Sandbach, Cheshire Family History Guide

Sandbach is an Ancient Parish and a market town in the county of Cheshire.

Other places in the parish include: Hassall, Rudheath, Little Hassall, Leese, Lees, Twemlow, Cranage, Cotton, Bradwall, Betchton, and Arclid.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1562
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1576

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

Adjacent Parishes

Old Maps of Sandbach

All the historic ordnance survey maps listed below are free to view online. All maps are available to view full screen.

UK Great Britain, Ordnance Survey (1:1 million-1:10,560), 1900s

UK Great Britain, Ordnance Survey one-inch to the mile (1:63,360), ‘Hills’ edition, 1885-1903

UK Great Britain, Ordnance Survey six-inch to the mile (1:10,560), 1888-1913

UK Ordnance Survey Historical Maps from 1919-1947

UK Great Britain, Ordnance Survey ‘Provisional’ edition (1:25,000), 1937-1961

UK Great Britain, Ordnance Survey One-Inch Seventh Series (1:63,360), 1955-1961

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SANDBACH, a town, a township, a parish, and a sub-district, in Cheshire. The town stands near the river Wheelock, the Grand Trunk canal, and the North-western railway, 4¾ miles NE of Crewe; is a seat of petty-sessions, and a polling-place; consists partly of old narrow streets, partly of good new ones; presents a well-built, neat, and clean appearance; and has a head post-office, a r. station, a banking office, two chief inns, a market-place, with two ancient obelisks, a plain town hall, a public hall built in 1857, a county police station also built in 1857, a savings’ bank in the Tudor style built in 1854, a fire-engine station, public baths, a church, four dissenting chapels, a grammar school, large national schools, and charities £520.

The church is later English; comprises nave, aisles, chancel, two chapels, and a porch; and has a handsome pinnacled tower, rebuilt in 1847-49. The Independent chapel was built in 1865. The grammar school is in the Tudor style, with a frontage of 210 feet; was erected at a cost of £5,000; and has an endowed income of £200. A weekly market is held on Thursday; and fairs on Easter-Tuesday, the Thursday after 12 Sept., and 28 Dec.

The town was formerly famous for malt liquor, and for worsted-yarn and stuffs; and it now carries on silk-throwsting in several extensive factories, the making of boots and shoes for the Manchester and Liverpool markets, and a considerable trade in connexion with salt-works and corn mills. Pop. in 1861, 3,252. Houses, 713. The township includes all the town, and extends beyond it. Acres, 2,584. Real property, £15,708; of which £210 are in gas-works. Pop. in 1851, 4,659; in 1861, 4,989. Houses, 1,082 The manor belongs to Lord Crewe. S. Old Hall was built in 1656, forms a fine specimen of old timber-framed houses, and is now an inn.

The parish contains also the townships of Arclid, Bradwall, Wheelock, Betchton, Hassall, Blackden, Twemlow, Cranage, Leese, Cotton, Church-Hulme, and Goostrey-with-Barnshaw; the last in Northwich district, all the others in Congleton district. Acres, 16,310. Pop. in 1851, 8,552; in 1861, 9,046. Houses, 1,841. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chester. Value, £1,000. Patron, the Rev. J. R. Armitstead. The p. curacies of Sandbach-Heath, Elworth, Wheelock, Church-Hulme, and Goostrey are separate benefices. The sub-district contains six townships of S. parish, six of other parishes, and all Church-Lawton parish. Acres, 21,632. Pop. in 1851, 11,307; in 1861, 12,690. Houses, 2,555.

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, Sandbach – Business records and commerce – 19th century ( 1 )
Accounts ledger of G. W. Latham, 1853-1874

England, Cheshire, Sandbach – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Ettiley Heath Methodist Chapel, nr. Sandbach, monumental inscriptions
Author: Bailey, Una

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

England, Cheshire, Sandbach – Church history ( 2 )
History of Sandbach and district : containing amongst other things a chat about the antiquities of the town …
Author: Tomlinson, R. W.

The history of the ancient parish of Sandbach Co., Chester : from original records
Author: Earwaker, J. P. (John Parsons), 1847-1895

England, Cheshire, Sandbach – Church records ( 26 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Byley-with-Lees, 1855-1903
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Byley-with-Lees (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Bishop’s transcripts for Church-Hulme, 1576-1898
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Church-Hulme (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Bishop’s transcripts for Goostry-cum-Barnshaw, 1576-1860
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Goostry-cum-Barnshaw (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Bishop’s transcripts for Wheelock, 1843-1867
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Wheelock (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Bishop’s transcripts of Sandbach Parish, 1576-1864
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sandbach (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Church records for the Knutsford Road Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Church-Hulme, 1844-1973
Author: Knutsford Road Chapel (Church-Hulme, Cheshire : Wesleyan Methodist); Cheshire Record Office

Church records for the Providence Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Bradwell Road, Sandbach, 1863-1959
Author: Providence Chapel (Sandbach, Lancashire : Wesleyan Methodist); Cheshire Record Office

Church records for the Sandbach and Alsager Wesleyan Methodist Circuit, 1838-1956
Author: Wesleyan Methodist Church. Sandbach and Alsager Circuit (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Church records for the Sandbach Primitive Methodist Circuit, 1843-1946
Author: Primitive Methodist Church. Sandbach Circuit (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Church records for the Welles Street Primitive Methodist Chapel, Sandbach, 1911-1946
Author: Welles Street Chapel (Sandbach, Cheshire : Primitive Methodist); Cheshire Record Office

