Runcorn Weston St John Cheshire Family History Guide

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Runcorn Weston St John, opened in 1898 as a chapel to Runcorn All Saints Ancient Parish, was created as an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Cheshire in 1930 serving the area of Weston Point and part of Runcorn, the parish of Weston Point Christ Church having been transferred to Runcorn Weston St John in 1930.

Runcorn Weston St John Parish Registers

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Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of baptism, marriage, and burial records.

Runcorn Weston St John, Cheshire Church of England Baptisms, 1914-1954

Marriage and Banns Records

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

Weston By Runcorn, St. John the Evangelist, Cheshire Church of England Marriages and Banns 1924-1946

Parish History

See also Runcorn, Cheshire Family History Guide

The following entry was published in the London Gazette on 16 May 1930:

Whereas it appears to us to be expedient that a District Chapelry should be assigned to the said Church of Saint John the Evangelist, situate at Weston as aforesaid:
“Now, therefore, with the consent of the Right Reverend Henry Luke, Bishop of Chester (testified by his having signed and sealed this Representation), we, the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners, humbly represent that it would, in our opinion, be expedient that all that part of the said Parish of Runcorn which is described in the Schedule hereunder written, all which part, together with the boundaries thereof, is delineated and set forth on the map or plan hereunto annexed, shall be assigned as a District Chapelry to the said Church of Saint John the Evangelist situate at Weston as aforesaid, and that the same should be named ‘The District Chapelry of Saint John, Weston, Runcorn.”

“THE SCHEDULE to which the foregoing Representation has reference.

” The District Chapelry of Saint John, Weston, Runcorn, being: —
“All that part of the Parish of Runcorn, in the County of Chester and in the Diocese of Chester, which is bounded upon the west by the River Mersey, upon the south by the Parish of Frodsham, upon the east by the New Parish of Halton, both in the said County and Diocese, and upon the remaining sides, that is to say, upon the north east and upon the north, by an imaginary line commencing at the point where the boundary which divides the said New Parish of Halton from the said Parish of Runcorn crosses the middle of the road leading from Clifton to Higher Runcorn, and extending thence north westward along the middle of the said road for a distance of 30 chains or thereabouts to a point opposite to the south eastern end of the wall or fence forming the south western boundary of Runcorn Heath, and extending thence first westward to and then first north westward and then in various directions along such wall or fence and across Heath Road for a distance in all of 35 chains or thereabouts to the point where such wall or fence reaches the eastern side of the road leading along the western side of Runcorn Heath, to Higher Runcorn, and extending thence north west ward in a straight line (thereby crossing Beacon Hill) for a distance of 25 chains or thereabouts to the south eastern corner of the premises attached to the house known as Beaconsfield House, and extending thence first westward along the wall or fence forming the southern boundary of such premises and then northward along the wall or fence forming the western boundary of the same premises for a distance in all of 7 chains or thereabouts to the point where the last mentioned wall or fence meets the fence forming the southern boundary of the close numbered 1 upon the map or plan annexed to this Representation, and extending thence westward along the last mentioned fence and along the fence forming the southern boundary of the close numbered 2 upon the said map or plan for a distance in all of 12¾ chains or thereabouts to the point where the last mentioned fence reaches the eastern side of the roadway leading northward into Cock and Hen Lane, and extending thence first westward to and then northward along the middle of the said roadway for a distance in all of 6½ chains or thereabouts to its junction with Cock and Hen Lane, and extending thence westward along the middle of Cock and Hen Lane for a distance of 6 chains or thereabouts to its junction with the roadway leading under the Runcorn Dock Branch Line of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway to the Runcorn and Weston Canal, and extending thence first north west ward and then south westward along such roadway for a distance of 15 chains or there abouts to its junction with the towing path on the eastern side of the said canal, and extending thence in a straight line due west (thereby crossing the said Runcorn and Weston Canal and the Manchester Ship Canal) to the boundary of the said Parish of Runcorn in the River Mersey.”

Historical Maps

British National Grid Ref: SJ 50872 80491
BNG Eastings, Northings: 350872, 380491
Latitude, Longitude: 53.319052, -2.738937

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.

Weston & Weston Point 1937 Cheshire Sheet 24.07 This detailed map gives very good coverage of Weston Village and Weston Point. Features include Manchester Ship Canal, Castner-Kellner Alkali Works, Weston Point Salt Works, River Weaver Canal, Runcorn & Weston Canal, Delamere Dock, Tollemache Dock, Weston Point Light Railway, Christ Church, many sidings and mineral lines, Runcorn Hill, Weston Quarries, Runcorn Heath, Weston, St John's church, Weston House, etc. On the reverse we include a large extract from Lancashire sheet 118.04 showing Weston Point on slightly different sheetlines in 1927. Also included is a specially written introduction to the history of the area. View Map Details*
Weston & Weston Point 1937 Cheshire Sheet 24.07
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

Sources

The following sources have been used to compile this article.

  • F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991)
  • FamilySearch Research Wiki – Cheshire, England Genealogy
  • Cheshire Archives and Local Studies Catalogue
  • Ancestry.co.uk
  • London Gazette on 16 May 1930 page 3059

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