Rock Ferry, Cheshire Family History Guide
Rock Ferry, also known as also known as Higher Bebington St Peter, an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Cheshire, created in 1844 from Bebington Ancient Parish. In 1877 the ecclesiastical boundary of Rock Ferry parish was altered with the creation of Higher Bebington Christ Church Ecclesiastical Parish.
Other places in the parish include: New Ferry.
Alternative names: Higher Bebington St Peter
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1844
- Bishop’s Transcripts: None
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Adjacent Parishes
Rock Ferry St Peter 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.
Rock Ferry St Barnabas, Cheshire Church of England Baptisms, 1895-1935
Rock Ferry St Peter, Cheshire Church of England Baptisms, 1844-1924
Marriage and Banns Records
These records include images of Church of England parish registers of marriages and banns records.
Rock Ferry St Peter, Cheshire Church of England Marriages and Banns 1844-1941
Death and Burial Records
These records include images of Church of England parish registers of deaths and burial records.
Rock Ferry St Peter, Cheshire Church of England Burials 1844-1961
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
ROCK-FERRY, a village and a chapelry in Bebington parish, Cheshire. The village stands on the river Mersey, and on the Birkenhead and Chester railway, 1½ mile SSE of Birkenhead; consisted, about 1835, of only 3 or 4 houses; is now a considerable suburb of Birkenhead; contains many handsome villas; and has a post-office under Birkenhead, a r. station, and a half-hourly steam-boat-ferry to Liverpool.
The chapelry includes also the village and iron pier of New Ferry, and was constituted in 1844. Pop. in 1861, 2,086. Houses, 336. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £161. Patrons, Trustees. The church was built in 1842; and is in the Norman style, with tower and spire. A Wesleyan chapel is at Rock-Ferry; and national schools and a Brethren’s chapel are at New-Ferry.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Historical Maps
British National Grid Ref: SJ 33219 86411
BNG Eastings, Northings: 333219, 386411
Latitude, Longitude: 53.370321, -3.005150
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Alan Godfrey Old Ordnance Survey Maps
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Administration
- County: Cheshire
- Civil Registration District: Wirral
- 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: Wirral
- Poor Law Union: Wirral
- Hundred: Wirral
- Province: York
