Moreton Christ Church Cheshire Family History Guide
Moreton Christ Church also known as Moreton cum Lingham an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Cheshire created in 1864 from Bidston Ancient Parish.
Ecclesiastical Parishes created from Moreton parish include:
- Great Meols Ecclesiastical Parish created in 1937
- Leasowe Ecclesiastical Parish created in 1957
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Moreton Christ Church 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.
Moreton Christ Church, Cheshire Church of England Baptisms, 1863-1928
Moreton Christ Church, Cheshire Church of England Bishop’s Transcripts – Baptisms – 1863-1894
Marriage and Banns Records
These records include images of Church of England parish registers of marriages and banns records.
Moreton Christ Church, Cheshire Church of England Marriages and Banns 1864-1942
Death and Burial Records
These records include images of Church of England parish registers of deaths and burial records.
Moreton Christ Church, Cheshire Church of England Bishop’s Transcripts – Burials, 1863-1894
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
MORETON, a township and a chapelry in Bidston parish, Cheshire. The township lies on the Hoylake railway, 4½ miles WNW of Birkenhead; bears the name of Moreton-cum-Lingham; and has a station, of the name of Moreton, on the railway. Acres, 1,193. Real property, £2,279. Pop., 361. Houses, 59.
The chapelry contains also the township of Saughall-Massey; and was constituted in 1863. Post town, Birkenhead. Acres, 2,123. Pop., 563. Houses, 89. The manor belongs to R. Vyner, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chester. Value, £208. Patron, W. Inman, Esq. The church was built in 1863, at a cost of £7,900, defrayed by W. Inman, Esq.; is in the early English style, of local white stone; and has a spire 100 feet high. There is a national school.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Historical Maps
Alan Godfrey Old Ordnance Survey Maps
The full range of Cheshire maps produced by Alan Godfrey are available in the Cheshire Maps section of the Books & Maps area. There you can search by principal villages and parishes, by key features for town and city plans, and sort the maps by type and scale. Coverage is taken from the places listed in Alan Godfrey’s own map descriptions, although smaller parishes may not be explicitly named. View all the Cheshire & District Alan Godfrey Maps.
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
