Stoak, Cheshire Family History Guide
Stoak St Lawrence an Ancient Parish in the county of Cheshire. Stoak St Lawrence parish was abolished in 1971 and merged with Ellesmere Port Ecclesiastical Parish. Stoak is the usual ecclesiastical spelling and Stoke the civil parish spelling.
Other places in the parish include: Little Stanney.
Alternative names: Stoke, Stoke near Chester
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1573
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1607
Nonconformists include:
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Adjacent Parishes
Stoak 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.
Stoak St Lawrence, Cheshire Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1573-1812
Stoak St Lawrence, Cheshire Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1925
Marriage and Banns Records
These records include images of Church of England parish registers of marriages and banns records.
Stoak St Lawrence, Cheshire Church of England Marriages and Banns 1754-1964
Stoak St Lawrence, Cheshire Church of England Bishop’s Transcripts – Marriages and Banns – 1607-1848
Death and Burial Records
These records include images of Church of England parish registers of deaths and burial records.
Stoak St Lawrence, Cheshire Church of England Burials 1813-1889
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
STOKE, a township in Great Boughton district, and a parish partly also in Wirral district, Cheshire. The township lies on the Mersey canal, 2½ miles W of Dunham-Hill r. station, and 4¾ N by E of Chester. Acres, 706. Real property, £1,038. Pop., 102. Houses, 15. The parish contains also Great and Little Stanney townships, and part of Whitby. Post town, Chester. Acres, 2,749. Pop., 431. Houses, 69. The property is divided among a few. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £130. Patron, Sir J. Bunbury, Bart. The church was restored in 1827. Charities, £28.
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 42299 73281
BNG Eastings, Northings: 342299, 373281
Latitude, Longitude: 53.253388, -2.866315
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.
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
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
