Runcorn Holy Trinity, Cheshire Family History Guide

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Runcorn Holy Trinity an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Cheshire, created in 1840 from Runcorn Ancient Parish. Runcorn Holy Trinity parish was abolished in 1973 with the creation of East Runcorn with Halton Ecclesiastical Parish.

Ecclesiastical Parishes created from Runcorn Holy Trinity parish include:

  • East Runcorn with Halton Ecclesiastical Parish created in 1973 by the union of Halton Ecclesiastical Parish, Runcorn Grange Ecclesiastical Parish and Runcorn Holy Trinity Ecclesiastical Parish.

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1838
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1838

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Runcorn 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.

Runcorn Holy Trinity, Cheshire Church of England Baptisms, 1838-1928

Marriage and Banns Records

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

Runcorn Holy Trinity, Cheshire Church of England Marriages and Banns 1861-1959

Parish History

See Runcorn Cheshire Family History Guide

Historical Maps

British National Grid Ref: SJ 51589 83057
BNG Eastings, Northings: 351589, 383057
Latitude, Longitude: 53.342181, -2.728579

View detailed 19th-century Ordnance Survey maps from the National Library of Scotland Maps – includes OS 25 inch 1892-1918 maps, a vast range of other historical OS maps and land use maps. These maps reveal old street layouts, parish boundaries, and landmarks long since vanished.

Runcorn 1937 Cheshire Sheet 24.03 This detailed map gives very good coverage of Runcorn, southward to Higher Runcorn and eastward to Bold Street. Features include Manchester Ship Canal, Transporter Bridge, Runcorn Bridge, railway with station, Runcorn Dock Branch, town centre with individual buildings neatly shown, Bridgewater Canal, new and old lines of locks, Arnold Dock, Fenton Dock, Francis Dock, Alfred Dock, Tidal Dock, Old Dock, Coal Basin, Bridgewater House, All Saints church, Camden Tannery, Bridgewater Foundry, other churches and chapels, cemetery, Evans Biological Institute, Victoria Memorial Hospital, Waterloo Bridge, graving docks, etc. View Map Details*
Runcorn 1937 Cheshire Sheet 24.03
The Lower Mersey, Runcorn and Warrington 1913: One Inch Sheet 097 (Old Ordnance Survey Maps - Inch to the Mile) This Inch to the Mile map covers the busy and fascinating area of the Mersey from Allerton and Garston eastward to Warrington and Thelwall; coverage north-south is from Knowsley Hall to Helsby. The Manchester Ship Canal runs through the map, and major towns include Widnes, Runcorn and Warrington, with all their industrial history. Other towns on the map are Frodsham, Precot and Ellesmere Port. On the reverse is included a map of Preston Brook, on the Bridgewater Canal. View Map Details*
The Lower Mersey, Runcorn and Warrington 1913: One Inch Sheet 097 (Old Ordnance Survey Maps - Inch to the Mile)

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: Bucklow
  • Province: York

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