Little Budworth, Cheshire Family History Guide

Little Budworth is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cheshire.

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Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1561
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1576

Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BUDWORTH (Little), a parish in Northwich district, Cheshire; on an affluent of the river Weaver, near Delamere forest, 4 miles NE by E of Tarporley, and 4½ SW by W of Hartford r. station. It has a post office under Tarporley.

Acres, 2,762. Real property, £3,626. Pop., 582. Houses, 122. The property is divided among a few.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chester. Value, £85. Patron, the Bishop of Chester. The ancient church belonged to St. Mary’s nunnery in Chester; and the present one was built in 1798.

Dodd’s almshouses have £130 from endowment; and other charities £62.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Cheshire, Little Budworth – Cemeteries ( 1 )
A transcript of the monumental inscriptions of St. Peter’s Church, Little Budworth, Cheshire
Author: Family History Society of Cheshire

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

England, Cheshire, Little Budworth – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Little Budworth, 1576-1897
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Little Budworth (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Parish chest and poor law records, 1692-1900
Author: Little Budworth (Cheshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Little Budworth (Cheshire)

Parish registers for Little Budworth, 1561-1966
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Little Budworth (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

England, Cheshire, Little Budworth – Occupations ( 1 )
Parish chest and poor law records, 1692-1900
Author: Little Budworth (Cheshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Little Budworth (Cheshire)

England, Cheshire, Little Budworth – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 2 )
Book of accts. of the legacy of the late most benevolent Ralph Kirkham of Manchester to the poor of Little Budworth, Cheshire
Author: Kirkham, Ralph, 1735-1798

Parish chest and poor law records, 1692-1900
Author: Little Budworth (Cheshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Little Budworth (Cheshire)

England, Cheshire, Little Budworth – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Little Budworth, 1785-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

England, Cheshire, Little Budworth – Voting registers ( 1 )
Parish chest and poor law records, 1692-1900
Author: Little Budworth (Cheshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Little Budworth (Cheshire)

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: Middlewich
  • Poor Law Union: Northwich
  • Hundred: Eddisbury
  • Province: York