Shotwick, Cheshire Family History Guide
Shotwick St Michael and All Angels is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cheshire.
Other places in the parish include: Capenhurst, Little Saughall, Woodbank, and Great Saughall.
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1681
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1591
Nonconformists include: Baptist
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Adjacent Parishes
- Chester Holy Trinity
- Backford
- Burton
- Shotwick Park
- Neston
- Eastham
- Sealand Flintshire
Shotwick St Michael and All Angels Parish Registers
Search online registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and burials including digitised images of original records and registers and indexed transcriptions.
Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records
These records include images of Church of England parish registers of baptism, marriage, and burial records.
Shotwick St Michael and All Angels, Cheshire Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1940
Marriage and Banns Records
These records include images of Church of England parish registers of marriages and banns records.
Shotwick St Michael and All Angels, Cheshire Church of England Marriages and Banns 1754-1971
Death and Burial Records
These records include images of Church of England parish registers of deaths and burial records.
Shotwick St Michael and All Angels, Cheshire Church of England Burials 1813-1992
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
SHOTWICK, a township and a parish in Great Boughton district, Cheshire. The township lies 2¾ miles WSW of Ledsham r. station, and 5½ NW of Chester. Acres, 570. Real property, £819. Pop., 98. Houses, 18. The parish contains also the townships of Capenhurst, Woodbank, Little Saughall, and Great Saughall; the last of which has a post-office under Chester. Acres, 3,574. Pop., 931. Houses, 183.
Shotwick manor belongs to J. N. Bennett, Esq.; Capenhurst manor, to the Rev. R. Richardson; and Saughall manors, to H. B. Trelawney, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chester. Value, £100. The church is partly Norman, chiefly early English; and the chancel was recently restored. The rectory of Capenhurst is a separate benefice. There are three dissenting chapels, an endowed school, two national schools, and charities £10.
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 33770 71889
BNG Eastings, Northings: 333770, 371889
Latitude, Longitude: 53.239875, -2.993827
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Alan Godfrey Old Ordnance Survey Maps
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Administration
- County: Cheshire
- Civil Registration District: Great Boughton
- 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: Great Boughton
- Hundred: Wirral
- Province: York
