Seacombe, Cheshire Family History Guide

Seacombe St Paul an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Cheshire, created in 1847 from Wallasey Ancient Parish. Seacombe St Paul served the part of Poulton cum Seacombe that was formerly in Wallasey St Hilary parish. In 1920 the chapel of Somerville St Peter was opened and was closed in 1991.

Other places in the parish include: Poulton cum Seacombe, Poulton with Seacomb, and Poolton cum Seacombe.

Ecclesiastical Parishes created from Seacombe St Paul parish include:

Egremont (Liscard) Ecclesiastical Parish created in 1884

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1847
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1851; 1885

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational, Welsh Presbyterian, Baptists, Wesleyans, Welsh Calvinists, and Roman Catholics.

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Adjacent Parishes

Wallasey

Seacombe St Paul 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.

Seacombe St Paul, Cheshire Church of England Baptisms, 1847-1932

Somerville St Peter, Cheshire Church of England Baptisms, 1921-1958

Marriage and Banns Records

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

Seacombe St Paul, Cheshire Church of England Marriages and Banns 1848-1940

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SEACOMBE, a chapelry in Wallasey parish, Cheshire; on the river Mersey, opposite Liverpool, 1½ mile NNW of Birkenhead r. station. It was constituted in 1847; and it has a post-office under Birkenhead, a steam-boat station, and two good hotels. Rated property, £13,278. Pop., 3,683. Houses, 611. The manor was held, in the time of Henry VI., by the Houghs under the Pooles. Many of the inhabitants now are Liverpool merchants.

The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £250. Patrons, Trustees. The church is modern; was enlarged in 1859; is in the pointed style of the 13th century; and has a tower and spire 120 feet high. There are chapels for Baptists, Wesleyans, Welsh Calvinists, and Roman Catholics.

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 31901 91101
BNG Eastings, Northings: 331901, 391101
Latitude, Longitude: 53.412306, -3.025961

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.

Liverpool and The Wirral 1904: One Inch Sheet 096 (Old Ordnance Survey Maps - Inch to the Mile) This busy and varied Inch to the Mile map covers most of the Wirral peninsula; in the top right corner is the city of Liverpool, while to the south west is a stretch of the Flintshire coastline on the Dee Estuary. Coverage stretches from the Point of Air eastward to Liverpool's Toxteth Park, and from New Brighton southward to Neston and Holywell. On the reverse is included a map of the Wirral Colliery area south of Neston. View Map Details*

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

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