Thurstaston, Cheshire Family History Guide

Thurstaston is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cheshire.

Other places in the parish include: Irby and Greasby.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1706
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1581

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

THURSTASTON, a township and a parish in Wirral district, Cheshire.

The township lies on the estuary of The Dee, 3½ miles SSE of Hoylake r. station. Acres, 2,762; of which 1,515 are water. Real property, £1,219. Pop., 123. Houses, 21. The manor belongs to Col. Clegg.

The parish includes parts of Irby and Greasby townships; and its Post town is Birkenhead. Pop., 162. Houses, 30.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chester. Value, £242. The church was rebuilt in 1833.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Cheshire, Thurstaston – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Transcript of the monumental and commemorative inscriptions of the Parish Church of St. Bartholomew, Thurstaston in the Wirral
Author: Turner, Richard; Family History Society of Cheshire

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

England, Cheshire, Thurstaston – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Thurstaston, 1587-1895
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Thurstaston (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

Parish registers for Thurstaston, 1706-1946
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Thurstaston (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

England, Cheshire, Thurstaston – History ( 1 )
Thurstaston in Cheshire : an account of the parish, manor and church
Author: Beazley, F. C. (Frank Charles), b. 1856

England, Cheshire, Thurstaston – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessments for Thurstaston, 1778-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cheshire); Cheshire Record Office

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

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