Lostock Gralam St John the Evangelist Cheshire Family History Guide
Lostock Gralam St John the Evangelist is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Cheshire, created in 1842 from Great Budworth Ancient Parish and Witton Ecclesiastical Parish. The church of All Saints, Lach Dennis, and the school church of St Andrew, Wincham, were built as chapels of ease to Lostock Gralam in 1896.
Other places in the parish include: Hulse, Lach Dennis, Lostock Green, Rudheath, and Wincham.
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1844
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1892
Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Wesleyan Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist Association.
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Adjacent Parishes
Lostock Gralam 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.
Lostock Gralam St John the Evangelist, Cheshire Church of England Baptisms, 1844-1930
Lostock Gralam St John the Evangelist, Cheshire Church of England Baptisms, 1844-1930
Lach Dennis All Saints, Cheshire Church of England Baptisms, 1896-1968
Marriage and Banns Records
These records include images of Church of England parish registers of marriages and banns records.
Lostock Gralam St John the Evangelist, Cheshire Church of England Marriages and Banns 1863-1942
Lach Dennis All Saints, Cheshire Church of England Marriages and Banns 1897-1996
Death and Burial Records
These records include images of Church of England parish registers of deaths and burial records.
Lostock Gralam St John the Evangelist, Cheshire Church of England Burials 1844-1940
Lach Dennis All Saints, Cheshire Church of England Burials 1897-1970
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
LOSTOCK-GRALAM, a village and a township in Great Budworth parish, and a chapelry partly also in Davenham parish, Cheshire. The village stands on an affluent of the river Weaver, adjacent to the Altrincham and Northwich railway, 2 miles ENE of Northwich; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Knutsford. The township contains also the hamlet of Lostock-Green, and comprises 1,706 acres. Real property, £3,654. Pop., 467. Houses, 97.
The manor belonged anciently to the family of Hame; passed to Hugh Lupus, Earl of Chester; was given by him to Hugh de Runchamp, whose son Gralam assumed from it the name of Lostock: passed from the Lostocks to the Holfords: went afterwards to the Brookes; and belongs now to W. L. Brooke, Esq.
The chapelry includes also the townships of Wincham, Hulse, and Lach-Dennis, and part of the lordship of Rudheath; and was constituted in 1844. Pop., 1,294. Houses, 273. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £120. Patron, the Incumbent of Witton. The church is a brick edifice of 1844; and consists of nave, aisles, and chancel. A Wesleyan chapel is at Lostock-Green; and a national school is near the church.
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 69171 74805
BNG Eastings, Northings: 369171, 374805
Latitude, Longitude: 53.269331, -2.463710
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Alan Godfrey Old Ordnance Survey Maps
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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: Frodsham
- Poor Law Union: Northwich
- Hundred: Northwich
- Province: York
