Brereton-cum-Smethwick St Oswald Cheshire Family History Guide
Brereton-cum-Smethwick St Oswald an Ancient Parish in the county of Cheshire. Brereton-cum-Smethwick parish was abolished ecclesiastically in 1971 with the creation of Brereton with Swettenham Ecclesiastical Parish
Other places in the parish include: Smethwick.
Alternative names: Brereton
Brereton-cum-Smethwick St Oswald location:
- British National Grid Ref: SJ 78145 64787
- BNG Eastings, Northings: 378145, 364787
- Latitude, Longitude: 53.179731, -2.328466
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1538
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1593
Nonconformists include: Calvinist and Independent/Congregational.
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Adjacent Parishes
Brereton 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.
Brereton St Oswald, Cheshire Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
Brereton St. Oswald, Cheshire Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1972
Brereton St Oswald, Cheshire Church of England Bishop’s Transcripts – Baptisms – 1593-1840
Marriage and Banns Records
These records include images of Church of England parish registers of marriages and banns records.
Brereton St Oswald, Cheshire Church of England Marriages and Banns 1754-1860
Death and Burial Records
These records include images of Church of England parish registers of deaths and burial records.
Brereton St Oswald, Cheshire Church of England Burials 1813-1869
Brereton St Oswald, Cheshire Church of England Bishop’s Transcripts – Burials, 1593-1840
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BRERETON-CUM-SMETHWICK, a parish in Congleton district, Cheshire; on the river Croke, 2 miles SE of Holmes-Chapel r. station, and 3 NE by N of Sandbach. It has a post office, of the name of Brereton, under Congleton; and is a seat of petty sessions. Acres, 4,501. Real property, £7,801. Pop., 592. Houses, 104. The property is subdivided. Brereton Hall was built by Sir W. Brereton, the parliamentary leader; and is now the seat of the Howards. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chester. Value, £681. Patron, Mrs. E. Royds. The church is later English, and good; and there are three dissenting chapels. A school has £8; and other charities £19.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Historical Maps
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Alan Godfrey Old Ordnance Survey Maps
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Administration
- County: Cheshire
- Civil Registration District: Congleton
- 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: Congleton
- Hundred: Northwich
- Province: York
Further Reading
The Story of Brereton Hall Cheshire by Arthur Lowndes Moir, M.A., F.R.Hist. Soc. Vicar of Bridstow, Herefordshire
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
