Malpas St Chad, Cheshire Family History Guide
Malpas St Chad is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Cheshire, created in 1824 from Malpas Ancient Parish.
Other places in the parish include: Bradley, Hampton, Chidlow, Macefen, Bickley, and Agden.
Alternative names: Tushingham, Tushingham cum Grindley, Tushingham with Grindley
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
Parish registers: 1861
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1861
Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
Malpas St Chad
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
CHAD, or Chadd (St.), a chapelry in Malpas parish, Cheshire; on the verge of the county, 3½ miles NNW of Whitchurch r. station. Post Town, Whitchurch. Statistics, with the parish. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £140. Patrons, the Rectors of Malpas. The church was built in 1863.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
CHAD, ST., a chapelry, in the parish of Malpas, union of Wrexham, Higher division of the hundred of Broxton, S. division of the county of Chester, 2¾ miles (E. by S.) from Malpas, and on the road between Tushingham and Hampton.
This place, called in Webb’s Itinerary Chad-wick, had, probably, a chapel at a very ancient date, for the Chapel-field is mentioned in a deed of 1349: the present structure was built in 1689, principally by a benefaction of John Dod, mercer and citizen, of London.
The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £144; patron, the Rector of Malpas.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Chidlow
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
CHIDLOW, a township in Malpas parish, Cheshire; 2 miles SSE of Malpas. Acres, 152. Real property, £234. Pop., 18. Houses, 2.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Tushingham cum Grindley
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
TUSHINGHAM-CUM-GRINDLEY, a township in Malpas parish, Cheshire; 2 miles ESE of Malpas. Acres, 1,292. Real property, £2,275. Pop., 324. Houses, 62. T. House is the seat of J. Vernon, Esq. There are a church built in 1863, and a Primitive Methodist chapel.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
Census
Census returns for Malpas, 1851-1891
Church Records
Church records, 1819-1837 Author: Malpas Chapel (Cheshire : Independent)
Parish chest materials, 1692-1850 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Malpas (Cheshire)
Computer printout of Malpas, Independent, Chesh., Eng
Civil registration
History – Periodicals
Malpas history Author: Hayns, David; Malpas Field Club History Group
Manors – Court records
Court Baron rolls, 1695 Author: Manor of Malpas. Court (Cheshire)
Poorhouses & Poor Law
Overseers’ accounts, 1822-1868 Author: Bickerton (Cheshire)
Parish chest materials, 1692-1850 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Malpas (Cheshire)
Town books, 1818-1846 Author: Broxton (Cheshire : township)
Probate records
Taxation
Overseers’ accounts, 1822-1868 Author: Bickerton (Cheshire)
Sheriff’s poll book of Malpas, Cheshire, 1837, 1841
Town books, 1818-1846 Author: Broxton (Cheshire : township)
Maps
Vision of Britain historical maps
Administration
- County: Cheshire
- Civil Registration District: Nantwich
- 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: Malpas
- Poor Law Union: Wrexham
- Hundred: Broxton
- Province: York