Stockton Heath, Cheshire Family History Guide

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Stockton Heath St Thomas is an Ecclesiastical Parish partly in Cheshire and partly in Lancashire; Created in 1838 from Great Budworth Ancient Parish in Cheshire and Runcorn Ancient Parish also in Cheshire and Warrington Ancient Parish in Lancashire.

Alternative names: Stocton Heath

Ecclesiastical Parish created from Stockton Heath parish include:

  • Walton Ecclesiastical Parish created in 1879

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1838
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1838

Nonconformists include: Baptist and Independent Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Stockton Heath St Thomas 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.

Stockton Heath St Thomas, Cheshire Church of England Baptisms, 1838-1932

Marriage and Banns Records

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

Stockton Heath St Thomas, Cheshire Church of England Marriages and Banns 1841-1941

Death and Burial Records

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Stockton Heath St Thomas, Cheshire Church of England Burials 1839-1944

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

STOCKTON-HEATH, a village in Great Budworth parish, and a chapelry partly also in Runcorn parish, Cheshire. The village stands on the Bridgewater canal, 1 mile S of Warrington r. station; has a post-office under Warrington, and a police station with lock-up; and carries on extensively a manufacture of spades. The chapelry was constituted in 1838. Pop., 1,763. Houses, 375. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £120. Patrons, Messrs. Greenall. . The church was built in 1826. There is a 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 61344 86319
BNG Eastings, Northings: 361344, 386319
Latitude, Longitude: 53.372311, -2.582461

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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: Runcorn
  • 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: Frodsham
  • Poor Law Union: Runcorn
  • Hundred: Bucklow
  • Province: York

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