Poynton with Worth, Cheshire Family History Guide

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Poynton with Worth is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Cheshire, created in 1745 from Poynton chapelry and Worth township in Prestbury Ancient Parish.

Other places in the parish include: Worth.

Alternative names: Pointon, Poynton

Parish church: St George

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1723
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1723

Nonconformists include: Baptist, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist Association.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

POYNTON, or Pointon, a village, a township, and a chapelry, in Prestbury parish, Cheshire. The village stands near the Manchester and Macclesfield railway, 1¾mile W of the Macclesfield canal, and 4¾ SSE of Stockport; and has a station on the railway, and a post-office under Stockport. The township comprises 2,490 acres. Real property, £12,655; of which £8,670 are in mines. Pop., 1,284. Houses, 258. The manor and much of the land belong to Lord Vernon. Coal is extensively mined. The chapelry includes also most of Worth township. Pop, 1,977. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £85. Patron, Lord Vernon. The church was rebuilt in 1789. There is a national school.

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

Parish Registers

Poynton with Worth Marriages 1723 to 1753

Parish Records

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England, Cheshire, Poynton – Cemeteries ( 1 )
The Parish Church of St. George, Poynton, Cheshire, the monumental inscriptions
Author: North Cheshire Family History Society

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

England, Cheshire, Poynton – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Poynton and Norbury, 1723-1864
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Poynton (Cheshire); Church of England. Chapelry of Norbury (near Stockport, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Marriages at Poynton-cum-Worth, 1723-1753
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Poynton (Cheshire)

Parish registers for Poynton, 1723-1959
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Poynton (Cheshire); Church of England. Chapelry of Norbury (near Stockport, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Record of members, 1843-1854
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Poynton Branch (Cheshire)

Register of baptisms for Poynton United Methodist Free Church, 1857-1943
Author: Poynton United Methodist Free Church (Cheshire); Stockport Central Library

England, Cheshire, Poynton – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Poynton-cum-Worth, Chesh., Eng

England, Cheshire, Poynton – History ( 1 )
Poynton, a coal mining village : social history, transport and industry, 1700-1939
Author: Shercliff, W. H. (William Henry); Kitching, D. A.; Ryan, J. M.

England, Cheshire, Poynton – History – Periodicals ( 1 )
Poynton Local History Society newsletter
Author: Poynton Local History Society

England, Cheshire, Poynton – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
Court records, 1469-1843
Author: Manor of Poynton. Court (Cheshire)

England, Cheshire, Poynton – Occupations ( 1 )
Poynton, a coal mining village : social history, transport and industry, 1700-1939
Author: Shercliff, W. H. (William Henry); Kitching, D. A.; Ryan, J. M.

England, Cheshire, Poynton – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Poor law records for Poynton with Worth, 1841-1878
Author: Poynton (Cheshire : township)

England, Cheshire, Poynton – Taxation ( 3 )
Land tax assessments for Macclesfield hundred, 1784-1787, 1815-1819
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Land tax assessments for Poynton, 1784-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Poor law records for Poynton with Worth, 1841-1878
Author: Poynton (Cheshire : township)

Cheshire Historical Directories

Administration

  • County: Cheshire
  • Civil Registration District: Macclesfield
  • 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: Macclesfield
  • Poor Law Union: Macclesfield
  • Hundred: Macclesfield
  • Province: York