Wallasey, Cheshire Family History Guide

Wallasey is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cheshire.

Other places in the parish include: Liscard, Egremont St John, New Brighton, Poulton cum Seacombe, Poolton cum Seacombe, Poulton with Seacombe, and Liscard with New Brighton.

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Wallasey

  • Parish registers: 1574
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1600

Egremont St John

  • Parish registers: 1833
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1833

Nonconformists include: Baptist, Christians, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Independent/Congregational, Primitive Methodist, Roman Catholic, Society of Friends/Quaker, Welsh Calvinistic Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WALLASEY, a village, a township, and a parish, in Wirral district, Cheshire. The village stands 3½ miles NNW of Birkenhead r. station, and has a post-office under Birkenhead.

The township extends to the coast; and comprises 1,780 acres of land, and 10,690 of water. Real property, £5,599. Pop. in 1851, 1,195; in 1861, 1,415. Houses, 264. The property is much subdivided. There are many good residences. Leasowe Castle is a prominent feature; and has been separately noticed. A light-house is on the N coast; and has been twice removed inland in consequence of encroachment by the sea. Submerged remains exist of an ancient forest; and some very interesting animal fossils have been found.

The parish includes also the townships of Liscard and Poulton-with-Seacombe; includes the towns of New Brighton and Egremont; and is bounded, on the S, by a creek of the Mersey, called Wallasey Pool, along the N margin of Birkenhead. Acres, 17,775. Pop. in 1851, 8,339; in 1861, 10,723. Houses, 1,804. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chester. Value, £500. The church was rebuilt in 1865.

The vicarage of New Brighton, and the p. curacies of Liscard and Seacombe are now separate benefices. There are several dissenting chapels, an endowed school with £94 a year, and charities £25.

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

Parish Records

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Wallasey

England, Cheshire, Wallasey – Cemeteries ( 4 )
Friends (Quaker) Meeting House, Withens Lane, Wallasey, Cheshire, monumental inscriptions
Author: Family History Society of Cheshire

Monumental inscriptions of the Parish Church of St. Hilary, Wallasey

Wallasey Cemetery – lawn section – stage i, sections 3r, 4r, 5r, 6r, 9r, 10r
Author: Wallasey Cemetery (Wallasey, Cheshire)

Wallasey Cemetery, register of burials in Roman Catholic ground, unconsecrated (general) ground and consecrated (Church of England) ground,, 1883-2006
Author: Wallasey Cemetery (Wallasey, Cheshire)

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

England, Cheshire, Wallasey – Church history ( 1 )
Seacombe Presbyterian Church, Brougham Road, Wallasey : centenary brochure, 1862-1962
Author: Heaney, K.; Heaney, J.; Philp, J. R.

England, Cheshire, Wallasey – Church records ( 17 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Seacombe, 1851-1885
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Seacombe; Cheshire Record Office

Bishop’s transcripts for Wallasey, 1600-1878
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Wallasey (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Church records for the Brighton Street Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Seacombe, 1902-1954
Author: Brighton Street Chapel (Seacombe, Cheshire : Wesleyan Methodist); Cheshire Record Office

Church records for the Poulton Road Primitive Methodist Chapel, Seacombe, 1916-1941
Author: Poulton Road Chapel (Seacombe, Cheshire : Primitive Methodist); Cheshire Record Office

Church records for the St. Paul’s Road United Methodist Free Chapel, Seacombe, 1909-1934
Author: St. Paul’s Road Chapel (Seacomb, Cheshire : United Methodist Free); Cheshire Record Office

Church records of St. Alban’s Catholic Church, Liscard, 1843-1952
Author: Catholic Church. St. Alban’s Church (Liscard, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Churchwardens’ accounts, 1658-1845
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Wallasey (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Parish registers for St. Hillary’s Church, Wallasey, 1574-1957
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Wallasey (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Parish registers for St. John’s Church, Liscard, 1834-1952
Author: Church of England. St. John’s Church (Liscard, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Parish registers for St. Mary’s Church, Liscard, 1877-1930
Author: Church of England. St. Mary’s Church (Liscard, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Parish registers of New Brighton, 1856-1934
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of New Brighton (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Parish registers of St. Columba, Egremont, 1904-1966
Author: Church of England. St. Columba’s Church (Liscard, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Parish registers of St. Nicholas’ Church, Wallasey, 1912-1926
Author: Church of England. St. Nicholas’ Church (Wallasey, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Parish registers of St. Thomas’ Church, Liscard, 1900-1946
Author: Church of England. St. Thomas’ Church (Liscard, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

The parish registers of Wallasey in the county of Chester, 1574-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Wallasey (Cheshire)

Record of members, 1873-1947
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Wallasey Branch (Cheshire)

Record of members, ca. 1852-1945
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Birkenhead Branch (Cheshire)

England, Cheshire, Wallasey – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Wallasey, Cheshire, England

England, Cheshire, Wallasey – Directories ( 1 )
Wallasey Village, 1898
Author: Great Britain. Ordnance Survey; Godfrey, Alan

England, Cheshire, Wallasey – Maps ( 3 )
Liscard & Egremont, 1898
Author: Great Britain. Ordnance Survey; Godfrey, Alan

Poulton cum Seacombe, 1909
Author: Great Britain. Ordnance Survey; Godfrey, Alan

Wallasey Village, 1898
Author: Great Britain. Ordnance Survey; Godfrey, Alan

England, Cheshire, Wallasey – Schools ( 1 )
A history of Wallasey High School, 1883-1973 [and] Weatherhead High School, 1973-1983
Author: Gregory, Beryl M.

England, Cheshire, Wallasey – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Wallasey, 1778-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Egremont

England, Cheshire, Egremont – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions of the Parish Church of St. John, Egremont
Author: Family History Society of Cheshire. Wallasey Group

England, Cheshire, Egremont – Church records ( 2 )
Parish registers for St. John’s Church, Liscard, 1834-1952
Author: Church of England. St. John’s Church (Liscard, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Parish registers of St. Columba, Egremont, 1904-1966
Author: Church of England. St. Columba’s Church (Liscard, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

England, Cheshire, Egremont – Directories ( 1 )
Liscard & Egremont, 1898
Author: Great Britain. Ordnance Survey; Godfrey, Alan

England, Cheshire, Egremont – Maps ( 1 )
Liscard & Egremont, 1898
Author: Great Britain. Ordnance Survey; Godfrey, Alan

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Cheshire
  • Civil Registration District: Wirral
  • 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: Wirral
  • Hundred: Wirral
  • Province: York