Weston, Cheshire Family History Guide

Weston is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Cheshire, created in 1841 from Wybunbury Ancient Parish.

Alternative names: Weston near Crewe, Weston by Crewe

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

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

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

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].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Cheshire, Weston (near Crewe) – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts Weston, 1843-1876
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Weston (near Crewe, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Church records for the Englesea Brook Methodist Chapel, Weston (near Crewe), 1842-1957
Author: Englesea Brook Chapel (Weston, near Crewe, Cheshire : Methodist); Cheshire Record Office

Parish registers for Weston (near Crewe), 1843-2000
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Weston (near Crewe, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

England, Cheshire, Weston (near Crewe) – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessments for Nantwich hundred, 1781-1786, 1815-1819
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Land tax assessments for Weston (in Wybunbury) [Weston, near Crewe], 1781-1832
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: 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