Shocklach, Cheshire Family History Guide

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Shocklach St Edith is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cheshire.

Other places in the parish include: Church Shocklach, Shocklach Oviatt, and Caldecott.

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1538
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1585

Nonconformists include: Methodist New Connexion

Adjacent Parishes

Shocklach St Edith 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.

Shocklach St Edith, Cheshire Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1830

Shocklach St Edith, Cheshire Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1873

Marriage and Banns Records

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

Shocklach St Edith, Cheshire Church of England Marriages and Banns 1754-1837

Shocklach St Edith, Cheshire Church of England Bishop’s Transcripts – Marriages and Banns – 1585-1890

Death and Burial Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of deaths and burial records.

Shocklach St Edith, Cheshire Church of England Burials 1813-1981

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SHOCKLACH, two townships in Wrexham district, and a parish partly also in Great Boughton district, and all in Cheshire. The townships are S.-Church and S.-Oviatt; and lie on the river Dee, 4½ miles NW of Malpas, and 7½ E of Wrexham r. station. Acres, 1,239 and 1,022. Real property, £1,478 and £1,914. Pop., 180 and 168. Houses, 30 and 36. The manor belongs to Sir R. Puleston, Bart.

The parish contains also the township of Caldecott, and comprises 2,691 acres. Post town, Farndon, under Chester. Pop., 414. Houses, 77. The manor belongs to T. T. Drake, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chester. Value, £107. Patron, Sir R. Puleston, Bart. The church is ancient but good. There is a New Connexion Methodist chapel.

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 43879 49183
BNG Eastings, Northings: 343879, 349183
Latitude, Longitude: 53.036961, -2.838395

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Alan Godfrey Old Ordnance Survey Maps

Chester and Central Cheshire 1905 One Inch Sheet 109

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Administration

  • County: Cheshire
  • Civil Registration District: Wrexham
  • 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: Malpas
  • Poor Law Union: Wrexham
  • Hundred: Broxton
  • Province: York

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