Stretton, Cheshire Family History Guide

Stretton is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Cheshire, created in 1830 from a chapelry in Great Budworth Ancient Parish.

Alternative names: Stretton near Warrington

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1827
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1827

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

STRETTON, a township and a chapelry in Great Budworth parish, Cheshire.

The township lies 3½ miles S by E of Warrington r. station. Acres, 1,118. Real property, £3,420. Pop., 373. Houses, 70. The manor belongs to N. D. Milner, Esq.

The chapelry was constituted in 1833; and it has a post-office under Warrington. Pop., 833. Houses, 159.

The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £180. Patron, T. H. Lyon, Esq. The church was built in 1827.

There is a national school.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Cheshire, Stretton (near Warrington) – Cemeteries ( 1 )
St. Matthew’s Parish Church, Stretton, monumental inscriptions
Author: Towns-Andrews, Liz; Slawson, Sue; Noble, Vacky

England, Cheshire, Stretton (near Warrington) – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Stretton, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Cheshire, Stretton (near Warrington) – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Stretton, 1827-1899
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Stretton (near Warrington, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Parish registers for Stretton, 1827-1960
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Stretton (near Warrington, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

England, Cheshire, Stretton (near Warrington) – Public records ( 1 )
Town books, 1765-1789, 1836-1894
Author: Stretton (near Warrington, Cheshire)

England, Cheshire, Stretton (near Warrington) – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessments for Bucklow Hundred, 1780-1787, 1815-1819
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Land tax assessments for Stretton (in Great Budworth)[Stretton, near Warrington], 1780-1831
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: 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