Shocklach, Cheshire Family History Guide

Shocklach is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cheshire.

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

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1538
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1585

Nonconformists include: Methodist New Connexion

Adjacent Parishes

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].

Parish Records

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England, Cheshire, Church Shocklach
England, Cheshire, Shocklach Oviatt

England, Cheshire, Shocklach – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Memorial inscriptions from St. Edith’s, Shocklach : also included: index to burial registers, 1813-1899 inclusive
Author: Dixon, Jim; Dixon, Hilda

England, Cheshire, Shocklach – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Shocklach, 1851-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Cheshire, Shocklach – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Shocklach, 1585-1890
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Shocklach (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Parish chest material and poor law records, 1725-1861
Author: Shocklach (Cheshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Shocklach (Cheshire)

Parish registers for Shocklach, 1538-1981
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Shocklach (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Shocklach, Cheshire, England, [list of marriages] 1539-1979 : parish church marriages
Author: Hayes, Dafydd; Masters, Ray

England, Cheshire, Shocklach – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Memorial inscriptions from St. Edith’s, Shocklach : also included: index to burial registers, 1813-1899 inclusive
Author: Dixon, Jim; Dixon, Hilda

England, Cheshire, Shocklach – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Parish chest material and poor law records, 1725-1861
Author: Shocklach (Cheshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Shocklach (Cheshire)

England, Cheshire, Shocklach – Probate records ( 1 )
The wills and Inventories of the ancient parishes of Malpas, Tilston and Shocklach and their townships in the county of Chester : from 1603 to 1625
Author: Pearson, Mary

England, Cheshire, Shocklach – Schools ( 1 )
School registers, 1873-1904
Author: Shocklach School (Cheshire); Lincolnshire Archives Office (England); Cheshire Record Office

England, Cheshire, Shocklach – Taxation ( 3 )
Land tax assessments for Broxton Hundred, 1784-1787, 1789, 1815-1819
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Land tax assessments for Church Shocklach, 1781-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Land tax assessments for Shocklach Oviatt [Shocklach], 1784-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

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