Lymm, Cheshire Family History Guide

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Lymm is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cheshire.

Other places in the parish include: Heatley Heath, Reddish, Oughtrington, Lymm Booths, Statham, Crouchley Lane, Cliffe Lane, Burford Lane, and Broomedge.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1568
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1600

Nonconformists include: Baptist, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Independent Methodist, Independent/Congregational, Particular Baptist, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

LYMM, a village, a parish, and a sub-district in Altrincham district, Cheshire. The village stands on the Bridgewater canal, near the Manchester, Warrington, and Garston railway, 1¼ mile SSE of the river Mersey, 1¼ SW of the river Bollin, and 4½ ESE of Warrington; and has a station on the railway, a post office under Warrington, a police station, an old cross, gas-works, and fairs on 5 May and 5 Nov. The police station is a neat small building, containing four cells. The cross is partly cut out of solid rock, and is in fine preservation. The gas-works were erected in 1862.

The parish contains also the hamlets of Heatley-Heath and Cliffe-Lane, and the places called Crouchley-Lane, Burford-Lane, Lymm-Booths, Oughtrington, Broom-edge, Reddish, and Statham; and it extends to the Mersey and the Bollin. Acres, 4,284. Real property, £18,377; of which £200 are in quarries. Pop. in 1851, 3,156; in 1861, 3,769. Houses, 735. The manor is divided. Lymm Hall, an ancient edifice, formerly moated, is the seat of J. Barratt, Esq. Oughtrington Hall is the seat of A. F. Payne, Esq.; Statham Lodge, of P. Stubs, Esq.; Beechwood, of G. Dewhurst, Esq. There are many recent Villas and well built houses. Tanning and fustian-cutting are carried on.

The living is a rectory of two medieties in the diocese of Chester. Value of the first med., £349; of the second med., £249. Patron of the first, E. Leigh, Esq.; of the second, R. E. E. Warburton, Esq. The old church dated from about 1322; and, except the W window and the lower part of the tower, was taken down in 1850. The new church was built in 1851; is in the early decorated style; comprises nave, aisles, transepts, and chancel, with a tower; has a fine E window, put up in 1865 in memory of the late rector, the Rev. W. M’Iver; and includes, in the N aisle, a private chapel in lieu of one in the old church.

Two chapels of ease are in Oughtrington and Broomedge. An Independent chapel was built, in 1863, at a cost of about £3,200. There are also chapels for Baptists, Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists, an endowed grammar school, parochial schools, a mixed school, an infant school, and charities £95. The sub-district contains also Warburton parish, and parts of three other parishes. Acres, 18,170. Pop., 7,395. Houses, 1,398.

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

Parish Registers

Lymm Marriages 1568 to 1812

Parish Records

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England, Cheshire, Lymm – Cemeteries ( 4 )
Altrincham & District monumental inscriptions
Author: Family History Society of Cheshire

Monumental inscriptions in the churchyard, Lymm, Cheshire, England

Monumental inscriptions of St. Mary’s Parish Church, Lymm : c1630-1990
Author: Lymm & District Local History Society

St. Mary’s Church, Lymm, monumental inscriptions, 1630-1990
Author: Family History Society of Cheshire

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

England, Cheshire, Lymm – Census – 1891 – Indexes ( 1 )
1891 census surname & location index, Altrincham registration district, Cheshire, U.K. (with Sale) : includes the sub districts of Knutsford, Lymm, & Wilmslow
Author: North Cheshire Family History Society

England, Cheshire, Lymm – Church records ( 10 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Lymm, 1600-1880
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Lymm (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Church records for Lymm Primitive Methodist Circuit, 1832-1967
Author: Primitive Methodist Church. Lymm Circuit (Cheshire)

Church records for the New Road Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Lymm, 1837-1960
Author: New Road Chapel (Lymm, Cheshire : Wesleyan Methodist); Cheshire Record Office

Church records for the Primitive Methodist Circuit, Altrincham and Lymm, 1832-1862, 1904
Author: Primitive Methodist Church. Altrincham and Lymm Circuit (Cheshire)

Church records, 1804-1837
Author: Wesleyan Church (Lymm, England)

Marriages at Lymm, 1568-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Lymm (Cheshire)

Parish registers for Lymm, 1568-1909
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Lymm (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Parish registers of St. Peter’s Church, Oughtrington, 1872-1938
Author: Church of England. St. Peter’s Church (Oughtrington, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Poor law records for Lymm, 1690-1872
Author: Lymm (Cheshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Lymm (Cheshire)

Record of members, 1841-1881
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Lymm Branch (Cheshire)

England, Cheshire, Lymm – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Computer printout of Lymm, Chesh., Eng

Computer printout of Lymm, Wesleyan Methodist, Chesh., Eng

Parish register printouts of Lymm, Cheshire, England (Wesleyan) ; christenings, 1811-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Cheshire, Lymm – Civil registration ( 1 )
Register of deaths at Bucklow Workhouse, 1891-1940
Author: Great Britain. Poor Law Union (Bucklow, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

England, Cheshire, Lymm – Land and property ( 1 )
Land tax assessments and poor law records for Lymm, 1715-1837
Author: Lymm (Cheshire); Warrington Library

England, Cheshire, Lymm – Occupations ( 1 )
Poor law records for Lymm, 1690-1872
Author: Lymm (Cheshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Lymm (Cheshire)

England, Cheshire, Lymm – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 3 )
Overseers’ accounts, 1763-1776
Author: Lymm (Cheshire)

Poor law records for Lymm, 1690-1872
Author: Lymm (Cheshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Lymm (Cheshire)

Poor rate books, 1884-1892
Author: Lymm (Cheshire). Urban District Council

England, Cheshire, Lymm – Public records ( 1 )
Land tax assessments and poor law records for Lymm, 1715-1837
Author: Lymm (Cheshire); Warrington Library

England, Cheshire, Lymm – Schools ( 1 )
School registers for Lymm, 1902-1925
Author: Lymm Grammar School (Lymm, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

England, Cheshire, Lymm – Schools – History ( 1 )
The history of Lymm Grammar School
Author: Kay, Derrick M.

England, Cheshire, Lymm – Taxation ( 6 )
General rate books, 1870-1892
Author: Lymm (Cheshire). Urban District Council

Land tax assessments and poor law records for Lymm, 1715-1837
Author: Lymm (Cheshire); Warrington Library

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 Lymm, 1780-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Poor law records for Lymm, 1690-1872
Author: Lymm (Cheshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Lymm (Cheshire)

Poor rate books, 1884-1892
Author: Lymm (Cheshire). Urban District Council

England, Cheshire, Lymm – Voting registers ( 1 )
Poor law records for Lymm, 1690-1872
Author: Lymm (Cheshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Lymm (Cheshire)

Cheshire Historical Directories

Administration

  • County: Cheshire
  • Civil Registration District: Altrincham
  • 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: Altrincham
  • Hundred: Bucklow
  • Province: York