Norley St John the Evangelist Cheshire Family History Guide

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Norley St John the Evangelist an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Cheshire created in 1861 from a chapelry in Frodsham Ancient Parish in Cheshire.

Ecclesiastical Parishes created from Norley St John the Evangelist parish include:

  • Crowton Ecclesiastical Parish created in 1872

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1855
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1855

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist Association.

Adjacent Parishes

Norley 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.

Norley St John the Evangelist, Cheshire Church of England Baptisms, 1833-1923

Marriage and Banns Records

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

Norley St John the Evangelist, Cheshire Church of England Marriages and Banns 1838-1979

Death and Burial Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of deaths and burial records.

Norley St John the Evangelist, Cheshire Church of England Burials 1834-1998

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

NORLEY, a village and a township-chapelry in Frodsham parish, Cheshire. The village stands near Delamere forest, 2¾ miles WSW of Acton r. station, and 4½ SE of Frodsham; is a scattered place; and has a post-office under Preston-Brook.

The chapelry comprises 1,367 acres. Real property, £3,303. Pop., 728. Houses, 145. The manor belongs to A. H. S. Barry, Esq. Norley House is the seat of the Hon. A. Lascelles; and Norley Hall, of S. Woodhouse, Esq. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £64. Patron, S. Woodhouse, Esq. The church was built in 1832, repaired and improved in 1863; and is in the pointed style, with a pinnacled tower. There are chapels for Wesleyans and United Free Methodists, and an endowed church 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

Chester and Central Cheshire 1905 One Inch Sheet 109

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Administration

  • County: Cheshire
  • Civil Registration District: Runcorn
  • 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: Runcorn
  • Hundred: Eddisbury
  • Province: York

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