Taxal St James Cheshire Family History Guide

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Taxal St James an Ancient Parish in the county of Cheshire. In 1921 the ecclesiastical parish of Taxal was abolished with the creation of Taxal with Kettleshulme Ecclesiastical Parish. In 1966 Taxal with Kettleshulme Ecclesiastical Parish was united with Fernilee Ecclesiastical Parish and part of Chapel en le Frith Ancient Parish to create Taxal and Fernilee Ecclesiastical Parish.

Other places in the parish include: Whaley with Yeardsley, Yeardsley cum Whaley, Yeardsley cum Whalley, Whaley cum Yeardsley, and Whaley Bridge.

Note: For Whaley Bridge see Chapel en le Frith St Thomas à Becket Derbyshire and Taxal and Fernilee

Alternative names: Taxall

Taxal St James location:

  • British National Grid Ref: SK 00650 79809
  • BNG Eastings, Northings: 400650, 379809
  • Latitude, Longitude: 53.315217, -1.991708

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1610
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1599

Nonconformists include: Christians, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Wesleyan Methodist, Baptist and Wesleyan Methodist Association.

Adjacent Parishes

Taxal Parish Registers

Cheshire Parish Registers Marriages V.1 contains Taxal Marriages 1611 to 1812.

Cheshire Parish Registers Marriages Vol. 5 contains Taxal – Continuation 1813 to 1837.

Online Parish Registers for Taxal St James

Search online registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and burials including digitised images of original records and registers and indexed transcriptions.

Baptims, Marriages and Burials

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of baptism, marriage, and burial records.

Taxal St James, Cheshire Church of England Bishop’s Transcripts – Baptisms, Marriages and Burials – 1599-1810

Taxal (Whaley Bridge) St James, Cheshire Church of England Baptisms Marriages and Burials, 1610-1812

Taxal (Whaley Bridge) St James, Cheshire Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1957

Taxal St James, Cheshire Church of England Bishop’s Transcripts – Baptisms – 1810-1878

Marriage and Banns Records

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

Taxal (Whaley Bridge) St James, Cheshire Church of England Marriages and Banns 1754-1951

Taxal St James, Cheshire Church of England Bishop’s Transcripts – Marriages and Banns – 1810-1860

Death and Burial Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of deaths and burial records.

Taxal (Whaley Bridge) St James, Cheshire Church of England Burials 1813-1956

Taxal St James, Cheshire Church of England Bishop’s Transcripts – Burials, 1810-1878

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

TAXALL, a township and a parish in Macclesfield district, Cheshire. The township lies 1½ mile S by W of Whaley-Bridge r. station, and 7½ NE of Macclesfield. Acres, 3,718. Real property, £2,014. Pop., 277. Houses, 56. The manor belongs to F. Jodrell, Esq. Erwood Hall is the seat of S. Grimshaw, Esq.

The parish includes Whaley-with-Yeardsley township, containing Whaley-Bridge, which has a post-office under Stockport. Acres of the parish, 5,038. Pop. in 1851, 898; in 1861, 1,329. Houses, 268. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chester. Value, £312. Patron, the Rev. J. G. Slight. The church, excepting the tower, was rebuilt in 1825. There are a Baptist chapel, and charities £17.

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

Historical Maps

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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: Macclesfield
  • 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: Macclesfield
  • Poor Law Union: Macclesfield
  • Hundred: Macclesfield
  • 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

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