Plemstall, Cheshire Family History Guide

Plemstall is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cheshire.

Other places in the parish include: Picton, Bridge Trafford, Hoole, Mickle Trafford, and Pickton.

Alternative names: Plemonstall

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1558
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1586

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

PLEMONSTALL, or Plemstall, a parish in Great Boughton district, Cheshire; on the river Gowy, adjacent to the Cheshire and Manchester railway, 4 miles NE of Chester.

It comprises the townships of Hoole, Mickle-Trafford, Bridge-Trafford, and Pickton; and its post town is Chester. Acres, 3,134. Real property, £10,885. Pop. in 1851, 877; in 1861, 2,019. Houses, 394. The increase of pop. was mainly in Hoole, and arose therefrom proximity to Chester r. station. The property is not much divided. A garrison for Charles I. was placed in Mickle-Trafford, during the siege of Chester.

The living is a donative in the diocese of Chester. Value, £400. Patron, J. F. France, Esq. The church stands in Mickle-Trafford; and is of the 14th century, with a tower of 1826. A new church has been erected in Hoole.

A section, which had a pop. of 1,340 in 1861, is included in the chapelry of Christchurch, Chester. There are, in that section, a national school and a lecture-hall and reading-room; and, in Mickle-Trafford, a parochial school.

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

Parish Records

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England, Cheshire, Plemonstall – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Plemonstall, 1586-1879
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Plemonstall (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Churchwardens’ accounts, 1749-1861
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Plemonstall (Cheshire)

Parish registers for Plemonstall, 1558-1949
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Plemonstall (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

England, Cheshire, Plemonstall – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 2 )
Poor rate assessments for the Parish of Hoole, 1868, 1880-1899
Author: Hoole (Cheshire)

Town books, 1688-1732, 1827-1863
Author: Mickle Trafford (Cheshire : township)

England, Cheshire, Plemonstall – Schools ( 2 )
School registers for Hoole, 1912-1922
Author: Hoole and Newton Council School (Hoole, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

School registers for Hoole, All Saints’, 1899-1926
Author: All Saints’ Church of England School (Hoole, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

England, Cheshire, Plemonstall – Taxation ( 1 )
Poor rate assessments for the Parish of Hoole, 1868, 1880-1899
Author: Hoole (Cheshire)

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Cheshire
  • Civil Registration District: Great Boughton
  • 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: Chester
  • Poor Law Union: Great Boughton
  • Hundred: Broxton; Eddisbury
  • Province: York