Taxal, Cheshire Family History Guide

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Taxal is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cheshire.

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

Alternative names: Taxall

Parish church:

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

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].

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.

Parish Records

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England, Cheshire, Taxal

England, Cheshire, Taxall – Cemeteries ( 1 )
The monumental inscriptions of St. James Church, Taxal
Author: Family History Society of Cheshire. Macclesfield Group

England, Cheshire, Taxall – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Taxal, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Cheshire, Taxall – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Taxall, 1599-1878
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Taxall (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Church records, 1827-1837
Author: Whalley Chapel (Whaley-cum-Yeardsley, Cheshire : Wesleyan)

Church records, 1827-1837
Author: Whalley Chapel (Whaley-cum-Yeardsley, Cheshire : Wesleyan)

Marriages at Taxal, 1611-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Taxall (Cheshire)

North East Cheshire parish records and MIs
Author: North Cheshire Family History Society

Parish registers for Taxall, 1610-1894
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Taxall (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

England, Cheshire, Taxall – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Taxal, Chesh., Eng

England, Cheshire, Taxall – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessments for Macclesfield hundred, 1784-1787, 1815-1819
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Land tax assessments for Taxal, 1780-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Cheshire Historical Directories

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