoole Heath was allotted to the chiefs from Wales and elsewhere who went to Hugh Lupus’ standard. A church was built in 1868.

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 41803 67488
BNG Eastings, Northings: 341803, 367488
Latitude, Longitude: 53.201268, -2.872684

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.

Sources

The following sources have been used to compile this article.

  • F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991)
  • FamilySearch Research Wiki – Cheshire, England Genealogy
  • Cheshire Archives and Local Studies Catalogue
  • Ancestry.co.uk