Whitegate St Mary Cheshire Family History Guide
Whitegate St Mary an Ancient Parish in the county of Cheshire. In 1971 Whitegate parish was abolished with the creation of Whitegate with Little Budworth Ecclesiastical Parish.
Other places in the parish include: Marton near Northwich, Darnhall, and Marton.
Ecclesiastical Parishes created from Whitegate parish include:
- Over St John the Evangelist Ecclesiastical Parish created in 1863
- Sandiway Ecclesiastical Parish created in 1935
Alternative names: New Church
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1565
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1576
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist Association
Table of Contents
Adjacent Parishes
Whitegate 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.
Whitegate St Mary, Cheshire Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1565-1812
Whitegate St Mary, Cheshire Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1932
Marriage and Banns Records
These records include images of Church of England parish registers of marriages and banns records.
Whitegate St Mary, Cheshire Church of England Marriages and Banns 1754-1942
Whitegate St Mary, Cheshire Church of England Bishop’s Transcripts – Marriages and Banns – 1576-1911
Death and Burial Records
These records include images of Church of England parish registers of deaths and burial records.
Whitegate St Mary, Cheshire Church of England Burials 1813-1951
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
WHITEGATE, a village and a parish in Northwich district, Cheshire. The village stands 2 miles S by W of Hartford r. station, and 3½ SW of Northwich; is sometimes called Newchurch; and has a post-office under Northwich. The parish comprises Marton and Darnhall townships, and parts of Over and Weaverham. Acres of Marton and Darnhall, 4,384. Rated property of the parish, £12,353. Pop., 1,535. Houses, 293. Vale Royal is the seat of Lord Delamere; and Darnhall, of J. Haigh, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chester. Value, £240. Patron, Lord Delamere. The church was built in 1726. There are a parochial school, and charities £24.
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 62896 69347
BNG Eastings, Northings: 362896, 369347
Latitude, Longitude: 53.219867, -2.557150
View detailed 19th-century Ordnance Survey maps from the National Library of Scotland Maps – includes OS 25 inch 1892-1918 maps, a vast range of other historical OS maps and land use maps. These maps reveal old street layouts, parish boundaries, and landmarks long since vanished.
Alan Godfrey Old Ordnance Survey Maps
The full range of Cheshire maps produced by Alan Godfrey are available in the Cheshire Maps section of the Books & Maps area. There you can search by principal villages and parishes, by key features for town and city plans, and sort the maps by type and scale. Coverage is taken from the places listed in Alan Godfrey’s own map descriptions, although smaller parishes may not be explicitly named. View all the Cheshire & District Alan Godfrey Maps.
Administration
- County: Cheshire
- Civil Registration District: Northwich
- 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: Middlewich
- Poor Law Union: Northwich
- Hundred: Eddisbury
- Province: York
