Warburton, Cheshire Family History Guide

Warburton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cheshire.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1611
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1813

Nonconformists include: Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WARBURTON, a parish in Altrincham district, Cheshire; on the rivers Mersey and Bollin, adjacent to Heatley and W. r. station, 5 miles WNW of Altrincham. It has a post-office under Warrington, an iron bridge of 1865, and a large flour mill.

Acres, 1,747. Real property, £4,170. Pop., 484. Houses, 89. The manor belongs to R. E. E. Warburton, Esq. A Premonstratensian priory anciently stood here; and was annexed, in 1271, to Cockersand abbey.

The living is a rectory, annexed to Lymm. The church is an ancient timber edifice, and was recently restored.

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, Warburton – Cemeteries ( 2 )
Altrincham & District monumental inscriptions
Author: Family History Society of Cheshire

Warburton, Partington (partial) and Hollinfare inscriptions
Author: Normansell, Graham C.

England, Cheshire, Warburton – Census ( 2 )
Census for the parish of Warburton, 1831
Author: Warburton (Cheshire)

Census returns for Warburton, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Cheshire, Warburton – Census – 1831 ( 1 )
Census for the parish of Warburton, 1831
Author: Warburton (Cheshire)

England, Cheshire, Warburton – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Warburton, 1813-1876
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Warburton (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Methodists’ class book for Warburton, ca. 1827

Parish registers for Warburton, 1611-1935
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Warburton (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

England, Cheshire, Warburton – History ( 1 )
Warburton the village and the family
Author: Warburton, Norman

England, Cheshire, Warburton – Names, Personal ( 1 )
Warburton the village and the family
Author: Warburton, Norman

England, Cheshire, Warburton – Occupations ( 1 )
Poor law for Warburton, Cheshire, 1720-1887
Author: Warburton (Cheshire)

England, Cheshire, Warburton – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Poor law for Warburton, Cheshire, 1720-1887
Author: Warburton (Cheshire)

England, Cheshire, Warburton – Public records ( 1 )
Marriage transcripts, 1655-1837
Author: Phillimore, W. P. W. (William Phillimore Watts), 1853-1913

England, Cheshire, Warburton – 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 Warburton, 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: Altrincham
  • 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: Altrincham
  • Hundred: Bucklow
  • Province: York