Weston (Weston by Crewe) All Saints Cheshire Family History Guide

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Weston or Weston by Crewe All Saints an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Cheshire, created in 1841 from Wybunbury Ancient Parish.

Alternative names: Weston near Crewe, Weston by Crewe

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1843
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1843

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Weston by Crewe All Saints Parish Registers

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

Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records

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

Weston by Crewe All Saints, Cheshire Church of England Baptisms, 1843-1996

Marriage and Banns Records

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

Weston by Crewe All Saints, Cheshire Church of England Marriages and Banns 1857-1983

Weston by Crewe All Saints, Cheshire Church of England Bishop’s Transcripts – Marriages and Banns – 1843-1876

Death and Burial Records

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

Weston by Crewe All Saints, Cheshire Church of England Burials 1850-1911

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WESTON, a township and a chapelry in Wybunbury parish, Cheshire. The township lies 2 miles SE of Crewe r. station. Acres, 1,851. Real property, £3,136. Pop., 500. Houses, 93. The manor belongs to Sir H. D. Broughton, Bart. The chapelry was constituted in 1840. Post town, Nantwich. Pop., 673. Houses, 124. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £54. Patron, Sir H. D. Broughton, Bart. The church was built in 1842. There are a Wesleyan chapel and some charities.

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

Historical Maps

British National Grid Ref: SJ 73247 52230
BNG Eastings, Northings: 373247, 352230
Latitude, Longitude: 53.066638, -2.400695

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: Nantwich
  • 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: Nantwich
  • Poor Law Union: Nantwich
  • Hundred: Nantwich
  • 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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