Chester St Oswald, Cheshire Family History Guide

Chester St Oswald is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cheshire.

Other places in the parish include: Bruera, Saighton, Newton by Chester, Newton, Lea Newbold, Iddinshall, Huntington, Hilbre, Great Boughton, Croughton, Churton on the Heath, Churton Heath, Churton Bruera, Wervin, and Bache.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

Chester St Oswald

• Parish registers: 1581
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1603

Bruera

• Parish registers: 1657
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1666

Nonconformists include: Calvinistic Methodist and Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Adjacent Parishes

• Claverton
• Chester Holy Trinity
• Chester St Peter
• Backford
• Waverton
• Handley
• Coddington
• Bunbury
• Aldford
• Christleton
• Chester Little St John
• Chester St John the Baptist
• Chester Christ Church
• Tarvin
• Eccleston
• Chester St Paul
• Stoak
• Chester St Mary on the Hill
• Chester Cathedral Church Precinct
• Thornton le Moors
• Chester St Bridget and St Martin
• Plemstall
• Chester Cathedral
• Upton
• Tarporley

Parish History

See Chester, Cheshire Family History Guide

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

• County: Cheshire
• Civil Registration District: Great Boughton
• 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: Chester
• Poor Law Union: Chester Incorporation
• Hundred: Broxton; Chester Borough; Eddisbury
• Province: York