Church records for the Wesleyan Methodist Church, Hassall Green, 1838-1952
Author: Wesleyan Methodist Church (Hassall Green, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Church records, 1799-1836
Author: Independent Church (Sandbach, England)

Church records, 1834-1838
Author: Wesleyan Church (Sandbach, England)

Parish chest materials, 1635-1773
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Goostry-cum-Barnshaw (Cheshire)

Parish chest records for Church-Hulme, 1682-1888
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Church-Hulme (Cheshire); Church-Hulme (Cheshire)

Parish registers for Byley-with-Lees, 1848-1972
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Byley-with-Lees (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Parish registers for Church-Hulme, 1613-1963
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Church-Hulme (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Parish registers for Goostry-cum-Barnshaw, 1561-1964
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Goostry-cum-Barnshaw (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Parish registers for Sandbach, Cheshire, 1562-1959
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sandbach (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Parish registers for St. John’s Church, Sandbach Heath, 1861-1969
Author: Church of England. St. John’s Church (Sandbach Heath, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Parish registers of Elworth, 1846-1924
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Elworth (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Parish registers, Sandbach, Cheshire, England, christenings, 1799-1812, 1821-1823, and marriages, 1736-1742, 1754-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sandbach (Cheshire); Norman, Bertram William Tuff, 1880-1959

Record of members, 1857-1860
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Sandbach Branch (Cheshire)

Sandbach parish registers of christenings, 1813-1820 and 1823-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sandbach (Cheshire); Merrell, Bertram, 1938-2015

Sandbach United Reformed Church records, 1808-1975
Author: United Reformed Church (Sandbach, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Transcripts of registers, vestry minutes and town book for the chapelry of Goostrey-cum-Barnshaw, 1561-1938
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Goostry-cum-Barnshaw (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

England, Cheshire, Sandbach – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Computer printout of Sandbach, Chesh., Eng

Computer printout of Sandbach, Independent or Protestant Dissenters, Chesh., Eng

Parish register printouts of Sandback, Cheshire, England (Independent) ; christenings, 1799-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Cheshire, Sandbach – Civil registration ( 1 )
Register of deaths at the Congleton Union workhouse, Arclid, 1837-1963
Author: Congleton Poor Law Union (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

England, Cheshire, Sandbach – History ( 3 )
History of Sandbach and district
Author: Massey, Cyril

History of Sandbach and district : containing amongst other things a chat about the antiquities of the town …
Author: Tomlinson, R. W.

The Saxon crosses, Sandbach, Cheshire : an illustrated description and history
Author: Egerton, E.

England, Cheshire, Sandbach – Land and property – 19th century ( 1 )
Accounts ledger of G. W. Latham, 1853-1874

England, Cheshire, Sandbach – Occupations ( 1 )
Parish chest records for Church-Hulme, 1682-1888
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Church-Hulme (Cheshire); Church-Hulme (Cheshire)

England, Cheshire, Sandbach – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Sandbach, 1815-1846
Author: Sandbach (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Parish chest records for Church-Hulme, 1682-1888
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Church-Hulme (Cheshire); Church-Hulme (Cheshire)

Poor rate books, 1811-1832; Paupers lists, 1837-1838; Overseers’ papers, 1798-1839
Author: Sandbach (Cheshire). Urban District Council

Town book, 1693-1779
Author: Bradwall (Cheshire : township)

England, Cheshire, Sandbach – Public records ( 1 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Sandbach, 1815-1846
Author: Sandbach (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

England, Cheshire, Sandbach – Schools ( 3 )
School registers for Sandbach National, 1901-1944
Author: Sandbach National School (Cheshire); Lincolnshire Archives Office (England); Cheshire Record Office

School registers for Sandbach, Grammar, 1851-1967
Author: Sandbach Grammar School (Cheshire); Lincolnshire Archives Office (England); Cheshire Record Office

School registers for Sandbach, Secondary, 1906-1926
Author: Sandbach Secondary School (Sandbach, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

England, Cheshire, Sandbach – Taxation ( 8 )
Land tax assessments for Northwich hundred, 1781-1785, 1815-1819
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Land tax assessments for Sandbach, 1781-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Parish chest records for Church-Hulme, 1682-1888
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Church-Hulme (Cheshire); Church-Hulme (Cheshire)

Poor rate books, 1811-1832; Paupers lists, 1837-1838; Overseers’ papers, 1798-1839
Author: Sandbach (Cheshire). Urban District Council

Sheriff’s poll book of Sandbach, Cheshire, 1837, 1841

Town book, 1693-1779
Author: Bradwall (Cheshire : township)

Valuation lists, 1875-1906
Author: Sandbach (Cheshire). Urban District Council

Water rate books, 1891-1896
Author: Sandbach (Cheshire). Urban District Council

England, Cheshire, Sandbach – Voting registers ( 1 )
Register of electors, Sandbach, 1832

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Cheshire
  • Civil Registration District: Congleton
  • 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: Middlewich
  • Poor Law Union: Congleton
  • Hundred: Nantwich; Northwich
  • Province: York