Wybunbury St Chad Cheshire Family History Guide

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Wybunbury St Chad an Ancient Parish in the county of Cheshire that originally included the townships of Basford, Batherton, Blakenhall, Bridgemere, Checkley cum Wrinehill, Chorlton, Hatherton, Hough, Hunsterson, Lea, Rope, Shavington cum Gresty, Stapeley, Walgherton, Doddington, Weston, and part of Willaston.

Ecclesiastical Parishes created from Wybunbury parish include:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1558
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1600

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist Association.

Adjacent Parishes

Wybunbury circa 1908
Wybunbury circa 1908

Wybunbury Parish Registers

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Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records

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Wybunbury St. Chad, Cheshire Church of England Baptisms Marriages and Burials, 1558-1812

Wybunbury St Chad, Cheshire Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1917

Marriage and Banns Records

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Wybunbury St Chad, Cheshire Church of England Marriages and Banns 1754-1947

Wybunbury St Chad, Cheshire Church of England Bishop’s Transcripts – Marriages and Banns – 1791-1872

Death and Burial Records

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Wybunbury St Chad, Cheshire Church of England Burials 1813-1998

Parish History

Wybunbury

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WYBUNBURY, a village, a township, a parish and a sub-district, in Nantwich district, Cheshire. The village stands 1¾ mile WSW of Basford r. station, and 3½ S of Crewe; and has a post-office under Nantwich. The township comprises 810 acres. Real property, £3,155. Pop., 567. Houses, 130. The manor belongs to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The parish contains 16 other townships and a part; and comprises 18,414 acres. Pop. in 1851, 4,389; in 1861, 4,985. Houses, 1,008.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chester. Value, £350. The church, excepting the tower, was rebuilt in 1833, at a cost of £6,000; and is in the early English style, and very spacious. The vicarage of Weston and the p. curacy of Doddington are separate benefices. There are eight Methodist chapels, several endowed schools with aggregately £182 a year, and charities £79. The sub-district includes also two other parishes and two parts; and comprises 32,400 acres. Pop., 16,901. Houses, 3,218.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

WYBUNBURY (St. Chad), a parish, in the union and hundred of Nantwich, S. division of the county of Chester; containing 4674 inhabitants, of whom 529 are in the township, 3½ miles (E. S. E.) from Nantwich.

The parish consists of the townships of Basford, Batherton, Blakenhall, Bridgemere, Checkley with Wrinehill, Chorlton, Doddington, Hatherton, Hough, Hunsterson, Lea, Rope, Shavington with Gresty, Stapeley, Walgherton, Weston, Wybunbury, and part of Willaston. It comprises by measurement 17,808 acres, of which 812a. 3r. 38p. are in Wybunbury township. The greater part is grazing land divided into dairy-farms, whose chief produce is cheese; a comparatively small portion of the land is arable: the surface is generally level, and the grounds are watered by a rivulet. The Liverpool and Birmingham railway skirts the parish on the east.

The living is a vicarage, valued in the king’s books at £13. 12. 1.; net income, £295; patron and appropriator, the Bishop of Lichfield. The church was rebuilt in 1595, and again in 1832. At Doddington and Weston are separate incumbencies. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.

A school was founded by Sir Thomas Delves, Bart., who also endowed some schools for girls in different parts of the parish. In the churchyard is a school called the Wybunbury Charity, built by subscription about 80 years since, and endowed by several persons for 20 boys. An hospital dedicated to the Holy Cross and St. George, for a master and brethren, existed before 1464.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Checkley cum Wrinehill

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

Checkley-cum-Wrinehill, a township in Wybunbury parish, Cheshire; near the Grand Junction railway, 6 ½ miles SE by E of Nantwich. Acres, 1,433. Real property, £1,991. Pop., 202. Houses, 38.

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 70020 49869
BNG Eastings, Northings: 370020, 349869
Latitude, Longitude: 53.045243, -2.448635

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Alan Godfrey Old Ordnance Survey Maps

Chester and Central Cheshire 1905 One Inch Sheet 109

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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: Nantwich
  • Poor Law Union: Nantwich
  • Hundred: Nantwich
  • Province: York

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