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
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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
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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