Woodchurch, Cheshire Family History Guide

Woodchurch is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cheshire.

Other places in the parish include: Pensby, Arrowe, Arrow, Thingwell, Thingwall, Prenton, Barnston, Oxton, Noctorum, Landican, Irby, and Beeriston.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1571
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1581

Nonconformists include: Roman Catholic

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WOODCHURCH, a township and a sub-district in Wirral district, and a parish partly also in Birkenhead district, Cheshire. The township lies 4 miles WSW of Birkenhead r. station, and has a post-office under Birkenhead. Acres, 331. Real property, £822. Pop., 94. Houses, 16.

The parish contains 7 townships and a part in Wirral district, and 2 and a part in Birkenhead district. Acres, 5,792. Pop. in 1851, 2,927; in 1861, 3,922. Houses, 650. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chester. Value, £1,100. Patron, the Rev. P. R. Robin. The church is late perpendicular, with decorated English tower. The vicarage of Oxton is a separate benefice.

There are an endowed school for boys with £55 a year, a national school for girls, and charities £30.

The sub-district includes the Wirral part of W. parish, two other parishes, three other townships, and an extra-parochial tract. Acres, 44,764. Pop., 4,030. Houses, 736.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Cheshire, Woodchurch – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions of the parish church of Holy Cross, Woodchurch
Author: Family History Society of Cheshire. Wallasey Group; Church of England. Parish Church of Woodchurch (Cheshire)

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

England, Cheshire, Woodchurch – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Woodchurch, 1581-1894
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Woodchurch (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Church records for the Palm Grove Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Claughton-cum-Grange 1875-1955
Author: Palm Grove Chapel (Claughton-cum-Grange, Cheshire : Wesleyan Methodist)

Parish registers for Christ Church, Claughton-cum-Grange, 1854-1961
Author: Church of England. Christ Church (Claughton-cum-Grange, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Parish registers for St. Bede’s Mission Church, Claughton, 1888-1907
Author: Church of England. St. Bede’s Mission Church (Claughton-cum-Grange, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Parish registers for St. Michael and All Angels’, Claughton-cum-Grange, 1898-1957
Author: Church of England. St. Michael and All Angel’s Church (Claughton-cum-Grange, Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Parish registers for Woodchurch, Cheshire, 1571-1951
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Woodchurch (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

England, Cheshire, Woodchurch – History ( 1 )
Tingvelle : a history of Thingwall and other North Wirral farming villages
Author: Dawson, Gregory, 1949-

England, Cheshire, Woodchurch – Land and property ( 1 )
Bennett collection, ca.1252-1955
Author: Bennett, J. H. E. (John Henry Elliot), 1873-; Broster, John; Lawson, P. H.; Richards, Raymond

England, Cheshire, Woodchurch – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 3 )
Poor law records for Barnston township, 1808-1809
Author: Barnston (Cheshire : Township)

Poor law records for Woodchurch, Cheshire, 1763-1897
Author: Woodchurch (Cheshire)

Prenton township poor book, 1795-1837
Author: Prenton (Cheshire : township)

England, Cheshire, Woodchurch – Taxation ( 4 )
Land tax assessments for Wirral hundred, 1778-1782, 1817-1819
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Land tax assessments for Woodchurch, 1779-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Poor law records for Barnston township, 1808-1809
Author: Barnston (Cheshire : Township)

Poor law records for Woodchurch, Cheshire, 1763-1897
Author: Woodchurch (Cheshire)

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