Little Leigh, Cheshire Family History Guide

Little Leigh is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Cheshire, created in 1728 from a chapelry in Great Budworth Ancient Parish.

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Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1782
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1813

Nonconformists include: Particular Baptist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

LEIGH (LITTLE), a village, a township, and a chapelry in Great Bedworth parish, Cheshire.

The village stands near the Grand Trunk canal and the river Weaver, 3½ miles NW of Northwich r. station; and has a postal pillar under Northwich.

The township comprises 1,529 acres. Real property, £2,930. Pop., 409. Houses, 79. The manor belongs to Lord Leigh.

The chapelry includes also the townships of Dutton and Bartington; and was constituted in 1833. Pop., 914. Houses, 147.

The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £160. Patron, the Vicar of Great Budworth. The church is a brick building, with a turret. The parsonage was rebuilt in 1864.

There are a Baptist chapel, a village school, and charities £4.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Cheshire, Little Leigh – Cemeteries ( 1 )
A transcript of the monumental inscriptions of St. Michael’s Church, Little Leigh, and All Saints Church, Lach Dennis, Cheshire
Author: Bullock, Michael R.; Family History Society of Cheshire

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

England, Cheshire, Little Leigh – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Little Leigh, 1813-1864
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Little Leigh (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Christenings, Little Leigh, Cheshire, England, Jul. 1782-Dec. 1804
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Little Leigh (Cheshire); Norman, Bertram William Tuff, 1880-1959

Parish registers for the chapelry of Little Leigh, 1782-1983
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Little Leigh (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

England, Cheshire, Little Leigh – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Little Leigh, Cheshire, England

England, Cheshire, Little Leigh – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Overseers’ accounts for Little Leigh, 1836-1847, 1900
Author: Little Leigh (Cheshire)

England, Cheshire, Little Leigh – Schools ( 1 )
School admission register for Little Leigh, 1885-1908
Author: Little Leigh Church of England School (Little Leigh, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

England, Cheshire, Little Leigh – Taxation ( 3 )
Land tax assessments for Bucklow Hundred, 1780-1787, 1815-1819
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Land tax assessments for Little Leigh, 1780-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Overseers’ accounts for Little Leigh, 1836-1847, 1900
Author: Little Leigh (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: Frodsham
  • Poor Law Union: Northwich
  • Hundred: Bucklow
  • Province: York